My parents, Matthew J. SAUSE m. Dorothy Philomena (RANEY). my maternal ggg grand, Jeremiah RINEY b. Maryland, between 1765-1770 m. Mary Joan (SHEEHAN MOORE) widow of Alexander MOORE. The family is in the Washington County, KY census in 1800 and 1810, and Martin County, IN in 1820 and 1830. The spelling changed to RANEY in Indiana 1818. The 4th of their 6 children is my gg grandpa, James Virgil RANEY (1809-1881) m. Mary Helen (HOLLAND). James and Mary Helen had 9 children. my great grandparents, John Allen RANEY (1848-1929) m. Martha Jane (JOHNSON) and they had 11 children in Martin Co, IN. my grandparents were, Homer Thomas RANEY m. in Martin Co, IN, Mary Dottie (McCORD) (1887-1971). Mary Dottie the daughter of Joseph Allen McCORD Sr. and Mary Ellen (CARRCIO). my paternal gg grand, James SAUSE and Eleanor (STOKES) came to US around 1837 from Co Tipperary, Ireland. The had a large family and settled in Daviess Co, IN. Their son, my great grand, Michael SAUSE m. Margaret (DOWNEY), they had a large family and their son Matthew Marcellus SAUSE was grandpa, m. Mary Margaret (BRADLEY).