I am trying to find out any information about my paternal grandfather, Herbert James Kane. He disappeared from Cedar Rapids, Iowa in late 1925 or early 1926. He was married to Cora Farmer in Richland, Iowa. He was supposedly an orphan,being raised by an "Aunt Sadie", in Richland, Iowa. I have found out that his mother's name was Cora Dell Reynolds, born around 1852 and his father's name was Frank Kane born around 1858. Frank Kane's father's name was Thomas Kane and his mother was Mary (I believe Glen). I have no idea where Frank or Thomas were from. Frank married Cora Dell Reynolds on August 15, 1882, in Noble County, Indiana. Herbert was supposedly born May 5, 1883 in Sturgis, Michigan, although I can find no record of this. His mother evidently died when he was very young, but I have found his father still alive, being named as the husband of Cora Kane, deceased, in a probate of Cora's great uncle (Edward B. Parker) in Delmar, Iowa in 1904. I don't know what happened to Frank or why Cora died so soon after his birth. Herbert James Kane lived in Cedar Rapids, Indiana in the years 1925 and 1926. In the City directory he is listed as the Manager of Iowa Kleen Heet Company, which was an oil burner unit. The family story is that he "went to the store for milk" and never returned. His car was supposedly found in Indiana, but he was never found. After his disappearance, my grandmother moved the family to Oklahoma where her brother lived. She divorced him in 1927 on the grounds of abandonment. The family story is that he liked to gamble, and that they think he owed someone some money, and they "got rid of him". I would like to see if I could find out what happened to him. I can find no record of his birth. I cannot find him on the SS Master Death Index. It seems to me there should be a report or newspaper article filed somewhere on this disappearance. Any help would be appreciated.