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Marriage and family
The Lou Henry Hoover House in Stanford, California, the couple's first and only permanent residence
During his senior year at Stanford, Hoover became smitten with a classmate named Lou Henry, though his financial situation precluded marriage at that time.[24] The daughter of a banker from Monterey, California, Lou Henry decided to study geology at Stanford after attending a lecture delivered by John Branner.[57] Immediately after earning a promotion in 1898, Hoover cabled Lou Henry, asking her to marry him. After she cabled back her acceptance of the proposal, Hoover briefly returned to the United States for their wedding.[36] They would remain married until Lou Henry Hoover's death in 1944.[58]
Though his Quaker upbringing strongly influenced his career, Hoover rarely attended Quaker meetings during his adult life.[59][60] Hoover and his wife had two children: Herbert Hoover Jr. (born in 1903) and Allan Henry Hoover (born in 1907).[36] The Hoover family began living in London in 1902, though they frequently traveled as part of Hoover's career.