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1942

At the beginning of the year Ervin Goddard () was informed about his future transfer to the Adel

Precision's factory located in West Virginia. His wife Grace () and his daughter Bebe () would leave with him.

Norma Jeane went back to live with Ana Lower whose health had got better. She left the Van Nuys school

and joined the University High School ().

She kept dating Jim Dougherty.

It was suggested that he would marry Norma Jeane. With the Goddard's leaving and the fact she was still a minor, she faced the risk to be send again to the orphanage. He officially proposed to her, taking her chosing a wedding ring and a date was set in June.

In March the Goddards left California to settle in West Virginia.

In  June Norma Jeane ended her school years.

On Sunday, June 7 she settled with Jim in a one-room bungalow, located 4524 Vista Del Monte, Sherman

Oaks (). They signed a 6-month lease.

The invitations to the wedding had been sent by "Miss Ana Lower" () for the wedding of "her niece Norma Jeane Baker". On the wedding certificate she signed "Norma Jeane Mortensen, daughter of E.Mortensen,

place of birth unknown" () and a woman called "Monroe, born in Oregon".

The wedding took place on Friday, June 19 at Mr and Mrs Chester Howell's home, 432 South

Bentley Avenue, West Los Angeles (,,).
They were Grace's friends.
Ana Lower created Norma Jeane's wedding gown (,).

The ceremony started at 8.30 PM, and was celebrated by Reverend Benjamin Lingenfelder, from the Christian Science Church. None of any member of her biological family attended the ceremony. The Bolenders were the only people there. Ana Lower led Norma Jeane to the altar.

Her mother Gladys Baker was still hsopitalized at the Agnew State Hospital.


Marion Dougherty, Jim's brother, was his groomsman, the maid of honor was Lorraine Allen, Norma Jeane's schoolmate at University High. Wesley Kanteman, Jim's nephew (son of his sister Billie) brought them their

wedding rings ().
A party was given afterwards at the Florentine Gardens (,).

There was no honeymoon but a week-end fishing at Sherwood Lake (,

).

They lived in Van Nuys ().

    

 

 

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