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Thanks to Mags (England) the mystery of Julie's USA William McNAUGHER and Eliza Jane WILEY has been solved. Mags saw our web site and emailed me. Julie was doing research on behalf of her brothers and I had put what information she had on the web site. I was almost sure the William was one of my McNaugher's but couldn't link him. It turns out that William was a first cousin of my great grandmother Catherine (Cassie) McNaugher. A Margaret Wiley was a witness at Cassie's marriage to John BEATTIE. Her parents were Joseph McNAUGHER and Margaret ANDERSON. It was a great day for Julie and me when we received all this new information. Mags is married to John WILEY, who was born in Derryvane, Co. Donegal. He is the son of Moses WILEY and Martha WILEY (BELL) daughter of Nathaniel BELL. Moses was the last of 13 children born to Thomas WILEY (birth date unknown, died 1907) and Isabella WILEY. Isabella was born 1853, daughter of David WILEY and died 1927. Thomas WILEY and Isabella WILEY were married at Knowhead Church, Muff Parish, Co. Donegal 5 October 1870.

There is more information on Moses below. I will put further details of Eliza's brothers and sisters as I get it from Mags, who has just about fully researched this Wylie/Wiley family.

William McNAUGHER was the son of James McNAUGHER and Margaret WILEY. He went to the US in 1894 aboard the "Furnessia" with sisters Isabella and Mary Jane. At Ellis Island their destination was stated as Michigan. He returned to Donegal at some point and married Eliza Jane WILEY daughter of Thomas WILEY and Isabella WILEY. William and Eliza emigrated to the US in 1908 with their daughter Margaret (Dacy or Daisy) aged two. I have two different versions of Margaret's pet name - Dacy and Daisy. Both are probably diminuatives of Margaret so I will use Dacy to simplify things. Eliza had a brother David already in America and on the ship's manifrest it states that they were visiting him. David WILEY and another sister Sarah went to the US in 1904, but he was a witness at William and Eliza's wedding in Donegal so returned to Ireland and was there at the time of the marriage. He returned to the USA.

In the photo below are William and Eliza and some of Eliza's family. Back row John (brother) Eliza, William McNaugher, Rebecca (sister). Front row Thomas (brother), Moses (brother, Thomas (father), Isabella (mother) with Dacy, daughter of William and Eliza, on her knee and Samuel (brother).

Martha (see below) married Eliza Jane Wiley's youngest brother Moses. Moses farmed at Derryvane, Parish of Muff and a great deal of our new information was given to me by Moses' son (John's) wife. This is English Maggie or Mags (so-called because I have the dibs on Maggie) and it was about to get confusing. The new photos of the Drumhaggart area on site are courtesy of Mags and Julie. Thanks to you both.

NAME	RELATIONSHIP TO HEAD OF HOUSE	RELIGION	READ AND WRITE	AGE	OCCUPATION	PLACE BORN
Nathaniel BELL	Head	Presbyterian	Read and write	35	Farmer	Donegal
Margaret BELL	Wife	Presbyterian	Read and write	39		Donegal
Robert John BELL	Son	Presbyterian	Read and write	7	Scholar	Donegal
Elizabeth BELL	Daughter	Presbyterian	Cannot read and write	4		Donegal
Martha BELL	Daughter	Presbyterian	Cannot read and write	2		Donegal

Moses and Martha remained in Derryvane and farmed there with Moses' brother Thomas. John WILEY (Mag's husband) was born in Derryvane ad they visit Drumhaggart two or three times a year. A Nathan WILEY was a neighbour of my Beattie and McNaugher families in Drumhaggart and leased land to them (Griffiths Valuation 1857). Possibly father of Nathaniel above.

More information will be put on site as it comes to hand. Again my grateful thanks to Mags Wiley and Julie, not only for the updated family history, but also for their bright and cheery emails and the sharing of photos of their family and news of day-to-day happenings. For Julie's two lovely children see the photos page.

NAME	BIRTH	DEATH	SPOUSE	SPOUSE'S BIRTH	SPOUSE'S DEATH
Sarah Ann	5 August 1871
Isabella	29 May 1873
Eliza Jane	5 December 1874		William John McNAUGHER	1874
Margaret Long	1 November 1876	16 March 1884
Richard	16 February 1879	Killed in a train crash in Africa during the Boer War
David	17 October 1881
John	11 December 1883	Died Derryvane, Co. Donegal aged 25
Robert	13 May 1885
Rebecca	1 February 1877
Emma	10 March 1889	6 May 1892
Samuel	8 February 1891
Thomas	10 November 1892
Moses	26 March 1895

SURNAME	FIRST NAME	SEX	AGE	SUBJECT	NATIONALITY	COUNTY	COUNTRY
McNAUGHER	William	Male	32	British	Irish	Donegal	Ireland
McNAUGHER	Eliza	Female	31	British	Irish	Donegal	Ireland
McNAUGHER	Margaret	Female	2	British	Irish	Donegal	Ireland

NAME	BIRTH	COUNTRY OF BIRTH	SPOUSE	DEATH
Dacey	4 November 1905	Co. Donegal, Ireland	Jake ZIMMERMAN Died 1944 Tampa, Idaho	7 October 1995, Boise, Idaho
James	18 July 1908	USA		February 1964
David W	Circa 1911	USA
Wylie J	4 February 1914	USA		April 1965


KNOWHEAD CHURCH , MUFF PARISH	DRUMHAGGART CEMETERY (with John Wiley son of Moses Wiley)	GATES TO DRUMHAGGART CEMETERY

NAME	RELATIONSHIP TO HEAD	RELIGION	READ AND WRITE	AGE AND MARITAL STATUS	OCCUPATION	BORN
Isabella Wylie	Head	Presbyterian	RW	57 Widow married 37 years	Farmer	Donegal
John	Son	Presbyterian	RW	27, Single		Donegal
Rebecca	Daughter	Presbyterian	RW	24, Single		Donegal
Samuel	Son	Presbyterian	RW	20, Single		Donegal
Thomas	Son	Presbyterian	RW	18, Single		Donegal
Moses	Son	Presbyterian	RW	16, Single		Donegal


DACEY IN A KIMONO SENT BY MARGARET WYLIE FROM JAPAN		DACY AND JACOB (JAKE) ZIMMERMAN WEDDING DAY 1925