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Resource Number: 5BL7981
<br />Temporary Resource Number: 157508426007
<br />living at 729 La Farge at the time of the 1900 census. Evidence indicates that Thomas and Lizzie originally came
<br />from England.
<br />There are some indications that Thomas and Lizzie Taylor passed away while there were still minor children in the
<br />family, as all records of the parents disappear in the early 1900s. In 1904, only the oldest son, George Taylor, is
<br />listed in the Louisville directory as an adult in this Taylor family living in Louisville.
<br />Next, the 1910 federal census shows that Thomas and Lizzie Taylor's daughter May had married Thomas Thirlaway
<br />Jr. of Louisville's English Thirlaway family. Thomas Thirlaway was the new head of the household in this house, and
<br />Thomas and May were evidently responsible for taking care of three of May's youngest siblings, Lela (age 14), Lizzie
<br />(age 12), and Robert (age 11). May and Thomas had married when she was about 17, three years before. Thomas
<br />was a coal miner. Thomas and May Thirlaway are listed as still living at this address in 1916, 1918, 1920, and 1921.
<br />In 1923, Thomas was killed in a coal mining accident at the Centennial Mine in Louisville at the age of 39. In the
<br />1923 directory, both May Thirlaway and her brother, George Taylor, are listed as residing here. In the 1926 directory,
<br />Thomas Thirlaway's brother, William, is listed as living at this address with his wife, Alberta. They had young children
<br />at the time. The residents in the 1930s could not be determined, but in 1943, James and Inez Gardner are listed as
<br />residents. They were apparently renters of the house. James was a loader at the Centennial Mine.
<br />In 1943, according to online County property records, Taylor sons Robert and George Taylor conveyed the property
<br />at 729 La Farge out of the Taylor family, after 45 years. John and Edith Chiolino purchased the house and it became
<br />the home of their family, which included their children Maxine, Lois, and John Jr.
<br />According to a Chiolino family history, John Chiolino's parents emigrated from Italy in 1889, while Edith was the
<br />daughter of a French family by the name of Merciez. John was born in 1905 and Edith in 1909. They married in
<br />Kansas in 1925 and came to Louisville in 1930 in search of work for John in the coal mines. Other members of the
<br />Chiolino and Merciez families ended up also settling in Louisville. In fact, Edith's brother, Alex Merciez, lived across
<br />the street from the Chiolinos with his family at 728 La Farge (5BL919). Also, Edith's mother, Marie Merciez, operated
<br />Forte's Store at 804 Walnut (5BL8029) in Jefferson Place following the operation by the Forte family; Edith's sister,
<br />Alice Merciez Soupley, lived with her husband in the cottage behind the store.
<br />Edith Merciez Chiolino, being of French heritage, prepared French foods including soup made with green vegetables
<br />such as leeks, cabbage, and spinach from their garden cooked with white beans and pork bones. The family raised
<br />chickens and rabbits.
<br />The Chiolino family history states:
<br />In 1938, John was injured when a cave-in at the Monarch mine crushed his pelvis. He was
<br />hospitalized for several weeks and was never expected to walk again. The family survived on
<br />Workmens Comp on $59 a month while Edith worked around town doing laundry, ironing and
<br />cleaning. Finally John was able to walk with crutches, then a cane and wore a stiff back brace the
<br />rest of his life. He got a job with the town of Louisville driving a truck, cleaning ash pits and cleaning
<br />streets. During the war he helped with paper drives with the church and Boy Scouts and volunteered
<br />where ever he could help. When he finally regained his strength, he got a job at Steinbaugh Lumber
<br />and worked there until his retirement in 1969. John and Edith bought their first house in Louisville at
<br />729 LaFarge in 1942 for $500 cash. They were hard-working, honest and proud people, never
<br />owned a credit card and had no debts.
<br />John passed away in 1981 at the age of 81 and Edith in 2004 at the age of 95. Son John Chiolino Jr. passed away in
<br />2008. Daughters Lois Chiolino Tesone and Maxine Chiolino McHugh are current Louisville residents.
<br />The only alternate address that was found for this house is 216 La Farge.
<br />Sources of Information
<br />Boulder County "Real Estate Appraisal Card — Urban Master," on file at the Carnegie Branch Library for Local History
<br />in Boulder, Colorado.
<br />Boulder County Clerk & Recorder's Office and Assessor's Office public records, accessed through
<br />http://recorder.bouldercounty.org.
<br />Directories of Louisville residents and businesses on file at the Louisville Historical Museum.
<br />Census records and other records accessed through www.ancestry.com .
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