I am searching any information available on the following HOOVER family I havefamily photos of this family and suprisingly was close to George Lee Hoover's wife (my great grandmother) but due to a messy relationship with him she would not go into his family details. I know that the HOOVER men were members of the Masons and owned construction companies in the Chicago area. I would appreciate ANY ANY information or possible leads...thank you Stephen George W HOOVER b. May 1878/1879 in Illinois married Julia Unknown (possibly BUTLER or ANDERSON) b Feb 1879 in Iowa They had the following two children: Henry C HOOVER b. Aug 1897 in Illinois George Lee or Leo HOOVER b. AUG 1899 (possibly 15 Aug 1899) Henry C HOOVER married Marie Unknown in 1920/1921 who was from West Virginia they had a son Henry HOOVER b. 1921/1922 1930 US Federal Census for the State of Il, Cook County Des Plaines Incorporated, Maine Township has both George W HOOVER and his wife and separate household of Henry HOOVER living in Maine Township both workin in construction as formen. 1920 US Federal Census for the State of Il, Henry County, Geneseo Township (excluding Geneseo City) ED 124. This information was retrieved from the Ancestry.com website. Image 9 of 16. Lines 32-35 1900 US Federal Census has the family living in Ross Township of Taylor County, Iowa ED122 image 109A George Lee/Leo HOOVER married Merle ALLEN in 1923 in Geneseo, Henry County. They had two sons George Lee/Leo HOOVER jr who died at birth before 1928 and John Lee HOOVER b 1929. George Lee left Merle in 1929/1930 and per Merle moved to Bel Aire California. I cannot locate him in the 1930 US Census except maybe living in San Francisco. I believe that George Lee HOOVER was b.15 Aug 1899 and may have died 30 Jan 1967 in Ventura Ca. That persons death certificate lists mother's maiden name as Anderson per the California Death Index. There is a listing: HOOVER, GEORGE BUTLER, JULIA married in KNOX county IL 11/27/1896 Liscense # 00011905 00G/0087 I cannot locate my copy of the documentation but I found an 1880 Iowa Census that lists a Julia Butler living next to the Anderson family who was from Norway. My grandmother who met Julia said her family spoke something that sounded like German and that they were recent immigrants at her birth or she was not born here. The maiden name Anderson listed on George Lee's Death certificate was provided by his last wife who may not have had the correct information. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now