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it\ndoes not mean David's parents are absent. David's baptism names John Clarkson\nand Elizabeth Gold, so these are concrete parents at record level.\n\nDavid married Janet/Jessie Ritchie at Old Monkland on 24 August 1834 and a\nmatching proclamation was recorded at Larbert on 7 September 1834. His profile\ngives a death date of 6 December 1876, but no death-registration citation is\ncurrently attached; that date should remain qualified."},{"title":"Source findings","category":"sources","markdown":"| Source | Finding | Assessment |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| [David Clarkson WikiTree profile](https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Clarkson-3550) | Attaches John Clarkson (`Clarkson-4004`) and Elizabeth Gold (`Gold-2337`); gives birth 6 February 1810 and baptism 11 February 1810, Douglas. | Direct profile linkage; underlying baptism confirms the parents. |\n| [FamilySearch baptism, David Clarkson, XTLV-JR8](https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTLV-JR8) | Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564–1950: David Clarkson, born 6 February 1810, baptised 11 February 1810 at Douglas, Lanarkshire; parents John Clarkson and Elizabeth Gold. | Direct indexed baptism evidence for both parents. |\n| [FamilySearch marriage, David Clarkson and Janet Ritchie, XT1C-G5S](https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XT1C-G5S) | Marriage recorded 24 August 1834 at Old Monkland, Lanarkshire. | Identity continuity; does not name David's parents. |\n| [FamilySearch proclamation, David Clarkson and Janet Ritchie, XY76-N4Z](https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XY76-N4Z) | Matching proclamation recorded 7 September 1834 at Larbert, Stirlingshire. | Supporting continuity; not parentage proof. |\n| [FamilySearch baptism, John Clarkson, XTLV-557](https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTLV-557) | John Clarkson, born 5 September 1784 and baptised 12 September 1784 at Douglas; parents David Clarkson and Grizzel Stark. | Direct evidence for David's father and the next attached generation. |\n| [Elizabeth Gold WikiTree profile](https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Gold-2337) | Cites Elizabeth's Douglas baptism and Scotland's People marriage index: `GOLD, ELIZABETH JOHN CLARKSON/FR700`, 31 May 1807, parish 641, reference `20/356`, Douglas. | Supports the attached couple before David's baptism. |\n| [FamilySearch baptism, Elizabeth Gold, VQW1-7XT](https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQW1-7XT) | Elizabeth Gold, born 11 and baptised 28 November 1779 at Douglas; parents James Gold and Elizabeth Crawford. | Direct evidence for David's mother and the next attached generation. |\n\n### Recursive attached-parent walk and first parentless endpoints\n\n| Branch | Attached path | First parentless profile | Endpoint evidence |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Father | `Clarkson-3550` -> [Clarkson-4004](https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Clarkson-4004) -> [Clarkson-1480](https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Clarkson-1480) -> [Clarkson-637](https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Clarkson-637) | [Clarkson-985](https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Clarkson-985) | William Clakson/Clarkson was born 10 October and baptised 14 October 1716. FamilySearch [XT5S-568](https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XT5S-568) and [VQ4F-NR8](https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ4F-NR8); marriage to Agnes Nimmo, 17 November 1734, [XT1J-86D](https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XT1J-86D). Best parent lead: James Clerksone and Jean Threepland, probable but unattached. No death record found. FamilySearch Tree match [KCRK-KQ5](https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KCRK-KQ5). |\n| Father's mother | `Clarkson-3550` → `Clarkson-4004` → [Stark-4049](https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Stark-4049) | [Stark-4049](https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Stark-4049) | Grizel/Grizzel Stark was born 27 June 1762. FamilySearch Tree match [KHSL-YT7](https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KHSL-YT7). Douglas baptisms name her as mother of Janet (1780, [XTLV-ZVP](https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTLV-ZVP)), James (1782, [XYWP-K42](https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XYWP-K42)), John (1784, [XTLV-554](https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTLV-554)), William (1787, [XTLV-XT1](https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTLV-XT1)), George (1789, [XTLV-674](https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTLV-674)) and Benjamin (1792, [XTLK-693](https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTLK-693)). Her parents, marriage and death remain unresolved. |\n| Mother's father | `Clarkson-3550` → `Gold-2337` → [Gold-2231](https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Gold-2231) | [Gold-2231](https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Gold-2231) | James Gold was baptised in 1755 at St Bride's, Douglas; FamilySearch [XTLV-TQJ](https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTLV-TQJ). Profile parent lead: James and Jean (Castles) Guil, unattached and not image-verified. Marriage to Elizabeth Crawford about 1772; death 20 May 1791 at Douglas, Scotland's People `GOLD JAMES`, reference `641 20/382`. |\n| Mother's mother | `Clarkson-3550` → `Gold-2337` → [Crawford-30330](https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Crawford-30330) | [Crawford-30330](https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Crawford-30330) | Elizabeth Crawford was baptised 2 May 1756 at Renfrew; FamilySearch [VQWR-4VM](https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQWR-4VM) names Andrew Crawford and Margaret Maxwell. Marriage/death details remain incompletely sourced; she is parentless