Ellen Hammersmith Grant was born in 1890 and died in 1961.
Jane Howell Grant was born in 1905 and died in 1981.
John Simpson Grant was born in 1887 and died in 1958.
When Lou Grant tells Charlie Hume that his hometown is Goshen, Michigan, Hume replies "the land of Goshen." In the Bible, the land of Goshen was the part of Egypt where the Hebrews settled in the time of Joseph.