I doubt there is a connection with our family but I found it interesting that a story passed down in our family is that "James McGrane was a sailor and sailed the boats between Ireland and the U.S. He did this while he was a young man and when he was about 40 years old he finally decided to stay in the U.S. He heard from his folks once that his mother had died and never heard from his family again." James was born in about 1830 in Ireland and is my great-great grandfather. eldale@huntel.net