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Resource Number: 5BL921
<br />Temporary Resource Number: 157508435012
<br />Louisville directories first show a record for Joe "Sticker," a miner, in 1892. By 1896, he was both a miner and a
<br />dairyman. According to a written history prepared by the family, the Steckers kept cows at 633 La Farge "and sold
<br />milk, delivered in 5-pound lard pails." Agatha carried on their dairy business even after the death of Joe in 1904; the
<br />1906 directory shows her still operating the dairy.
<br />The 1904 Louisville directory shows Agatha Stecker, a widow, living at La Farge and Pine with her daughter, Annie.
<br />Agatha continued living at 633 La Farge for several more years. However, by the time of the 1916 directory, Agatha
<br />had moved next door to 722 Pine (then called 410 Pine). Agatha conveyed her ownership to these lots to her
<br />daughter, Annie, in 1919. It appears that Agatha continued to live at 722 Pine until near the time of her death in 1931.
<br />At the time that Agatha moved to 722 Pine, her daughter, Annie, continued to occupy 633 La Farge, now with her
<br />husband, Robert Kerr, whom she married in 1909. Robert Kerr was born in Colorado in 1879 of an Irish born father
<br />and Canadian born mother. According to the family's written history, this Kerr family came to Louisville in 1900. Annie
<br />and Robert Kerr raised their daughters, Alma and Bertha, at 633 La Farge with Agatha Stecker living next door at
<br />722 Pine.
<br />In Louisville directories, the former address of 633 La Farge is most often given as 146 and 140 La Farge, although
<br />130 La Farge is also given as an address for this residence.
<br />Annie Stecker Kerr passed away in 1931 and Robert Kerr passed away in 1937. Their daughter, Alma, married Floyd
<br />Brennan; their daughter, Bertha, moved to California. In 1953, Bertha conveyed her interest in the family properties
<br />to her sister, Alma.
<br />Louisville directories show that Alma and Floyd Brennan resided at 722 Pine, where Alma's grandmother Agatha
<br />Stecker had lived, in the 1950s. This is shown in the directories for 1955 through 1960.
<br />For a period of time, the house at 633 La Farge was rented out by Alma and Floyd Brennan. For the years of 1953
<br />through 1959, for example, Francis and Kathleen Kennedy are listed in Louisville directories as residing at 633 La
<br />Farge. Francis was a technician for RCA and Kathleen worked as a waitress at Louisville's Blue Parrot Cafe.
<br />By 1966, Alma and Floyd Brennan were residing at 633 La Farge. Floyd Brennan worked for thirty-five years as a
<br />labor foreman with a construction company and passed away in 1984. Alma Brennan passed away in 1999.
<br />Today, descendants of the Stecker/Kerr/Brennan family continue to own the three properties of 633 La Farge, 722
<br />Pine, and 720 Pine.
<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.orq.
<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.
<br />Drumm's Wall Map of Louisville, Colorado, 1909
<br />Sanborn Insurance Maps for Louisville, Colorado, 1893, 1900, and 1908
<br />Green Mountain Cemetery Index to Interment Books, 1904-1925, Boulder Genealogical Society, 2006.
<br />Sacred Heart of Mary Cemetery, Boulder County, records of burials, accessed through www.findagrave.com
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