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The Troy man was Irish-born, a long-serving cemetery labourer, and died 12 February 1931; the cited 1920 lead reports immigration in 1889. No inspected US record names Mary Jane Boyd or Daniel's parents.","provenance":"surname-research/indexes/relationship-hypotheses.md"}],"evidence":[{"id":"E-d0584aa9bca5","claim_ids":[],"record_type":"extracted citation","date":null,"place":null,"subjects":["Glasgow-2416"],"assertion":"Citation extracted from the WikiTree profile; its underlying record has not been interpreted here.","evidence_status":"unassessed","source_quality":"derivative","independence_group":"SRC-80b3c31f71f8","source":{"title":"\"United States Census, 1920\", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJKD-961 : 2 February 2021), Daniel Glascow, 1920.","repository":null,"reference":null,"url":"https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJKD-961"},"provenance":"wikitree_profile_citation"},{"id":"E-8d14f45c0e67","claim_ids":[],"record_type":"extracted citation","date":null,"place":null,"subjects":["Glasgow-2416"],"assertion":"Citation extracted from the WikiTree profile; its underlying record has not been interpreted here.","evidence_status":"unassessed","source_quality":"derivative","independence_group":"SRC-28556e03e6cf","source":{"title":"\"New York, State Death Index, 1880-1956\", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGKC-4QRD : 3 March 2022), Daniel Glascow, 1931.","repository":null,"reference":null,"url":"https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGKC-4QRD"},"provenance":"wikitree_profile_citation"},{"id":"E-6c1e330cddb8","claim_ids":["C-6c1e330cddb8"],"record_type":"Profile-stated birthplace: Ireland","date":"b. 1865","place":"County Antrim — exact locality unproved","subjects":["Glasgow-2416"],"assertion":"One-Tree export profile fields are search leads, not sources; relationships are shown only where the export supplies parent links.","evidence_status":"unassessed","source_quality":"tree_only","independence_group":"SRC-b0682343272b","source":{"title":"WikiTree profile export for Glasgow-2416","repository":null,"reference":"4b1ca5b8675dc76d","url":"https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Glasgow-2416"},"provenance":"profile-export"},{"id":"E-a242af2fc8f9","claim_ids":["C-db7b2a0378e5"],"record_type":"research assessment","date":"1889","place":null,"subjects":["Glasgow-2413","Glasgow-2416"],"assertion":"The twins' 1889 original returns put their labourer father Daniel in New York. The Troy man was Irish-born, a long-serving cemetery labourer, and died 12 February 1931; the cited 1920 lead reports immigration in 1889. No inspected US record names Mary Jane Boyd or Daniel's parents.","evidence_status":"direct","source_quality":"original","independence_group":"SRC-3b6dadfa3100","source":{"title":"Daughter's birth record, Elizabeth Glasgow, 1889, Ireland, County Derry, Ballymoney SR District, Group Registration ID 10418522 [https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1889/02466/1915877.pdf]","repository":null,"reference":null,"url":"https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1889/02466/1915877.pdf"},"provenance":"surname-research/indexes/relationship-hypotheses.md"}],"open_questions":[{"id":"Q-f6e6c5c25a5b","question":"Which records prove the subject's identity across events?","status":"unresolved","current_conclusion":null,"claim_ids":["C-db7b2a0378e5"],"evidence_for":["E-a242af2fc8f9"],"evidence_against":[],"missing_bridge":null,"lead_ids":[],"provenance":"research/Glasgow-2416/research_plan.json"},{"id":"Q-f422451b6f8f","question":"Which original or indexed records identify the parents?","status":"unresolved","current_conclusion":null,"claim_ids":[],"evidence_for":[],"evidence_against":[],"missing_bridge":"A contemporary record explicitly identifying the parent or parents.","lead_ids":[],"provenance":"research/Glasgow-2416/research_plan.json"},{"id":"Q-7dd7ca1858a4","question":"Which spouses and children are directly supported by records?","status":"unresolved","current_conclusion":null,"claim_ids":["C-db7b2a0378e5"],"evidence_for":["E-a242af2fc8f9"],"evidence_against":[],"missing_bridge":null,"lead_ids":[],"provenance":"research/Glasgow-2416/research_plan.json"},{"id":"Q-43d23489c542","question":"What conflicts or same-name conflations must be resolved?","status":"unresolved","current_conclusion":null,"claim_ids":["C-db7b2a0378e5"],"evidence_for":["E-a242af2fc8f9"],"evidence_against":[],"missing_bridge":null,"lead_ids":[],"provenance":"research/Glasgow-2416/research_plan.json"}],"research_leads":[],"source_summary":[{"title":"\"United States Census, 1920\", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJKD-961 : 2 February 2021), Daniel Glascow, 1920.","url":"https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJKD-961","source_quality":"derivative","independence_group":"SRC-80b3c31f71f8","provenance":"wikitree_profile_citation"},{"title":"\"New