Charles Stanley Gifford - b. 1898

Charles Stanley Gifford ¹  was born on 18 Sep 1898 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, USA. He died on 27 Feb 1965 in Hemet, Riverside, California, USA. He was buried²  in San Jacinto Valley Cemetery, San Jacinto, Riverside, California, USA.

Stanley Gifford - b. 1898

Folk Figure. He was the supposed biological father of Marilyn Monroe. Charles Stanley Gifford began

working with Gladys Monroe Baker, at Consolidated Films, after his wife, Lillian Priester, sued him for

divorce. In her divorce petition, Lillian charged Gifford with addiction to narcotics, abuse and with

associating with women of 'low character' Gifford, a hypershooter and developer at Consolidated, had

began an affair with Gladys earlier that spring. It is believed that Gifford deserted her on Christmas Eve

1925 when she informed him of her pregnancy. Throughout her life Marilyn always believed that Gifford

was her father. He settled in Gilman Hot Springs, Riverside County, California and became the owner of

some cottage apartments. Stan moved to nearby San Jacinto where he was successful in founding and

operating the Red Rock Dairy in the 1960s with a drive through window in the front where customers

could obtain dairy products without getting out of their cars. According to employees, it seemed Marilyn

would do just that on occasion while en route to Palm Springs, California, while riding in her chauffeur

driven limo thus forcing the unbelieving father to fill her order. (bio by: Donald Greyfield)

Charles married Gladys Pearl Monroe ³ . Gladys was born on 27 May 1902 in Diaz,Mexico. She died on 11 Mar 1984.

Appendix A  -  Sources

  1.  Scott Pfitzinger, World Connect Project pages of Scott Pfitzinger  (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GED&db=:3183927).

  2.  Compiled by: Find A Grave, Find A Grave  (http://www.findagrave.com/), Find A Grave, PO Box 522107, Salt Lake City, UT 84152-2107.Maintained by: Find A GraveRecord added: Jun 05, 2000 Find A Grave Memorial# 9866.

  3.  Scott Pfitzinger, World Connect Project pages of Scott Pfitzinger .