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consisted of the two parents plus their eight children: Antonio, Magdalena, Tomaso, Luciano, Juana, Maria, Leonore, and Patricia. In Louisville, Arrambide worked as a coal miner. In about 1936, the family moved to Oxnard, California. The house was likely rented out during his continued ownership of the house in the late 1930s and early -to -mid 1940s, but the identities of any renters could not be located. Coet Family Ownership, 1947-1996 In 1947, Luciano Arrambide sold 614 Grant to Desire Coet (1897-1969) and Sarah Coet (1897- 1995). They came from Illinois to Louisville in 1936 along with a wave of mining families, many of whom had originally come from France, traveling from Illinois and Kansas during the Depression in search of work. Starting in 1947, the Coets lived in this home. Desire was born in Marles-les-Mines, Pas -de -Calais, France. He came to the U.S. in 1908. According to his obituary, he retired from mining in 1950 and was Louisville police magistrate for 12 years, and he had also served as a deputy Boulder County sheriff. Sarah Jane Cutty Coet was born in County Durham, England (as were most of the English immigrants who had moved to Louisville in the late 1800s and early 1900s) and she came to the U.S. in 1922. They married in 1926, after the death of Desire's first wife. In 1945, Desire was one of three men appointed to a four-year term on the Board of Examiners for the State Coal Mine Inspection Department. The Louisville Times cited his over-50 year membership in the United Mine Workers union. As a World War I veteran, he was also active in the local chapters of the American Legion and VFW. The following photo and ground layout sketch are from the Boulder County Assessor that was completed in 1948: 3