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Other relatives of Robert Ashburn and Margaret Liddle Ashburn also settled in Louisville. For example, Robert's sisters, Grace and Mary, and his father, Jonathan, were living in Louisville at the time of the 1910 census. Members of the Liddle family also settled in Louisville. The 1910 census records show the Ashburn parents and children living in the location of 821 McKinley at that time. In 1913, the house was sold and the family moved to Larimer County, perhaps due to the long strike of 1910-1914. Allert Ownership, 1913-1918 Records indicate that the next owner, Anna Allert, was the wife of Oscar Allert, the Louisville Postmaster. According to the 1910 census, she was herself the Postmaster's assistant. She was born in 1866. Available information does not indicate whether members of the Allert family lived at 821 McKinley during their ownership. Dhieux Ownership, 1918-1941 By a deed recorded in 1918, August Joseph Dhieux became the next owner of 821 McKinley. The name is sometimes given in the records as "Dewey," which is believed to have been how the family pronounced the name. August Joseph Dhieux (c. 1873-1937) and his wife, Honorine (c. 1878-1950) were born and married in France, and three of their seven children were born there. According to Honorine Dhieux's obituary, "[h]e came to America first and she and the three children followed him six months later ...." This is believed to have been in about 1906. Both the 1920 and 1930 censuses show this Dhieux family to be living at the 821 McKinley location. August Joseph was a coal miner. In 1930, their four sons were also working as coal miners, including their fifteen -year -old son, Charles. The 1920 census shows that they had a boarder, Peter "Blanchid," who was also an immigrant from France and worked as a coal miner. In 1937, when August Joseph Dhieux died, Honorine Dhieux became the owner of 821 McKinley, and in 1941, their son Joseph "Dewey" became the owner. It should be noted that there were multiple people by these names who lived in Louisville, many of them relatives of this particular branch of the Dhieux family. Souply Ownership, 1941-1946 In 1941, this property was purchased by Nestor and Alice Souply. Nestor was born in Belgium in 1889 and came to the US in 1902 and to Louisville in 1923. He worked in the coal mines in Louisville until 1945, when he and his family moved to Longmont. Nestor Souply died in 1973. He and his wife, Alice Merciez (1892-1988), had several children, including Florence, Evelyn, Nestor Jr., Lorene, and Betty. Alice's parents were Jules and Marie Merciez, who had been born in France and came to Louisville. 2