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Bosko Family Residence/Ownership, circa 1931-circa 1943 By a deed recorded in 1936, Mary Bosko purchased 945 Front from J.J. Steinbaugh. However, it is believed that she and her family began to live in the house as early as 1931, as the 1932 and 1935 Louisville directories show them to be living in the vicinity of 945 Front, earlier than 1936. It is possible that they were renting, or that the deed was effective but not recorded with the County immediately. Mary Bosko (1895-1971) and John Bosko (1888-1965) were members of one of Louisville's Slovak families. Their children were George (1914-1991), Helen (Silko) (1917-2010), and John (1920-2001). The following photo from an Ancestry.com family tree shows the Bosko family in the 1920s: John, the son, served in World War II and narrowly survived having his plane shot down over Germany. This story was described in an issue of The Louisville Historian, available online here: http://www.louisville-Iibrary.org/Portals/1/pdf/Louisville%20Historian/2009-1 Winter.pdf . It is believed that all five members of the Bosko family lived in the house in the early to mid-1930s, but records indicate that later, only Mary and her daughter, Helen, were residing in the house. Helen Bosko Silko visited the Louisville Historical Museum in 2007 and told the Historical Museum staff that she was going to go see the house at 945 Front, where she had grown up. Venette Ownership, Residence/Ownership, circa 1943-circa 1944 John and Auncy Venette acquired this property from Mary Bosko by a deed recorded in 1944. However, the 1943 Louisville directory shows not only the Venettes to be living at 945 Front, 3