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(born 1859), her son John August "Gus" (1880-1956), and his daughter Louise (1903-2003). In 1940, another Cook son, James (1894-1960) rented the house for $10 a month with his wife, Etta Park Cook (1899-1975), their five children, and his brother Gus. Etta Park Cook is known to have been part of a Louisville sewing group funded by the WPA at that time. Gus Cook and James Cook were both coal miners. In 1942-1943, Leonard Glenn (1899-1968) and Marvel Glenn (1906-1965) lived at 829 Lincoln. As indicated on his 1942 World War II draft registration form, Leonard Glenn worked at the Allphin Ford Garage in Louisville. His address is stated as 829 Lincoln. Glenn is also listed in the 1943 directory. The Glenns had four children: Barbara, Donna, Charles, and Leonard. Their ages ranged between about two and fifteen years old while they were living at 829 Lincoln. Tapp Ownership, 1944-1951 Boulder County recorded documents show that John Balent sold 829 Lincoln to John "Jake" Tapp in 1944 for $900. Jake Tapp was a previous resident of Louisville who had by then moved to California. It is believed that he never lived in the house and that he may have purchased it as an investment property. Beginning in 1944, the family of Pete and Ella Ross rented the house. They became owners of it in 1951. They may have had an earlier contract with Tapp to purchase the house, but if they did, it appears not to have been recorded with Boulder County. Ross/Marino Family Ownership, 1951-Present The Ross family began to rent 829 Lincoln in 1944, and in 1951, Peter "Pete" Ross (1904-1982) and Ellanora "Ella" Beranek Ross (1907-1979) became the legal owners of the property. Pete Ross was born in Louisville to parents who were from Italy, and he grew up in Louisville's Little Italy neighborhood. Ella Ross was born in Michigan to Czech parents who moved to Louisville within the following few years. Pete and Ella married and had their children, Betty (1926-2017) and Donald (1929-2012). The family rented a house in Little Italy near Pete's relatives for several years prior to moving to another location in Louisville and then to 829 Lincoln. According to his obituary, Pete Ross worked as a coal miner for 35 years and also was employed by the City of Louisville. He retired in 1969 from Boulder Valley School District. Betty married Carl Ernest Marino (1922-2001) in 1948 and moved to Lafayette. Don Ross continued to live in the house at 829 Lincoln with his parents. He then married and moved elsewhere in Louisville. The following photo and ground layout are from the County Assessor card and show the house in 1948, when the Ross family was living in it but did not yet own it. (The blue pencil handwriting on the ground layout image is from 1948 and the red pencil handwriting is from when the Assessor returned in 1950.) 6