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was no Colorado Governor White, it is most likely that Jacovetta was in support of Governor Davis Waite <br />(1893-1895) who was a Populist and supported the Miners unions. Jacovetta's admiration of Waite <br />earned him the nickname of "Johnny White" around town. The nickname became so ingrained that he is <br />listed in the 1910 census as "John White" and even passed on the nickname to his son Anthony who was <br />occasionally known as Tony White. <br />R7 <br />S <br />".Ov �... <br />Filomena and John Jacovetta in an undated photo from the Louisville Times Bicentennial Edition, 1978. <br />Boulder County directories from 1916 and 1918 show the Jacovettas living at 945 Cannon, an early <br />address number for 1440 Cannon. Filomena Jacovetta died in 1926. John Jacovetta became a naturalized <br />citizen in 1937 at age 69, and lived in the house on Cannon with his daughter Rose until his death the <br />following year in 1938. <br />Upon John Jacovetta's death, Rose continued to live at 1440 Cannon while her brother Anthony (1906- <br />1986) and his wife Dorothy Vaughn Jacovetta lived a block away at 1440 Front. Anthony was a long- <br />standing member of the St. Louis Church and the Boulder Elks Lodge. He served as Louisville Fire chief in <br />1942 and was an active member of the Past Chiefs Club for many years. <br />In 1934, Rose Jacovetta (1910-1997) married William Marinelli (1910-2003) and in 1957 they filed a joint <br />tenancy deed for 1440 Cannon. William Marinelli was born in Cumberland, Canada to Ronaldo Marinelli <br />and Sarafina Inama. He, along with his brother-in-law Anthony, worked at the Clayton Coal Mine and the <br />New Washington Mine in Erie throughout the 1930s and 40s. <br />In 1948, Rose's oldest brother Dominic "Plat" Jacovetta opened Plat Packing in Denver, a successful meat <br />packing warehouse and processing plant serving hotels and restaurants. In the 1950s, William Marinelli <br />and both of his brothers -in law, Anthony and William Jacovetta, joined the family business and worked as <br />butchers and machine operators at Plat Packing until retiring in the 1970s. William Jacovetta (1906-1989) <br />had married Edith Slade in 1937 and lived in Denver. <br />ius <br />