Charles Stanley Gifford (1898 - 1965)

Born 18 Sep 1898 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Lillian (Priester) Gifford — married 2 Aug 1919 in Los Angeles County, California, United States

Descendants

Died 27 Jun 1965 at age 66 in Hemet, Riverside, California, United States

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Biography

Charles Stanley Gifford, or C. Stanley Gifford, was born at Newport, Rhode Island in 1898. He is the son of Frederick Gifford and Lizzie Tennant.^[1] He died 27 Jun 1965 at Hemet, Riverside, California;^[2] and is buried at San Jacinto Valley Cemetery, San Jacinto, Riverside, California.

Stan married first, Lillian Priester in Los Angeles 26 Jul 1919, when both were 21 years old, and they had two children. They divorced soon after.

Children of Charles Stanley Gifford and Lillian Priester

1. Doris Elizabeth Gifford, b. 22 Sep 1920 at Los Angeles, California;^[3] d. 11 May 1933 at Los Angeles, California (aged 12 years)^[4]
2. Charles Stanley Gifford, b. 21 Sep 1922 at Los Angeles, California;^[5] d. 15 Apr 2015 at Norfolk, Norfolk City, Virginia, USA (aged 92 years); buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Norfolk, Norfolk City, Virginia, USA

Stan married second, Mary-Belle Seiwell (1911-1994). They had no children.^[6]

Stan settled in Gilman Hot Springs, Riverside County, California and became the owner of some cottage apartments. He 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.^[6]

Census Records

1920 Census Los Angeles
Charles S Gifford Head M 22 Rhode Island, works in motion pictures laboratory
Lilliam Gifford Wife F 21 California
Citing this Record^[7]

1930 Census Los Angeles
C. Stanley Gifford, age 31, divorced, Salesman, Motion Pictures
Raymond Guthrie, age 30, divorced, Laboratory Technician, Motion Pictures
Citing this record ^[8]

1940 Census, Los Angeles
Charles Gifford Head M 41 Rhode Island, divorced, salesman, film laboratory
Ted Maier Lodger M 43 Pennsylvania, single, salesman, household goods
Citing this Record ^[9]

Research Notes

Charles Stanley Gifford is widely believed to be the father of Marilyn Monroe.

Stanley Gifford is a descendant of John Alden and Francis Cooke of the Mayflower, 1620.^[10]

Over the past two years Francois Pomès dedicated himself to solving one of the great mysteries to America's greatest acting icon, Marilyn Monroe, that is, who was her true biological father? The one hour documentary directed by Francois, is based off the DNA research that was conducted by a molecular archaeology expert, Ludovic Orlando. Orlando obtained a hair sample to extract her DNA profile from the renown auctioneer and authenticator, John Reznikoff. Orlando also acquired saliva samples via cheek swabs from the granddaughter Francine Gifford and from the great-granddaughter, Lisa, of Monroe’s suspected father, Charles Stanley Gifford. In June 2022 the documentary, "Marilyn Her Final Secret" or the original title, "MARILYN, LA DERNIERE VERITE.' was released in France on Toute l’Histoire.

The key geneticists and scientists in this research were Ludovic Orlando, PhD. Andaine Sequin-Orlando,PhD, and Rachel Houston, PhD

The following is the methodology and final results of this revealing research:

Ludovic Orlando, PhD, Director, Centre for Anthropobiology & Genomics of Toulouse Université Toulouse III, France	Andaine Sequin-Orlando, PhD, Paul Sabatier University - Toulouse III | UPS Toulouse · CNRS UMR 5288 PhD	Rachel Houston, PhD, Assistant Professor, Forensic Science, College of Criminal Justice, Sam Houston State University
Qualifications	Qualifications	Qualifications

• Two sets of samples were provided. One set to Ludovic Orlando at Toulouse, France and the other set to Rachel Houston at Huntsville, Texas. Ludovic Orlando received the hair sample from Marilyn's embalmer, Allan Abbott along with the Gifford saliva samples. Rachel Houston received the hair sample from Marilyn's hair dresser, Robert Champion along with the Gifford saliva samples. The origin of these hair samples were kept secret from the scientists and identified as only 'hair girl'. It wasn't until the results were known that the identity of the hair belonging to Marilyn Monroe was revealed.

• The sample sent to Dr. Rachel Houston's lab in Huntsville was carefully analyzed. The keratin of the hair shaft is most difficult when it comes to extracting DNA. What DNA exists are small amounts and damaged. DNA mostly resides in the roots of the hair. This research facility is capable of deciphering damaged DNA in human or body hair. However, discovering any DNA from this sample proved futile, and no conclusive evidence found. Interestingly, an article was recently posted that claimed the hair sample sent to the Huntsville facility was fake. It was claimed that Robert Champion did not actually cut Marilyn's hair for JFK's birthday gala event, but rather it would have been cut by Kenneth Battelle. This hair was given by John Reznikoff, renowned hair authenticator and collector, https://nypost.com/2022/05/09/kim-kardashian-gifted-fake-marilyn-hair-monroe-expert-claims/. This has no bearing on the final results. Dr. Houston's research lab was unable to locate any of Marilyn's DNA from that sample given by John Reznikoff.

