Ancestry of
Marilyn Monroe

Actress, Model, and Singer

John Allen Gifford

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• • 2nd Great-grandfather of Marilyn Monroe — 5th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 16 
  • Father:
  • Abner Gifford 
  • Mother:
  • Thankful Dunham   
  • Birth Date:
  • 18 Jul 1802 
  • Birth Location:
  • Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts 
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  • Death Date:
  • 16 Mar 1872 
  • Death Location:
  • New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Lydia F. Tompkins
  • Marriage Date:
  • 7 Feb 1826 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts 
  • Child:

  Charles Adams Gifford (Ahnentafel No:8 )

• Sources for John Allen Gifford

  • ¹ Massachusetts, Marriages, 1841-1915, Marriage record for son Charles A. Gifford and Susan B. Almy.
  • ² Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1841-1910, Taunton, Vol. 265, p. 149, Death record for son Charles A. Gifford.
  • ³ Brenneman, Richard E., "Notable Kin - New England in Hollywood, Part Three: The Possible Rhode Island Ancestry of Marilyn Monroe", www.americanancestors.org/notable-kin-the-possible-rhode-island-ancestry-of-marilyn-monroe, (accessed 10/09/2014).
  • ⁴ Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 2, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1999), 134.
  • ⁵ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 296.