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with his siblings Joe and Cleonice. In the beginning, he worked as a butcher and advertised his Meat Market in the 1909 Black Diamond World newspaper. He later worked as a coal miner. The house most associated with the Jannucci family is the one they lived in at 1116 LaFarge. The property on Jefferson was left undeveloped. After Ernest's death in 1934, the Jefferson property was left to his siblings, Joe, Cleonice, and Genevieve. They sold the lots in 1940 to Joseph and Grace Dalby. ERNEST JANNUC I MEAT AND MARKS Italian Products Phona South. 68 Louisville, - Colorado, Dalby Ownership, 1940-1948 Both Joseph Dalby (1911-1997) and Grace Fischer Dalby (1913-2007) were the third generation of early Louisville families. Joseph Dalby's grandfather, James Dalby came to the US as a child in 1858 and lived in Iowa until moving to Louisville in 1896 to work as a coal miner. He married Johanna Carveth and they had three children —George, Frank, and Clara. George Dalby went into partnership with his cousins Frank and James Carveth to open a general merchandise store in 1911 at 801 Main, the current State Mercantile Building. George's son, Joseph Dalby, took over the business in 1946 and operated it as Dalby's Supermarket until 1969. Grace Fischer Dalby's grandparents, Herman and Marie Fischer emigrated from Germany in 1869 and lived in Illinois and Nebraska before coming to Louisville around 1900. Grace's father, Gottlieb Fischer worked as a farm laborer and carpenter in Louisville. The Dalby family run business at 801 Main from 1911-1969. In 1940, Joseph and Grace Dalby owned Lots 49-54 on Jefferson. They built a house on Lots 49-51 which became 1201 Jefferson, directly south of Lots 52 and 53 that encompass the current address of 1213 Jefferson. According to Boulder County Assessor records, in 1948, the Jannucci's built a small house on their side yard which later became 1213 Jefferson.