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DAJDESIGN <br />ARCHITECTURE, INTERIORS <br />Desailly Family Ownership, 1947-1970 <br />In 1947, Harry E. Lee sold 1155 Pine to Emile and Pauline Desailly. The Desaillys are <br />identified in the 1943 directory as already living at this address and it is possible that they <br />were renters before purchasing the house. Emile Zenon Desailly (1889-1970) and <br />Apollonie Pauline Desailly (1889-1969) were both born in France and married in 1909. <br />They came to the U.S. via Canada, arriving in Port Huron, Michigan in 1917 with their two <br />children — Victor (age 8) and Antoinette (age 4). Emile worked as a coal miner and the <br />family lived in Kansas and Illinois. While in Illinois, Emile became a naturalized citizen in <br />v� 1935 and Pauline in 1939 at the age of 50. In 1939, they moved to Routt County, Colorado <br />and in 1943, they were living in Louisville at 1155 Pine. Emile worked at the Centennial <br />Mine and was active in the United Mine Workers until he retired in 1950. In 1956, they <br />transferred ownership of the house to their son Victor Z. Desailly (1909-1967) and his wife <br />Marie Lucas Desailly (1910-1991) for $1.00. Despite the transfer of ownership, it appears <br />that Emile and Pauline continued living at 1155 Pine until Pauline's death in 1969 and <br />Emile's death in 1970. Victor and Marie Desailly lived nearby at 721 Jefferson. Victor <br />Desailly also worked as a miner and construction worker and at the National Bureau of <br />Standards until his death in 1967. <br />During the Desailly family ownership, Louisville installed a sewer system in the 1950s and <br />the Desailly's added a bathroom to the house in 1962. <br />1155 PINE ST. PAGE - 10 <br />