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perhaps earlier. It could have been constructed as early as 1904, the year in which Giacomo Fiori both purchased the property and married his bride from Italy, Maddalena. The property was owned by two families between 1904 and 1990: the Fiori family for thirty-four years, and the Arlo and Daisy Wilson family for fifty-two years. The property at first consisted of only Lots 15 and 16, and it was on these lots that the house was constructed. Lot 17 was to be acquired later. The original street address of this house, before Louisville's address system changed in the late 1930s, was 47 Lincoln. Fiori Family Ownership, 1904 —1938 Giacomo Fiori acquired Lots 15 and 16 from Orrin Welch in 1904. Giacomo, later known as James, was born in Italy in 1867 and came to the US in 1893. Maddalena, having been born in Italy in 1882, was fifteen years younger. According to her obituary, she came to the US in October 1904 and married Giacomo in November 1904 in Louisville's St. Louis Church. Giacomo was a coal miner. Giacomo and Maddalena resided in Louisville until 1911 or 1912, at which time the family relocated to Frederick where they started a store, Fiori Mercantile. However, Giacomo, then Maddalena after the death of Giacomo in 1935, continued to own the property at 712 Lincoln. It is believed to have been rented out during this period. In particular, Arlo Wilson, who later purchased it, was already renting it and residing in it with his family by the early 1930s. Lot 17 was acquired by Giacomo Fiori in 1933 from Thomas Willis, who had purchased it from Orrin Welch in 1905. It appears that since 1933, Lot 17 has been part of this parcel. Wilson Family Ownership, 1938 —1990 In 1938, Arlo Wilson acquired this property at 712 Lincoln from Maddalena Fiori. He and his wife, Daisy had been renting the house since the early 1930s. Arlo was born in 1906 in Louisville to Lewis and May Wilson, who lived on La Farge Avenue. The Wilson family had lived in the Louisville area since circa 1870, before the town was founded. Daisy, born in 1904, moved with her family to Louisville in 1920. She was the daughter of Jonas and Hannah Johnson. Their farm was located just south of Hutchinson St., in the vicinity of what is now Louisville Elementary. Arlo and Daisy married in 1926. Arlo and Daisy Wilson are believed to have raised nine children at 712 Lincoln: one boy, Ralph, and eight girls: Nadine, Margie, Enid, Janice, Dorothy, Cherahl, and Sandra.