According to the baptismal records at St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church in Detroit, Michigan, Edmund Joseph Reno (spelled Renau in the record), son of Josanis Renau and Maria Louisa Holthoffer, both born in Detroit, was born September 3, 1881 and baptized September 15, 1881 (page 426, line 140). Member of St. Mary's parish at the time of his death (re: Find-A-Grave research notes).