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After Franceska died in 1935, Thomas became the owner of 545 Grant and continued to live <br />there. He was particularly close to his nephew, Paul Waschak, and Paul's family. He lived <br />another 32 years after Franceska's death. <br />Mary Ann Pollock further described the property: <br />Thomas had a large barn in the very back section of the property <br />where he had a forge and all the equipment he needed to be a <br />blacksmith. He tried to work as a blacksmith from his home in <br />order to help supplement his very small pension. He had been a <br />blacksmith in the coal mines during his working year. <br />Thomas and Frances raised canaries before she passed away and <br />Thomas continued to raise the canaries for a few years after.... <br />Thomas always planted a huge garden and took very good care of <br />his yard and house. He also had many grapevines that grew the <br />grapes that he used to make wine. <br />Thomas Haszier is also remembered as raising chickens and rabbits in his back yard. <br />The following photo of the house and a ground layout sketch are from the Boulder County <br />Assessor card that is dated 1948: <br />4 <br />