Ancestry of
Marilyn Monroe

Actress, Model, and Singer

Robert Maynard Franklin

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• • 3rd Great-grandfather of Marilyn Monroe — 6th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 46 
  • Father:
  • John Franklin 
  • Mother:
  • Elizabeth Mitchell   
  • Birth Date:
  • 26 Sep 1765 
  • Birth Location:
  • South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island 
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  • Death Date:
  • 18 Oct 1850 
  • Death Location:
  • Newport, Newport Co., Rhode Island 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Olivia Tillinghast
  • Marriage Date:
  • BEF 1805 
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  • Child:

  Frances Ann Franklin (Ahnentafel No:23 )

• Sources for Robert Maynard Franklin

  • ¹ Representative Men and Old Families of Rhode Island, Vol. 3, Chicago: J. H. Beers and Co. (1908), 2095.
  • ² Rhode Island Roots: Journal of the Rhode Island Genealogical Society, 1992, Vol. 18, p. 48.
  • 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, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 297.