This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hoover Vorce Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/UW.2ADI/2083 Message Board Post: Phedora Elizabeth Vorce m. Joseph Henry Hoover 16 Sep 1891 in Buchanan Co., Iowa. Their marriage was but a brief one, divorcing by 1895. They had but one child, Hazel Hoover. Following the divorce, Phedora "Doria" went to San Francisco, California. Her family was aware that she had taken up residency there. Doria was a good correspondent, writing to the folks back in Iowa often. However, after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, nothing was ever heard from her again. I have checked the casualty lists from the earthquake and can find no Hoover or Vorce listings. Did she remarry and is listed under a different surname? Did she die in the quake? Or did she survive and begin a new life for herself? Can anyone give me any clues as to learning more about those who died in the quake? Were the city directories destroyed in the earthquake? Any help or suggestions would be most appreciated.