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as children. The Atkin family settled into the house with the current address of 721 La Farge Ave. in Louisville. In about 1905, Samuel Atkin married Olive Venette, who had been born in Colorado in 1887. They had three children who survived to adulthood: Virginia (1908-1974); Wilma "Dixie" (1914-1964); and Venetta (1924-1996). All three daughters graduated from Louisville High School, and records available on Ancestry.com suggest that all three also attended Colorado State Teachers College, which was an impressive accomplishment for a Louisville family for that time period. Virginia Atkin became a teacher and married Edward Flint, another teacher. Wilma Atkin married William Jenkins, who had been one of two survivors of the 1936 Monarch Mine Explosion that killed eight miners. They divorced and she remarried to Anthony Holmes. According to her 1964 obituary, she was a medical secretary and was the former president of the Colorado Association of Medical Assistants. Venetta Atkin was a cadet nurse in World War II and worked as an X-ray technician in 1953, when she was still living at 1101 Grant. She married Keith Shriver. The Louisville directory for 1916 listed Samuel Atkin as being the foreman of the Rex Mine and his father, William, as being the superintendent of the Rex Mine. The 1916 directory also listed Samuel and Olive Atkin as residing at 608 Grant Ave., which is the former address of 1101 Grant (Louisville's address system changed in the late 1930s). The 1920, 1930, and 1940 census records show Samuel and Olive Atkin and their family to be living at 1101 Grant. In 1920, the family consisted of Samuel, Olive, Virginia, and Wilma. In 1930, the residents were Samuel, Wilma, and Venetta. In 1940, it was Sam (age 55), Olive (age 52), and Venetta (age 15) living in the house. Samuel's sisters, Margaret Taylor, Mary Jane Taylor, and Isabella Clark, lived nearby at 841 Lincoln, 1101 Jefferson, and 1041 Jefferson, respectively. Samuel Atkin died in 1940. Olive Atkin continued to reside in their home, living on a "coalminer's pension," according to her relatives. She lived another 29 years and died in 1969. Following the death of Olive Atkin, heirs Virginia Atkin Flint and Wilma Atkin Holmes' son, William, deeded their property interests in the house to the third heir, Venetta Shriver. She conveyed ownership to herself and her husband, Keith Shriver, in 1971. Venetta and Keith Shriver owned the house from 1971 until 1984. During that period, they rented the house to Roger Dayhoff (1935-2004). His wife, Donna Domenico 3