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Andre/Bittner Family Ownership, c. 1905-1922 By a deed recorded in 1905, John 0. Andre (1874-1938) purchased the lots making up 625 Lincoln. His ownership came at a time when there are no available directories or census records showing whether or not he and his wife and children lived at 625 Lincoln. His wife was Mary Ann Dixon, whose parents were among Louisville's first residents and who was herself born in Louisville in 1881, just a few years after Louisville was established in 1878. In 1909, John Andre transferred ownership of the house to his cousin, Anna Jane Kelsey Bittner (1873-1944). She and her husband, Alexander Milton Bittner (1879-1963) then lived at 625 Lincoln with their children, who were: Anna, born 1910; Jean, born 1913; and John, born 1914. The federal census records for 1910 and 1920 show the Bittner family to be living in this location. Alexander Milton Bittner worked as a bookkeeper for a coal mine. Eads and Johnson Ownership, 1922-1931 In 1922, the house was sold to Milton K. Eads. The following year, he sold it to Frank W. Johnson (b. 1890) and Gale Williams Johnson (b. 1893). Gale Williams Johnson had grown up in Louisville. The 1923 and 1926 directories show them living at 625 Lincoln. Frank Johnson worked as a fireman, which may have been a job specifically relating to coal mining. Their children at the time would have been Gladys Pearl (b. 1917) and Laura (b. 1922). By the time of the 1930 census, the family had moved in Denver. Brown Ownership, 1931-1936 By a deed recorded in 1931, Margaret Burch Brown (1885-1951) became the owner of 625 Lincoln. Louisville directories indicate that she was the widow of William Brown and that she lived in the house. The 1930 census records show that she and her son, who was 26 and also named William, were living on Lincoln Ave. at that time, and it may have been in this house. Gorce Family Ownership, 1936-1957 Ralph Gorce (1893-1963) and Leah LeComte Gorce (1898-1953) purchased 625 Lincoln in 1936. Both had been born in Colorado to parents who had emigrated from France. These families were some of the French families that made up Louisville's significant French population in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Ralph Gorce served in the Army in World War I and worked as a miner in Louisville. The 1940 federal census records show Ralph and Leah Gorce to be living at 625 Lincoln. The following photo and layout of the house are from the 1948 Boulder County Assessor card. At the time, the house consisted of 816 square feet. 2