After the earthquake of 1906 he moved across the bay to Piedmont , California , and met Elsie Whitaker , 20 years his junior , the daughter of the writer Herman Whitaker . On October 17 , 1907 , he married Elsie Whitaker in Oakland . After their honeymoon in Carmel-by-the-Sea they commenced building a studio in Piedmont . During the summers of 1909 to 1914 , they rented a house in Carmel so that Martínez could teach art classes at the Hotel Del Monte
earthquake of 1906
1906 San Francisco earthquake
Xavier Martínez