Ancestry of
Marilyn Monroe

Actress, Model, and Singer

Thankful Dunham

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• • 3rd Great-grandmother of Marilyn Monroe — 6th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 33 
  • Father:
  • David Dunham Jr. 
  • Mother:
  • Priscilla Butler   
  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1770 
  • Birth Location:
  • prob. Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts 
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  • Death Date:
  • 17 Feb 1837 
  • Death Location:
  • Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Abner Gifford
  • Marriage Date:
  • 11 Apr 1802 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts 
  • Child:

  John Allen Gifford (Ahnentafel No:16 )

• Sources for Thankful Dunham

  • ¹ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Dartmouth, Vol. 3, p. 33, Death record for Thankful Gifford.
  • ² 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).