Thomas Arthur Segrue, the eldest of four children and the only son of Caroline Tassin (1858-1934) and Stephen Edward Segrue (1858-1901), was born and raised in Moreauville, Louisiana, on a farm on the Bayou des Glaises established by the Tassin family of his mother Caroline Tassin Dufour Segrue. He was baptized by Rev. C. Arnaud on Feb. 28, 1895 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Moreauville, LA,. His godparents Rene Brou and Claire Coco; but the church record book says his sponsors were Arthur Coco (who was this uncle by marriage to his half sister Marie Alida Dufour) and Annie Lou Dufour (his half sister).
Caroline's second husband (and father of her last four of 12 children) was Stephen Edward Segrue, born in New Orleans in 1858, the first-generation son of immigrant Irish parents from County Kerry (his father James) and County Waterford (his mother Anastasia Tobin). Caroline became a widow for the second time in 1901, when her son Thomas was not quite seven years old. She stayed on the farm, eventually working it with Thomas, until the great Mississippi River flood of 1927. The 1920 census lists Caroline as Farmer and Thomas as "helping on the farm"; they were living in Voorhies between Gerard and Delia Armand & Lee and Ollie Bordelon.
His World War I draft registration card (5 June 1917) indicates he was living in Moreauville at the time. (It gives his birth year incorrectly as 1895.) He was single and listed his mother as his nearest relative. He was short in height, with a slender build, blue eyes, and dark hair.
On 3 August 1922, Thomas married Bernice Blanche Beard (1901-1976), a daughter of Martin Willis Beard (1861-1934) and Elodie Bordelon (1866-1960). The couple raised three children: Edward Joseph (Sonny, 1923-1981), Lois Virginia Beard (Sister, 1925-2011), and Bernice Theresa (Tootie, 1927-2021).
From 1923-1927 the family lived first in Chicago, when Sonny was a baby; his father worked for the Pullman Co. They returned to New Orleans before Lois and Bernice were born. In 1927, they moved back to Moreauville. After 1928, they lived in New Orleans and Thomas worked as a conductor on the streetcar whose name, Desire, was made famous by Tennessee Williams' play. Thomas's WWII draft card (1942) state that they lived at 819 Deslondes Street in New Orleans and that he worked for the New Orleans Public Service Corp. (as a streetcar operator).
Thomas was buried two days after his death in Moreauville in the Sacred Heart church cemetery.
Caroline's second husband (and father of her last four of 12 children) was Stephen Edward Segrue, born in New Orleans in 1858, the first-generation son of immigrant Irish parents from County Kerry (his father James) and County Waterford (his mother Anastasia Tobin). Caroline became a widow for the second time in 1901, when her son Thomas was not quite seven years old. She stayed on the farm, eventually working it with Thomas, until the great Mississippi River flood of 1927. The 1920 census lists Caroline as Farmer and Thomas as "helping on the farm"; they were living in Voorhies between Gerard and Delia Armand & Lee and Ollie Bordelon.
His World War I draft registration card (5 June 1917) indicates he was living in Moreauville at the time. (It gives his birth year incorrectly as 1895.) He was single and listed his mother as his nearest relative. He was short in height, with a slender build, blue eyes, and dark hair.
On 3 August 1922, Thomas married Bernice Blanche Beard (1901-1976), a daughter of Martin Willis Beard (1861-1934) and Elodie Bordelon (1866-1960). The couple raised three children: Edward Joseph (Sonny, 1923-1981), Lois Virginia Beard (Sister, 1925-2011), and Bernice Theresa (Tootie, 1927-2021).
From 1923-1927 the family lived first in Chicago, when Sonny was a baby; his father worked for the Pullman Co. They returned to New Orleans before Lois and Bernice were born. In 1927, they moved back to Moreauville. After 1928, they lived in New Orleans and Thomas worked as a conductor on the streetcar whose name, Desire, was made famous by Tennessee Williams' play. Thomas's WWII draft card (1942) state that they lived at 819 Deslondes Street in New Orleans and that he worked for the New Orleans Public Service Corp. (as a streetcar operator).
Thomas was buried two days after his death in Moreauville in the Sacred Heart church cemetery.
Thomas Arthur Segrue, the eldest of four children and the only son of Caroline Tassin (1858-1934) and Stephen Edward Segrue (1858-1901), was born and raised in Moreauville, Louisiana, on a farm on the Bayou des Glaises established by the Tassin family of his mother Caroline Tassin Dufour Segrue. He was baptized by Rev. C. Arnaud on Feb. 28, 1895 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Moreauville, LA,. His godparents Rene Brou and Claire Coco; but the church record book says his sponsors were Arthur Coco (who was this uncle by marriage to his half sister Marie Alida Dufour) and Annie Lou Dufour (his half sister).
Caroline's second husband (and father of her last four of 12 children) was Stephen Edward Segrue, born in New Orleans in 1858, the first-generation son of immigrant Irish parents from County Kerry (his father James) and County Waterford (his mother Anastasia Tobin). Caroline became a widow for the second time in 1901, when her son Thomas was not quite seven years old. She stayed on the farm, eventually working it with Thomas, until the great Mississippi River flood of 1927. The 1920 census lists Caroline as Farmer and Thomas as "helping on the farm"; they were living in Voorhies between Gerard and Delia Armand & Lee and Ollie Bordelon.
His World War I draft registration card (5 June 1917) indicates he was living in Moreauville at the time. (It gives his birth year incorrectly as 1895.) He was single and listed his mother as his nearest relative. He was short in height, with a slender build, blue eyes, and dark hair.
On 3 August 1922, Thomas married Bernice Blanche Beard (1901-1976), a daughter of Martin Willis Beard (1861-1934) and Elodie Bordelon (1866-1960). The couple raised three children: Edward Joseph (Sonny, 1923-1981), Lois Virginia Beard (Sister, 1925-2011), and Bernice Theresa (Tootie, 1927-2021).
From 1923-1927 the family lived first in Chicago, when Sonny was a baby; his father worked for the Pullman Co. They returned to New Orleans before Lois and Bernice were born. In 1927, they moved back to Moreauville. After 1928, they lived in New Orleans and Thomas worked as a conductor on the streetcar whose name, Desire, was made famous by Tennessee Williams' play. Thomas's WWII draft card (1942) state that they lived at 819 Deslondes Street in New Orleans and that he worked for the New Orleans Public Service Corp. (as a streetcar operator).
Thomas was buried two days after his death in Moreauville in the Sacred Heart church cemetery.
Caroline's second husband (and father of her last four of 12 children) was Stephen Edward Segrue, born in New Orleans in 1858, the first-generation son of immigrant Irish parents from County Kerry (his father James) and County Waterford (his mother Anastasia Tobin). Caroline became a widow for the second time in 1901, when her son Thomas was not quite seven years old. She stayed on the farm, eventually working it with Thomas, until the great Mississippi River flood of 1927. The 1920 census lists Caroline as Farmer and Thomas as "helping on the farm"; they were living in Voorhies between Gerard and Delia Armand & Lee and Ollie Bordelon.
His World War I draft registration card (5 June 1917) indicates he was living in Moreauville at the time. (It gives his birth year incorrectly as 1895.) He was single and listed his mother as his nearest relative. He was short in height, with a slender build, blue eyes, and dark hair.
On 3 August 1922, Thomas married Bernice Blanche Beard (1901-1976), a daughter of Martin Willis Beard (1861-1934) and Elodie Bordelon (1866-1960). The couple raised three children: Edward Joseph (Sonny, 1923-1981), Lois Virginia Beard (Sister, 1925-2011), and Bernice Theresa (Tootie, 1927-2021).
From 1923-1927 the family lived first in Chicago, when Sonny was a baby; his father worked for the Pullman Co. They returned to New Orleans before Lois and Bernice were born. In 1927, they moved back to Moreauville. After 1928, they lived in New Orleans and Thomas worked as a conductor on the streetcar whose name, Desire, was made famous by Tennessee Williams' play. Thomas's WWII draft card (1942) state that they lived at 819 Deslondes Street in New Orleans and that he worked for the New Orleans Public Service Corp. (as a streetcar operator).
Thomas was buried two days after his death in Moreauville in the Sacred Heart church cemetery.
Gravesite Details
buried May 19 1966 Section D Row 7 Plot 1; wife Bernice is buried next to him; Sacred Heart Burial Reg, p. 86 # 11
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