Thomas Joseph Lonergan

  General Notes:

Occupation: Grocery Store owner, salesman
Illnesses: diabetes when old, alcoholism when young.
Cause of Death: amnurism caused by diabetes.
Owned a corner grocery in Chicago, Senn Park neighborhood.

Source: Lonergan family bible: BIRTHS: Thomas Joseph Lonergan,
Born at Waterloo Iowa on the 9th of Sept 1885. DEATHS: Thomas Lonergan
died Dec 31 1965 Chicago. Born Sept 9th 1885 in Waterloo, Iowa.

Source: 1895 Iowa state census (indexed as Sonergan)
Thomas Sonergan 9 Blackhawk W Blackhawk Third Ward of the Ci ty of Waterloo

Source: 1900 US census, Iowa, Black Hawk Co, East Waterloo, sheet 7B, f am 155, roll T623 418; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 12.
He is Thomas Lonergan, son, w, male, Sept 1885, 10, single. IA Ireland Ire land.
He was 15, not 10, Census is hard to read.

Source: 1910 US census, Iowa, Blackhawk Co, Waterloo, T624_392, p117 b, ed 22, fam 197, Webster St. He is Thomas Joseph Lonergan, son, m, w, 2 4, single, IA Ire Ire. Salesman at drug store. (His brother Robert's dr ug store of course.) Living with his widowed mother and brother George.

Source: 1915 Iowa State Census Collection, Reinbeck, Grundy Co, Iowa, ro ll IA1915_205. He is Thomas J Lonergan, w, m, read & write, age 29, druggi st, earned $1195 in 1914, 2yrs of college. Born in IA, Catholic. Father Ir eland, mother Ireland. Living with and working for his brother Robert.

Source: Sept 1918, WWI Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Roll: 1643112
Name: Thomas Joseph Lonergan, w, born 8 Sept 1885.
Residence: Eldora, Hardin Co, Iowa
Roll: 1643112

Source: 1920 US census, Iowa, Grundy Co, Palmermo Twp, distr 58, fam 288.
He is Thomas J Lonergan, rommer, m, w, 34, single. IA Ireland Ireland.
Salesman of musical instruments.
He is living with widow Jennie Bailey 51 and her dau Mae B Bailey. Th is is the Mrs Bailey that appears in the biograph of his wife. What is rea lly strange, he says he is single, but he was married March 1920 and cens us sheet is dated June 14 1920. Perhaps data refers to Jan 1.

Source: Frances R Lonergan, they lived at 505 Hedge Av, Burlington, IA.

Source: 1930 US census, Illinois, Cook Co, Chicago, ward 48, fam 174. Addr ess: 827 Windsor.
He is Thos J Lonergan, 43, married at age 33. IA Ireland Ireland.
Salesman of ? machines. (He sold victrola record players).

Source: daughter Frances. Lived at 827 Windsor for 3 years, then at 1923 I rving Park Rd until she graduated from high school. In 1954 they mov ed to 1804 Main St, Evanston, IL. That was the address when Tom died.

Source: Social security death index
Name: Thomas Lonergan
SSN: 357-05-7391
Last Residence: Illinois
Born: 9 Sep 1885
Died: Dec 1965
State (Year) SSN issued: Illinois (Before 1951 )

Thomas married Frances Beryl Laffer, daughter of Benjamin Franklin Laffer and Emily Stokesberry, on 1 Mar 1920 in Muscatine, Iowa. (Frances Beryl Laffer was born on 10 Feb 1888 in Sigourney, Keokuk, Iowa, died on 4 Apr 1981 in Chicago, Cook Co, Illinois and was buried on an unknown date in Evanston, Cook, Illinois.)