Grace McKee married Ervin Silliman ( Doc ) Goddard in 1935 . Nine-year-old Monroe was sent to the Los Angeles Orphans Home ( later renamed Hollygrove ) and then to several foster homes . Grace McKee married Ervin Silliman ( Doc ) Goddard in 1935 , and nine-year-old Norma Jeane was sent to the Los Angeles Orphans Home ( later renamed Hollygrove ) , and then to a succession of foster homes .