Maurice Seguin was born at 20 rue Dufresne, Montreal, Quebec, on April 4, 1911. He was baptized the following day as Joseph Henri Omer Maurice Seguin at St Vincent de Paul Church, Montreal, According to the 1911 St Vincent de Paul baptismal register (page 21), his godparents were his uncle and aunt, Henri Seguin (a constable) and Julia (Constantineau) Seguin of Immaculate Conception Parish.
When he was six years old, he was sliding down a wooden pole and was hooked in the stomach by an hammock hook which was attached to the pole. He was rescued by his maternal grandmother who took him to a doctor. The injury was very serious and one which narrowly missed killing him.
Maurice attended public schools for the first three or four years of his education. When he was about 10 1/2 years old, his father, Albert, left for Windsor in October 1921 and then went on to Detroit. He was gone for about six months when he sent for most of the family to join him. Aurore, Leo, Mariette, Aubert, and Therese left Quebec for Detroit in April 1922 but Maurice stayed behind and attended Gesu Seminary at Ste Catherine & Bleury, arrangements having been made for him to live at the rectory-convent. He stayed there for about two years when plans were made for him to join the rest of the family. His uncle, Francois Lessard, a conductor on the Canadian National Railroad, arranged his transportation through Toronto and on to Detroit.
Maurice attended 9th and 10th grades at St Leo High School on 14th Street, between Hancock and Warren, but transferred to the Detroit High School of Commerce for the 11th grade.
Between 1926 and 1928, he worked for and was paid by drivers of the Detroit News. His job was that of a "jumper," delivering papers to drugstores and other businesses. In 1928, he was on the running board of a Ford pick-up truck cutting string for the 50-paper bundles when he was thrown from the moving truck at Lincoln and Hancock Streets. He rolled under a City of Detroit truck and was hospitalized thereafter for two months at Providence Hospital, 14th Street and Grand Avenue in Detroit. In 1928 he returned to the Detroit News where he became a regular employee and remained for 45 years. He earned the nickname "Speedy" and at the time of his retirement on April 25, 1973., was a master printer doing front page layout in the make-up room.
He was friends with Henry Romanowski who worked at the Detroit News. He was visiting Henry one day when he asked Henry's sister, Jean, for a date to go to the Strand Theater. She refused, and about one month later, he asked her older sister, Corinne, for a date and she accepted. They continued to date and were subsequently married at St Leo Church, Detroit, MI, on April 7, 1923. Although they did not have children of their own, they raised Corinne's niece, Beverly Bailey, from the time that she was about six years old. In 1955 or 1956, Maurice and Corinne bought a home at 8337 Lochdale, in Dearborn, MI, for $15,500 in 1955 or 1956, with a downpayment of $1,000.
Following retirement, Maurice worked as a security officer for the Detroit Tigers Baseball Club for approximately five years. He then worked as a security officer for Redford Community Hospital for about nine months. When he and Corinne sold their home in Dearborn, they moved to Jackson, Wyoming, where they stayed for five years with Beverly and her husband, and then moved to Clearwater, FL, for about a year and a half. When they returned to Michigan around 1985, they bought a condominium in Farmington Hills. Corinne passed away on December 26, 1993.
(From an interview of Maurice Seguin, December 28, 1994.)
Maurice Seguin was born at 20 rue Dufresne, Montreal, Quebec, on April 4, 1911. He was baptized the following day as Joseph Henri Omer Maurice Seguin at St Vincent de Paul Church, Montreal, According to the 1911 St Vincent de Paul baptismal register (page 21), his godparents were his uncle and aunt, Henri Seguin (a constable) and Julia (Constantineau) Seguin of Immaculate Conception Parish.
When he was six years old, he was sliding down a wooden pole and was hooked in the stomach by an hammock hook which was attached to the pole. He was rescued by his maternal grandmother who took him to a doctor. The injury was very serious and one which narrowly missed killing him.
Maurice attended public schools for the first three or four years of his education. When he was about 10 1/2 years old, his father, Albert, left for Windsor in October 1921 and then went on to Detroit. He was gone for about six months when he sent for most of the family to join him. Aurore, Leo, Mariette, Aubert, and Therese left Quebec for Detroit in April 1922 but Maurice stayed behind and attended Gesu Seminary at Ste Catherine & Bleury, arrangements having been made for him to live at the rectory-convent. He stayed there for about two years when plans were made for him to join the rest of the family. His uncle, Francois Lessard, a conductor on the Canadian National Railroad, arranged his transportation through Toronto and on to Detroit.
Maurice attended 9th and 10th grades at St Leo High School on 14th Street, between Hancock and Warren, but transferred to the Detroit High School of Commerce for the 11th grade.
Between 1926 and 1928, he worked for and was paid by drivers of the Detroit News. His job was that of a "jumper," delivering papers to drugstores and other businesses. In 1928, he was on the running board of a Ford pick-up truck cutting string for the 50-paper bundles when he was thrown from the moving truck at Lincoln and Hancock Streets. He rolled under a City of Detroit truck and was hospitalized thereafter for two months at Providence Hospital, 14th Street and Grand Avenue in Detroit. In 1928 he returned to the Detroit News where he became a regular employee and remained for 45 years. He earned the nickname "Speedy" and at the time of his retirement on April 25, 1973., was a master printer doing front page layout in the make-up room.
He was friends with Henry Romanowski who worked at the Detroit News. He was visiting Henry one day when he asked Henry's sister, Jean, for a date to go to the Strand Theater. She refused, and about one month later, he asked her older sister, Corinne, for a date and she accepted. They continued to date and were subsequently married at St Leo Church, Detroit, MI, on April 7, 1923. Although they did not have children of their own, they raised Corinne's niece, Beverly Bailey, from the time that she was about six years old. In 1955 or 1956, Maurice and Corinne bought a home at 8337 Lochdale, in Dearborn, MI, for $15,500 in 1955 or 1956, with a downpayment of $1,000.
Following retirement, Maurice worked as a security officer for the Detroit Tigers Baseball Club for approximately five years. He then worked as a security officer for Redford Community Hospital for about nine months. When he and Corinne sold their home in Dearborn, they moved to Jackson, Wyoming, where they stayed for five years with Beverly and her husband, and then moved to Clearwater, FL, for about a year and a half. When they returned to Michigan around 1985, they bought a condominium in Farmington Hills. Corinne passed away on December 26, 1993.
(From an interview of Maurice Seguin, December 28, 1994.)
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