Family:Edward Brennan and Helen Sinclair (1)

This information is from Allen Brennan's book: Edward Brennan (son of James and Margaret) and Helen Sinclair married sometime in the early 1860's and lived near Stratford, Ontario in Perth County. Their first three children were born in Canada and the other seven in America. Based on the census data they came to the United States around 1869 and lived near Ecorse, Michigan. Edward was a farmer and moved to the Tawas City area by 1874 and purchased 20 acres southwest of the city on December 9, 1875 for fifty dollars. Eventually he owned 60 acres in the area. Around 1879 he left the Tawas area and moved to Pinconning, Michigan and farmed until he retired. Following his retirement he moved to Bay City where he and his wife Helen, died in 1926. Helen died on March 10, 1926. Edward died shortly thereafter on May 5, 1926 at 2:00 p.m. at Mercy Hospital in Bay City. Edward and Helen are buried in the old section next to the road at St. Patrick's Cemetary. There is only one headstone with both names on it. A large number of the other Brennans are also buried in St. Patrick's Cemetery. Helen Sinclair was a Episcopalian and converted to becoming a Catholic when she married Edward. "Helen Sinclair would say that had I known that becoming Catholic would lead to having ten children, she would have thought twice." Helen (Gawn) Bolds said her grandparents were very kind and fun loving people who loved to play cards (euchre) on weekends and were pretty good drinkers. She remembers them playing cards and putting a glass of whiskey on the corner of the table and the winner would get to drink and the loser could only get a whiff of the glass. In their older age they lived in the same house but in seperate quarters. Edward did his own cooking, but they were friends.