• The last opportuntity was now with Ludovic Orlando and his team of experts at his lab in the Centre for Anthropobiology and Genomics of Toulouse (CAGT). His sample also provided by John Reznikoff was from Marilyn's embalmer, Allan Abbott. The painstaking process was conducted by researcher and geneticist, , Andaine Seguin, Associate Professor of Paleogenomics. She led the extraction process where the hair samples are first cleaned, removing any contaminates and then added an enzyme solution to break down the proteins and completely dissolve the strand of hair. Any potential DNA is now in liquid form inside the tubes. Scientists amplify it to make it visible to their detection system. This process which destroys the sample means they are only given one chance to discover any DNA.

• This research was met with success. The lab was able to get enough DNA for this genome. Only 5% of the molecules from these three hairs were found to be human. This provided 5% of billions of sequences which provided enough sequences to identify a significant amount of 'Hair Girl's (Marilyn's) DNA. This was then put through high speed sequencing to read each letters of the strands of DNA. The results exceeded expectation. from the sample 22% of the genome could be decoded. In the 22% of the three billion letters, a signature was observed typical of someone of European lineage. Francine's DNA shows the same European signature. However, so do millions of other people. The question still remained does the DNA from the hair sample relate to the DNA sent from Francine Gifford's saliva? To do that they needed to look at what text lines the two had in common.

• What the data showed was that irrefutably there was lineage between Francine Gifford and Marilyn Monroe going back three generations. To confirm several statistical methods were used to compare. They revealed that the genes were in common because they have a common ancestor, Stanley Gifford. A three generational difference would be the equivalent of a great grandparent or a half-aunt in terms of the amount of cM. For a half aunt and a great grandparent the amount of cM are about the same, in the 870-880 range on average. A great grandparent would be three generations away from Francine which means that a half-aunt cM amount fits perfectly as that is how Mariilyn Monroe would relate to Francine (since they descend from different mothers), and the lab results read this as three generational. The risk factor of this being a false-positive was about 1 in 46 billion.

• Upon conclusion when Ludovic Orlando was interviewed the hair was revealed to him as belonging to Marilyn Monroe. When asked how certain he was of the final results he used such terms as, "100 percent certain", and, "irrefutable evidence".

Name: Charles Stanley Gifford. Given Name: Charles Stanley. Surname: Gifford. ^[11] A Given name was found in addition to a first name in the NAME tag.

Born 18 Sep 1898. Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island. ^[11]

Died 27 Jun 1965. Hemet, Riverside County, California. ^[11]

WLNK WikiTree Note: https:/www.wikitree.com/wikiGifford-646.

Buried San Jacinto, Riverside County, California, United States of America. ^[11]

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Sources

1. ↑ "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8MQ-TY4 : 9 March 2018), Elizabeth E. Tennant in entry for Charles Stanley Gifford, 18 Sep 1898; citing Newport, Rhode Island, reference 90; FHL microfilm 1,822,783.
2. ↑ "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPJZ-P1W : 26 November 2014), Charles S Gifford, 27 Jun 1965; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.
3. ↑ California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGL4-MF4S : 18 January 2018), Charles Stanley Gifford in entry for Doris Elizabeth Gifford, 22 Sep 1920; citing Birth, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, California State Archives, Sacramento.
4. ↑ "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP7V-C8YB : 26 September 2019), C S Gifford in entry for Doris E Gifford, 1933.
5. ↑ "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGL4-MP12 : 18 January 2018), Charles Stanley Gifford in entry for Charles Stanley Gifford, 21 Sep 1922; citing Birth, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, California State Archives, Sacramento.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Stanley Gifford Find A Grave: Memorial #9866
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHQ6-G96 : accessed 11 December 2018), Charles S Gifford, Los Angeles Assembly District 62, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing ED 136, sheet 10A, line 29, family 60, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 105; FHL microfilm 1,820,105.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, Citing this recordFamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCV7-HVW : accessed 11 December 2018), C Stanley Gifford, Los Angeles (Districts 0001-0250), Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 138, sheet 17A, line 20, family 412, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 138; FHL microfilm 2,339,873.
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9C1-HP6 : 14 March 2018), Charles Gifford, Councilmanic District 11, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Township, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 60-929, sheet 3A, line 17, family 50, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 412.
10. ↑ Famous Kin of Charles Stanley Gifford (1898–1965)
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3} Source: S342922763 Ancestry Record 60525 #1426911

DNA Sources

• https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/marilyn-monroe-biological-father-revealed-163747607.html

• https://themarilynreport.com/tag/marilyn-her-final-secret

• Marilyn, Her Final Secret (2022), Documentary, Director: François Pomès, Writer: François Pomès

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIidRxAzQoE

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Gifford-682 created through the import of Test standard.ged on Mar 1, 2012 by Dave Winslow.
• Source: S342922742 Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.Ancestry Family Tree Ancestry Family Tree 59194149

• Source: S342922763 U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.