Replace the unsupported Isobel identity with testament-proved widow Jonet; retain `Kinnie` as an uncertain manuscript reading and add no parents or children.
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Ninian's testament directly calls her his sister. Replace Ninian as father with Robert-1096 uncertain; preserve the unresolved mother pending evidence.
add the 1613 testament's direct spouse, son, brother and sister clauses; correct `flesher` to fisher; treat William only as a possible son and the exact clothing wording as insecure. [Complete draft](../research/Glasgow-3188/Glasgow-3188.md).
Replace broad ancestry speculation with the record-proved parents Glasgow-3103 and Dobie-449, mark both confident, and add the father's occupation.
Correct the biography's conflicting parents, retain Glasgow-3285 as father, and upgrade that record-proved relationship to confident.
parents remain unknown. Robert-2769 may remain uncertain but is one possible father, not an established or uniquely leading father.
Glasgow-3608 redirects here. Add the 1608/1609 Mid Calder baptisms while keeping both children uncertain; preserve the distinct Montfoid and Quodquen evidence, mark unsupported parents uncertain, and do not infer one three-place identity.
Retain only the 1771 Birmingham marriage and 1777 child; remove unsupported Suffolk/1796 claims and add no parents while the online-tree conflation remains unresolved.
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OPR marriage identities awaiting profiles
These documentary identities have no confirmed WikiTree match. Their consolidated handoffs distinguish unresolved candidates from any creation-ready people.
- Unnamed Glasgow subject, Strathblane 1679 — HOLD: Groom surname explicitly assumed.
- Jean Glasgow, West Kilbride 1700 — HOLD: No compatible adult Robert Woodsyd candidate.
- Isob Glasgow, Glasgow 1684 — HOLD: No proven compatible live pair.
- Joannet Glasgow, Glasgow 1661 — HOLD: Alexander variants remain insufficient.
- Agnes Glasgow, Carstairs, 1681 — HOLD: No confirmed profile match in the bounded checks; the original entry and a distinguishing household link are still needed.
- Agnes Glasgow, Kirknewton and East Calder, 1670 — HOLD: No confirmed profile match in the bounded checks; the original entry and a distinguishing household link are still needed.
- Margaret Glasgow, Walston, 1690 — HOLD: No confirmed profile match in the bounded checks; the original entry and a distinguishing household link are still needed.
- Jeane Glasgow, St Monance, 1652 — HOLD: No confirmed profile match in the bounded checks; the original entry and a distinguishing household link are still needed.
- Agnas Glasgow, Longformacus, 1666 — HOLD: No confirmed profile match in the bounded checks; the original entry and a distinguishing household link are still needed.
- Agnes Glasgow, Kirknewton and East Calder, 1666 — HOLD: No confirmed profile match in the bounded checks; the original entry and a distinguishing household link are still needed.
- Anna Glasgow, Kirknewton and East Calder, 1676 — HOLD: No confirmed profile match in the bounded checks; the original entry and a distinguishing household link are still needed.
- Margrat Glasgow, Cambusnethan, 1693 — HOLD: No confirmed profile match in the bounded checks; the original entry and a distinguishing household link are still needed.
- Thomas Glasgow, Carstairs, 1679 — HOLD: No confirmed profile match in the bounded checks; the original entry and a distinguishing household link are still needed.
- Marion Glasgow, Carriden, 1686 — HOLD: No confirmed profile match in the bounded checks; the original entry and a distinguishing household link are still needed.
- Marion Glasgow and John Bruce, Edinburgh, 1684 — HOLD: No confirmed profile match in the bounded checks; original not inspected.
- Eupham/Effie Glasgow and Alexander Hutcheson, 1671 — HOLD: Two entries probably one couple, provisionally grouped; Glasgow-3358 unproved.
- Jean Glasgow and William Mitchell, Edinburgh, 1675 — HOLD: No confirmed profile match in the bounded checks.
- Alisone Glasgow and George Cargill, Edinburgh, 1651 — HOLD: No confirmed profile match in the bounded checks.
- Alexander Glasgow and Issobell Anderson, Edinburgh, 1665 — HOLD: Glasgow-3118 possible only by chronology.
- Marione Glasgow and Johne Rait, Edinburgh, 1659 — HOLD: No confirmed profile match in the bounded checks.
- Alison Glasgow and John Williamson, Edinburgh, 1672 — HOLD: No confirmed profile match in the bounded checks.