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Spruce, no family connection between the two Thompson families has been found.) Their daughter, <br />Muriel, was born in 1913. <br />Property records indicate that in 1936, Royal Thompson conveyed ownership to the lots that now <br />comprise both 733 McKinley and 741 McKinley to his wife, Lula Belle Thompson. <br />Elmer and Muriel Hilton, Ownership 1939-1957 <br />In 1937, Muriel Thompson married Elmer Hilton. In 1938, Lula Belle Thompson conveyed the lots for 733 <br />McKinley to her daughter and son-in-law, Muriel and Elmer Hilton. <br />Elmer Hilton had grown up in Louisville as the son of William Hilton and Elizabeth Barker. Both the <br />Hiltons and the Barkers were pioneer families of Louisville. Like Muriel, Elmer was born in 1913. <br />The house at 733 McKinley was constructed in 1939. Elmer Hilton's obituary states that he built the <br />house. <br />Elmer Hilton worked at a variety of jobs in Louisville. He worked for the Industrial Mine, Monarch Mine, <br />and Black Diamond Mine, and for Rocky Flats as an operations engineer. He also had at least two <br />businesses as a woodworker. The 1949 directory shows that he was in business with his father-in-law, <br />Royal Thompson. The business was called Hilton Wood Products and it was located at 741% McKinley, <br />behind Royal Thompson's house. The 1951 directory also shows Elmer to have been in business with <br />Louisville resident Ralph Harmon. The business was "The Woodshop" and it was located on Main Street. <br />By the time of the 1955 directory, however, Ralph Harmon had the business by himself and Elmer Hilton <br />was back to working at the Black Diamond Mine. The 1958 directory listed Elmer as being a <br />cabinetmaker. <br />The 1940 Louisville directory shows that Muriel Hilton worked at Bungalow Drug on Main Street in <br />Louisville. She later worked for the University of Colorado Wardenburg Medical Center as a nurse's aide, <br />and retired from there. <br />The following images are from the 1948 Boulder County Assessor card and show the house from that <br />time, when it was owned by Elmer and Muriel Hilton, along with a sketch of the layout. The photo is <br />believed to date from 1948. Notations on the card indicate that the blue markings on the layout sketch <br />were made in 1948 and the red markings in 1950. <br />