My journey ends here...
1926
Tuesday, June 1st
Birth of Norma Jeane Mortemson at the Los Angeles General Hospital (
,
), by Dr
Herman M. Beerman (
, 
; 
).
She was identified as the daughter of Gladys Monroe and Edward Mortensen.
Gladys worked as a negative cutter for the movie industry, at the Consolidated Film Industries
(
,
,
).
This is where she met her daughter's biological father, Stanley Gifford, supervisor (
).
He was divorced since 1925, and was known for having numerous affairs.
Gladys never publicly named Stanley Gifford as her daughter's father and never had any support from him.
Gladys had broke up with her husband, Edward Mortensen but not yet divorced.
In the petition for divorce in 1928, he wasn't known as Norma Jeane's father.
Gladys didn't earn enough money to be able to take care of her daughter. She decided to place her in a solid and loving foster care.
Della Monroe (
), Gladys' mother, recommended her to place the child with her neighbours, the Bolenders, who were a foster care family.
Norma Jeane was placed at Ida and Albert Bolender's home (
, 
,
). Each month they were paid $25, from the biological parents or from the State of California.
They had adopted a son,
Lester, aged only 2 months more than Norma Jeane. Albert worked as a mailman.
Ida took care of the children she was in charge of. They were members
of the United Pentecostal Church, a branch of the Los Angeles Apostolic
Faith Evangelical Mission, to whom Della Monroe belonged too.
Gladys regularly visited her daughter and was involved in taking care of her (
).
Monday, December 6, Norma Jeane was baptized at the Four Square Gospel Church (
), founded by
Sister Aimee Mac Pherson, an evangelist who had founded her movement (
).
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