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• The reason for the ownership of Lot 12 by the Ajax Coal Mining Co. was likely due to the connection between the Ajax Coal Mining Co. and its president, Mahlon V. Johnson, who platted the Johnson's First Addition. The exact reason for the ownership of Lot 11 by the Rocky Mountain Fuel Co. is not known. • The County gives 1896 as the year of construction of this house. Upon close examination, this date is very plausible, as George Cunning purchased the lot on which the house was constructed just the year before. • George Cunning was born in Iowa in 1868 and died in 1929. In 1892, he married Margaret "Maggie" Cunning. She was a member of the Thirlaway family, one of the first families to settle in Louisville. She was born in Trimdon, England in 1872 and immigrated to Louisville with her family in 1881. Her father was miner Robert Thirlaway, one of Louisville's early settlers from County Durham, England. He arrived in Louisville in 1879. • Their children were Mary, born 1893; George, born 1896; John, born 1899; and Nelle, born 1903. George Jr. served in the Navy in World War I. • The federal census records for 1900, 1920, 1930, and 1940 show the Cunning family to be living in the vicinity of 729 Johnson, and Louisville directories also confirm this. George worked as a "quarz" miner in 1900 and later as a coal miner. This quartz mining may have place in western Boulder County. In addition, the 1900 census records show George's mother, Catherine to be living close by. • At the time of the 1910 census, the Cunning family was living in Cheyenne, Wyoming, where George worked as a miner, possibly due to the strike in the Northern Coal Fields of Colorado that began in 1910. However, by the date of the next Louisville directory, which was 1916, they had returned to Louisville. • Following George Cunning's death at his home in 1929, Maggie Cunning continued to live in the house. The following photo and ground layout sketch of the house are from the Boulder County Assessor card that is dated 1948: