| (1882-1944), carriagemaker. Born at Ste-Marthe, Que. He was married at St. Alexander’s Church, Lochiel, on 22 Oct. 1923, to Lydia Brunet (1892-1982), who was born in Lochiel Township, GC. From the time of their marriage, they always lived in Alexandria. Hormisdas Séguin was by training a blacksmith. After the closing of the Munro & McIntosh firm, he became a carriagemaker. In April 1942, he was making sleighs and buggies in Alexandria, turning out about forty units a year. At this time, he was believed to have the “only buggy manufacturing plant in this car conscious country,” and he had just shipped a made-to-order buggy to Col. Harry Cockshutt, the president of Frost & Wood. (//Glengarry News// 24 April 1942 ) Also in Séguin’s firm was Elzéar Pigeon, who had been a foreman at Munro & McIntosh, and Hormisdas’ son, François Séguin. Both of these continued for a time in carriage manufacture. François later operated a hardware store in Alexandria; he died 28 April 2006, aged 81. Hormisdas Séguin was the father of Jeannine Séguin. He and his wife are buried in the Sacré-Coeur cemetery, Alexandria. See René Pigeon. | (1882-1944), carriagemaker. Born at Ste-Marthe, Que. He was married at St. Alexander’s Church, Lochiel, on 22 Oct. 1923, to Lydia Brunet (1892-1982), who was born in Lochiel Township, GC. From the time of their marriage, they always lived in Alexandria. Hormisdas Séguin was by training a blacksmith. After the closing of the Munro & McIntosh firm, he became a carriagemaker. In April 1942, he was making sleighs and buggies in Alexandria, turning out about forty units a year. At this time, he was believed to have the “only buggy manufacturing plant in this car conscious country,” and he had just shipped a made-to-order buggy to Col. Harry Cockshutt, the president of Frost & Wood. (//Glengarry News// 24 April 1942 ) Also in Séguin’s firm was Elzéar Pigeon, who had been a foreman at Munro & McIntosh, and Hormisdas’ son, François Séguin. Both of these continued for a time in carriage manufacture. François later operated a hardware store in Alexandria; he died 28 April 2006, aged 81. Hormisdas Séguin was the father of Jeannine Séguin. He and his wife are buried in the Sacré-Coeur cemetery, Alexandria. See [[pigeon_rene|René Pigeon]]. |
