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Based on the 1940 census, there were two rental properties in the wye at the time with tenants Victor and Mildred Lehti, and Emit and Laura Trott. Victor Lehti was working as a miner and Emit Trott owned a junkyard. However, it cannot be stated for certain that either of these families lived at 1155 Pine. 1930s aerial view looking south towards east Pine St. with eastern edge of the wye and 1155 Pine. Desailly Family Ownership, 1947-1970 In 1947, Harry E. Lee sold 1155 Pine to Emile and Pauline Desailly. The Desaillys are identified in the 1943 directory as already living at this address and it is possible that they were renters before purchasing the house. Emile Zenon Desailly (1889-1970) and Apollonie Pauline Desailly (1889-1969) were both born in France and married in 1909. They came to the U.S. via Canada, arriving in Port Huron, Michigan in 1917 with their two children — Victor (age 8) and Antoinette (age 4). Emile worked as a coal miner and the family lived in Kansas and Illinois. While in Illinois, Emile became a naturalized citizen in 1935 and Pauline in 1939 at the age of 50. In 1939, they moved to Routt County, Colorado and in 1943, they were living in Louisville at 1155 Pine. Emile worked at the Centennial Mine and was active in the United Mine Workers until he retired in 1950. In 1956, they transferred ownership of the house to their son Victor Z. Desailly (1909-1967) and his wife Marie Lucas Desailly (1910-1991) for $1.00. Despite the transfer of ownership, it appears that Emile and Pauline continued living at 1155 Pine until Pauline's death in 1969 and Emile's death in 1970. Victor and Marie Desailly lived nearby at 721 Jefferson. Victor Desailly also worked as a miner and construction worker and at the National Bureau of Standards until his death in 1967. During the Desailly family ownership, Louisville installed a sewer system in the 1950s and the Desailly's added a bathroom to the house in 1962. 13