More than two centuries earlier, in 1313 the Justciary Rolls record the aquittal by a jury in County Cork of Rawenyld O'Grayne, charged with aiding a convicted robber. MacGranny and MacGraney, now extant in County Armagh as MacGrana, occur quite frequently in the same records in two areas, Co. Armagh and Co. Roscommon, and I can presume be equated also with the modern MacGrane.
We think our Ancestors came over to England like many others during the potato famine, between 1845 - 1850. They either landed at Holyhead in Anglesey, or at Parkgate on the Wirral peninsular and gradually worked and walked their way to Liverpool and the North West. It's not a common name, but there are a few in local phone directories.
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| Great Grandfather John Graney(right) | Grandfather Peter Graney 1891 - 1987 |
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Father Jack |
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My Great-Great Grandfather John died in 1925 aged 64. My Grandfather Peter died in 1987 aged 96. He fought in the Battle of the Somme as an Artilleryman, and worked for Pilkingtons, the glass manufacturers in St. Helens. He had 4 brothers - Joe, Jim, Charlie(died aged 25),John (died aged 2 in 1924), and 4 sisters with good old fashioned Lancashire names, Maggie, Lizzie, Nellie, and Annie. He married and had two children, John (my father) and Veronica.
My father was born in 1922. Married my Mother Eunice Lowe in 1959.
I am the eldest (40) of six children: Myself, Cathy, Barry, Des, Roger, Malcolm.
Some useful links:
Greaney Family Genealogy Forum