on WikiTree. |\n| Father's father's mother | `Clarkson-3550` → `Clarkson-4004` → `Clarkson-1480` → [Williamson-3921](https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Williamson-3921) → [Williamson-7451](https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Williamson-7451) | [Williamson-7451](https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Williamson-7451) | James Williamson is estimated born about 1710 and parentless on WikiTree. The only located record is daughter Grisal/Grissel Williamson, 1735, FamilySearch [XYWJ-YVC](https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XYWJ-YVC); it does not name his parents. No concrete baptism, marriage or death evidence located. |\n| Father's father's mother's mother | `Clarkson-3550` → `Clarkson-4004` → `Clarkson-1480` → `Williamson-3921` → [Loch-137](https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Loch-137) | [Loch-137](https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Loch-137) | Agnes Loch is estimated born about 1710 and parentless on WikiTree. The same 1735 daughter record, FamilySearch [XYWJ-YVC](https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XYWJ-YVC), supports her as Grisal Williamson's mother but supplies no parents for Agnes. No concrete baptism, marriage or death evidence located. |"},{"title":"Recommended action","category":"actions","markdown":"Retain John Clarkson-4004 and Elizabeth Gold-2337 as David's parents; do not\ndescribe Clarkson-3550 as parentless. Do not add parents to the six endpoint\nprofiles from this pass. Inspect the original images behind `XTLV-JR8`,\n`XTLV-557`, `XT5S-568`/`VQ4F-NR8`, `XTLV-TQJ` and `VQWR-4VM`, then seek the\nunresolved endpoint marriage/death registrations. David's stated 6 December\n1876 death remains unverified pending its statutory entry."}]}],"similar_people":[],"potential_parentage":{"children_recorded":[],"earliest_dated_son":null,"earliest_dated_daughter":null,"second_dated_son":null,"second_dated_daughter":null,"third_dated_son":null,"third_dated_daughter":null,"naming_controls":{"matches":0,"mismatches":0,"factor":1.0,"details":[]},"candidates":[],"method":"Automated leads use birth surnames—not married surnames—as parental eligibility, role-specific biological age limits, bounded and approximate-date uncertainty, household chronology, specific time-aware localities, mapped distance, tenancy succession, migration destinations and sex-aware Scottish naming positions across generations. People already attached as the subject's parents stay in the identity summary and are excluded from this alternative-candidate list, regardless of relationship confidence. The main calibration uses clues available on disconnected profiles; existing parent and sibling links are retained as comparison context rather than treated as transferable evidence. Common ordered names and grandparent-to-child echoes receive a small non-zero weight, so a John or James match can support several independent criteria without producing a lead alone. Rare names, repeated bearers and bundles across otherwise distinct branches receive substantially more weight according to catalogue frequency. An exact migration place is weighted by its rarity and repetition across both branches; a shared destination country is worth only one point. Extra weight is added only when at least three independent clue types converge: naming, locality, specific migration, household chronology or collateral networks. Sparse profiles retain a clearly labelled chronology-only fallback instead of disappearing. Countries, states, counties and research clusters do not count as a shared locality, and fallback, broad representative or kin-inferred coordinates are excluded from distance scoring. Shared descendant profiles are removed before branch-name comparison. A candidate already recorded as a parent-in-law is excluded. A confident or independently supported parent is treated as settled; uncertain and unassessed attachments remain open to alternative comparison. A different linked parent, an uncle/aunt or grandparent path, and a matching existing child profile prevent an alternative from being classified as a strong direct-parent lead until the underlying tree conflict or duplicate is resolved. Familiar forms such as Bessie are normalised. Surname remains an eligibility filter worth zero points.","warning":"Naming customs, shared farms and occupations are circumstantial. Children, spouses and collateral relatives may be missing, and tree-derived family networks are not independent evidence. Scores rank research leads; they do not prove parentage."},"presentation":{"version":"21","position":{"answer":"David Clarkson, born 6 February 1810 and baptised 11 February 1810 at Douglas, Lanarkshire, is an ancestor of M Glasgow (Glasgow-933). His attached parents are John Clarkson (Clarkson-4004) and Elizabeth Gold (Gold-2337).","points":[]},"opening":"David Clarkson, born 6 February 1810 and baptised 11 February 1810 at Douglas, Lanarkshire, is an ancestor of M Glasgow (Glasgow-933). His attached parents are John Clarkson (Clarkson-4004) and Elizabeth Gold (Gold-2337).","assessment_date":"","resolution":{"state":"resolved","basis":["maintained Current conclusion finding"],"issues":[],"source_ids":["research/Clarkson-3550/findings.md"]},"record_associations":[],"vitals":{"birth":{"date":"1810-02-06","place":"Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom","status":"exact"},"death":{"date":"after 1861","place":null,"status":"uncertain"}},"relationships":{"parents":[],"spouses":[{"id":"Ritchie-6761","name":"Jessie Clarkson Ritchie","relationship":"spouse","status":"unknown","status_label":"WikiTree tree relationship","basis":"tree","evidence_ids":[],"tree_relationship":true,"relationship_source":"wikitree_spouse_field","tree_status":"unmarked","tree_status_label":"WikiTree: relationship status unmarked","url":null,"json_url":null,"network_url":null,"wikitree_url":"https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Ritchie-6761","claim_id":"C-885fcc79289b"}],"children":[],"siblings":[]}}}