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Property records show the owners of buildings, but not any tenants, so the identities of all of the people who rented from Hibler and lived in the house at 612 Grant could not be located. In addition, shifting addresses on Grant Ave. make it difficult to use Louisville directories to track the identities of residents of the houses on this block. However, a 1935 directory of Louisville residents appears to show that Roman and Flora Montana were residents of this house along with their young children Annie, Rachael, and John. They had previously resided at the Monarch Mine camp at the time of the 1930 census. Those census records show that Roman and Flora Montana were both born in Colorado. There is some suggestion in the records that the name may have originally been Montano. The address of the Montana home in 1935 was 109 Grant. This is believed to have been today's 612 Grant based on the fact that the owners and residents to the north were the Arrimbide family at 125 Grant (now 614 Grant), while the owners and residents to the south were the Dahl family at 103 Grant (now 600 Grant). In general, it is believed that there was a market for rental homes in Louisville during the ownership by Gasper Hibler due to the many miners of different nationalities who came to Louisville in search of work. For those with families, a town setting offered schools and other amenities that were not available if one lived in a house at a mine camp. Also, the Acme Mine, which was in operation from 1888 to 1928 at the intersection of Roosevelt and Hutchinson, was located only about 500 feet away from 612 Grant. Anthony and Mary Poydock, Owners 1937 - 1947 In 1937, Anthony and Mary Poydock purchased this house. However, directories indicate that they lived elsewhere in Louisville, so they may have rented out the house to someone else. The Poydock family was associated with other homes in this part of Louisville, particularly as Anthony's parents lived nearby at 617 Jefferson and that is also where Anthony and Mary Poydock came to live. The Poydock family was of Slovak heritage, while Mary Poydock was Italian, her maiden name being DiGiacomo. Alvin and Anna Hinton; Henry and Mary Vanderstraten, Owners 1947 — 1950 In 1947, the Poydocks sold 612 Grant to Alvin and Anna Hinton, who sold it the same year to Henry and Mary Vanderstraten. Henry and Mary Vanderstraten were both born in France and came to the US in 1922 with their young daughter. They were from Henin-Lietard in the north of France. They came directly to Louisville. Henry Vanderstraten worked as a coal miner, and they had more children after coming to Louisville. A photo of the house taken by the Boulder County Assessor in 1948, during the Vanderstraten ownership, appears here: 2