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| New records The informant at Alexander Glasgow’s death at Gortahar on 16 May 1888 reads Mary Glasgow, daughter, not Nancy. The forename matches the registrar’s “Mary” in three nearby entries and differs from his “Nancy” in a fourth. | Finding qualified Read from the registrar’s quarterly copy; the local register original has not been viewed. Alexander’s daughter Mary was Mrs Elder by 1888, so the surname Glasgow is unexplained: a maiden-name entry, his wife Mary with the relationship mis-entered, or Mary Ellen Glasgow (born 1867) remain possible. All three belong to the Lisnagaver family. No live WikiTree change. |
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| Family relationships No record joins Alexander Glasgow of Lisnagaver to Larne or Kilwaughter. The possible Larne routes are redrawn to join above his probable father, John Glasgow, farmer; the earlier routes through older Alexander and younger James of Larne are withdrawn. | Finding qualified John Glasgow, farmer, stays probable, not proved. On WikiTree, John-4090 is attached to John-4179 of Larne with no uncertain flag and no supporting record (snapshots of 28 and 30 September 2026); marking it uncertain is queued for review. The only connection to Kilwaughter is an indirect Y-DNA one, and no Kilwaughter kit has an SNP result. |
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| Life details Alexander Glasgow’s 1851 Lisnagaver return omits his daughter Mary, who was living, and no child Mary Glasgow of suitable age appears elsewhere in the surviving Rasharkin returns. The unnamed child baptised in 1838 is no longer presumed to have died before 1841, and Mary is the leading candidate to be that child. | Finding qualified Mary’s identity with the 1838 child is not proved. The original register entry has not been read and the profiles are not merged. The census search matched the surname Glasgow only. |
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| Life details Accident report (Belfast News-Letter, 7 Jan 1861) from Rasharkin: Robert Glasgow, a neighbour at Lisnagaver, warned James M'Caughern about a dangerous gable, escaped its fall and raised the alarm. Robert is probably Glasgow-938, who lived at Lisnagaver in 1851 and 1866. James M'Caughern is unresolved. No kin are stated. | Finding qualified Probable identification or uncertain relationship; see the profile findings for the evidence and remaining test. |
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| Life details Robert Glasgow, son of Alexander of Lisnagaver, was living in late December 1891, yet the New York citation of 14 January 1892 names only James, Mary and Ann as Alexander’s children. The citation omitted a living son. | Finding qualified Inferred from the death notice of his wife, which calls her “wife of Robert Glasgow, formerly of Rasharkin”; the notice was already held. It shows that the citation’s lists are incomplete. It changes no parent. |
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| New records The Kilrea Girls’ National School register for 1871 lists Sarah Glasgow, aged 9, of “Ballyconley”, parent “Widow”. | Finding qualified Published transcription; the original has not been seen and no father is named. Probably Sarah, daughter of Thomas Glasgow of Lisnagaver (died 1870), whose widow held the Ballydonnelly mill plot. | Read the research → | |
| Life details The original Evening Telegraph death notice for Daniel Glasgow prints 75, agreeing with civil registration. The News-Letter prints 73. | Finding supported Both notices identify the Church Street, Kilrea death on 16 October 1871. This corrects the earlier both-73 reading; keep the News-Letter discrepancy. No new parent or other relationship follows. | Read the research → | |
| Life details The 6 January 1892 Belfast News-Letter names Jane Graham as wife of Robert Glasgow: she died 28 December at 534 Gallowgate, Glasgow, aged 51. The notice also says “formerly of Rasharkin.” | Finding supported Original enlarged passage inspected. Name, husband, exact address and date strongly match Graham-21720 and spouse Glasgow-938; December 1891 is the preceding month. The Rasharkin wording follows Robert’s name and is not assigned exclusively to Jane. Supporting an existing marriage, not a new parent confidence change. No live save. | Read the research → | |
| New records Two Belfast death notices place Daniel Glasgow at Church Street, Kilrea, at his death on 16 October 1871. The Telegraph gives age 75, corroborating the civil register; the News-Letter gives 73. The earlier both-73 reading was corrected by original-capture review on 4 October 2026. | Finding qualified Daniel-3896 is identified by name, locality and exact death date. The newspapers repeat one notice, so their ages are not independent. Retain both attributed ages; no relationship upgrade. | Read the research → | |
| Land & property Original 1829 page now confirms Alex Glasgow of Lisnagaver as freehold registration applicant 2324, with lands in the barony of Kilconway and townland of Lisnagaver. | Finding qualified Previously known extract’s underlying original now read. Application is not admission; no age or relative stated. Alexander-951/3904 remain compatible; no birth estimate or father confidence changes. | Read the research → | |
| New records The 1861 Rasharkin disaster report identifies Robt. Glasgow as a Lisnagaver neighbour who warned the M’Caughern household about a dangerous gable, narrowly escaped the collapse and raised the alarm. | Finding qualified Genuine surname record, but no age, parents or occupation. Robert-938 and 3449 remain compatible; a valuation property identity and kinship are not proved. | Read the research → | |
| New records Nancy Glasgow’s original probate docket records a guardian for minor heirs, Cabell McLean’s appointment as collateral inheritance tax appraiser in March 1894, and the report filed on 28 April 1894. | Finding supported The docket supplies no heir schedule or parent statement; the ward and exact March day are not securely read. | Read the research → | |
| Dates & places The Scottish death index records Ann McCracken in 1898 at Calton, Glasgow, aged 49, with mother’s maiden surname McCaughern (644/4 70). | Finding qualified Index only; original death certificate uninspected. Supports the later identity of Alexander’s daughter Ann; the informant at Alexander’s 1888 death, once read as Nancy and compared with Ann, is now read as Mary. | Read the research → | |
| Family relationships The original civil birth return records Mary Ellen, a female child born at Lisnagaver on 14 February 1867. The mother is Mary Glasgow; no father is entered. | Finding qualified Original register or Form A inspected on 30 September 2026; source-specific image and entry references supplied. Profile identities and cross-record continuity remain qualified where stated. | Read the research → | |
| Family relationships The 30 July 1861 Prescott deed identifies Daniel Glasgow of Kilrea, watchmaker, and Thomas Glasgow of Lisnagaver, farmer, with their wives Margaret and Mary Anne, selling interests under brother Robert’s will. | Finding supported Original deeds inspected. Combined places, trades, wives and earlier sibling evidence identify these brothers and establish their sibling relationships. The records name no parents and do not establish a sibling relationship to Alexander-951. Sibling relationships became certain Daniel Glasgow (Glasgow-3896); Thomas Glasgow (Glasgow-987) — sibling: Robert Glasgow of Prescott (Glasgow-4150). Uncertain → Certain. The original 1849 Robert will names Daniel and Thomas as brothers; the original B465 deed of 30 July 1861 identifies the corresponding Irish beneficiaries by Kilrea/watchmaker/Margaret and Lisnagaver/farmer/Mary Anne. Together with established Daniel–Thomas brotherhood, these identify the known Irish men with Robert’s named brothers. Sibling relationships became certain Daniel Glasgow (Glasgow-3896); Thomas Glasgow (Glasgow-987) — sibling: Samuel Glasgow, Prescott merchant (Glasgow-4010). Uncertain → Certain. Robert’s will names Samuel, Daniel and Thomas as brothers; the 1861 deed identifies Daniel and Thomas by their places, trades and wives, resolving their identity with the Irish profiles and placing them in Samuel’s sibling group. | Read the research → | |
| Family relationships Prescott deed C114 names Alexander Glasco of Rochester, express agent, as the son of James, the Prescott carpenter. | Finding qualified Original deed inspected. This is a separate Alexander; it does not identify Alexander-951. | Read the research → | |
| Family relationships Jane Matilda Elder was born at Gortahar to farmer Robert Elder and Mary Elder, whose maiden surname is entered as Glass; Robert, her father, informed the birth. Exact parents, place and middle initial identify the later Jane M. Elder. | Finding qualified Original civil birth inspected. The mother’s maiden surname is recorded as Glass. Exact parents, place and middle initial support identification with the later Jane M. Elder; census ages conflict. | Read the research → | |
| Dates & places Mary Glasgow, widow, housewife, aged 89, died at Gortahar on 17 February 1892; daughter Mary Elder was present. The formerly maintained 27 February date was a transcription error. Identification with Mary McCaughan is strongly supported through the 1871 Elder–Glasgow marriage and Lisnagaver family evidence. | Finding qualified Original register image and enlarged entry independently checked. Identification with Mary McCaughan is strongly supported by the daughter and family evidence; the death return does not name her maiden surname. | Read the research → | |
| Dates & places The original 1911 Gortahar census reports Samuel Glasgow, aged two; his 4 July 1908 civil birth names him Samuel Elder, son of unmarried Jane Elder, with no father recorded. | Finding qualified Both original records inspected. The surname difference is reported usage, not an index typo; neither record identifies a Glasgow father. | Read the research → | |
| Dates & places Robert Elder, married farmer, aged 64, died at Gortahar; Mary Elder, widow, of Gortahar was present and registered the death. The return does not explicitly call her his wife. | Finding qualified Original civil death register inspected. The return describes Mary Elder as a widow but does not explicitly call her Robert’s wife; the family identification is high confidence. | Read the research → | |
| Family relationships Daniel Glasgow of Kilrea’s original 1871 will calls David Glasgow of the City of London “my son”, proving David’s father through the matching London identity. | Finding supported The will resolves the earlier absence of a record naming David’s father. It does not name David’s mother; Margaret Irwin’s maternity remains uncertain. Historical discovery backfilled from the dated July case, not newly found today. Father relationship became certain David Glasgow (Glasgow-3899) — father: Daniel Glasgow (Glasgow-3896). Uncertain → Certain. The original will identifies David of London as Daniel’s son; David’s dated case says his father is now directly proved, superseding the former statement that no record named Daniel as his father. | Read the research → |