York, State Death Index, 1880-1956\", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGKC-4QRD : 3 March 2022), Daniel Glascow, 1931.","url":"https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGKC-4QRD","source_quality":"derivative","independence_group":"SRC-28556e03e6cf","provenance":"wikitree_profile_citation"},{"title":"WikiTree profile export for Glasgow-2416","url":"https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Glasgow-2416","source_quality":"tree_only","independence_group":"SRC-b0682343272b","provenance":"profile-export"},{"title":"Daughter's birth record, Elizabeth Glasgow, 1889, Ireland, County Derry, Ballymoney SR District, Group Registration ID 10418522 [https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1889/02466/1915877.pdf]","url":"https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1889/02466/1915877.pdf","source_quality":"original","independence_group":"SRC-3b6dadfa3100","provenance":"surname-research/indexes/relationship-hypotheses.md"}],"warnings":[],"provenance":{"tree":"WikiTree One-Tree export","mapped_records":"Glasgow Surname Project map dataset","profile_capture":"Public WikiTree profile evidence capture","relationship_assessments":"Controlled local relationship hypothesis register","research_findings":"Durable research/<profile-or-catalogue-ID>/findings.md case file"},"research_findings":[{"profile_id":"Glasgow-2416","updated":null,"source_path":"research/Glasgow-2416/findings.md","sections":[{"title":"Current conclusion","category":"conclusion","markdown":"This Irish-born Daniel Glasgow/Glascow is a **strong but unproved candidate**\nfor Daniel Neely Glasgow `Glasgow-2413`. The original September 1889 birth\nreturns for Daniel Neely's twins describe their father Daniel as a labourer\nresiding in New York. The Troy man was Irish-born, worked for Albany Rural\nCemetery for over forty years, and the profile's cited 1920 census reports\nimmigration in 1889. The chronology, place, and occupation align unusually\nwell, but no inspected US record yet names his Irish wife or parents.\n\nThe official New York State index confirms the death as **12 February 1931**\nat Troy, under the spelling `Glascow`, certificate **9941**. An Albany Rural\nCemetery transcription gives 1913; this conflicts with the state index and is\nbest treated as a transposition pending inspection of the original burial card."},{"title":"Source findings","category":"sources","markdown":"| Source | Finding | Assessment |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| [New York State Death Index detail](https://www.newyorkdeathindex.com/people/daniel-glascow-1931-25437) | Daniel Glascow died 12 February 1931 at Troy, Rensselaer County; certificate 9941. The public index records no age or parents. | Direct index evidence for death; not identity proof. |\n| [Find a Grave memorial 171978557](https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/171978557/daniel-glasgow) | Birth 1865 Ireland; death 12 February 1931 Troy; burial at Albany Rural Cemetery, section 116 lot 76; employee of the cemetery for over forty years. | Strong compiled/cemetery evidence for occupation and chronology. |\n| [Albany Rural Cemetery database transcription](https://www.interment.net/data/us/ny/albany/albrural/albany-rural-cemetery-records-gi-gn.htm) | Irish-born Daniel Glasgow, age 66, same section and plot, but death transcribed as 12 February 1913. | Conflicting derivative transcription. The official state index establishes 1931. |\n| [Original birth returns for Sarah Taylor and Elizabeth Boyd Glasgow](../Glasgow-2413/twin_birth_1889_1915876.pdf) | Their father Daniel Glasgow was a labourer residing in New York in September 1889; mother Mary Jane formerly Boyd remained at Tamlaght. | Direct evidence creating the same-person hypothesis. |\n| FamilySearch 1920 census lead, ARK `MJKD-961` | Current profile says Daniel immigrated in 1889. The record page required sign-in and the original schedule was not inspected in this audit. | Unverified lead; do not cite the profile paraphrase as proof. |\n| [City of Troy genealogy service](https://troyny.gov/280/Genealogy) and [official application](https://troyny.gov/DocumentCenter/View/492) | Troy holds deaths from November 1881. An uncertified genealogy copy currently costs $22 and must be requested by mail with cash, check or money order; cards are not accepted. | Official acquisition route for certificate 9941. A local copy of the form is preserved in `sources/`. |\n| [Troy newspaper archive](https://troy.advantage-preservation.com/advancesearch) | Exact and broad searches for Daniel Glasgow, Daniel Glascow and Glasgow in 11-25 February 1931 returned no result. | Bounded OCR/coverage negative only; it does not prove no obituary or death notice was printed. |"}]}],"similar_people":[{"id":"Glasgow-2413","name":"Daniel Neely Glasgow","catalogue_id":"glasgow-2413","html_url":"/people/glasgow-2413.html","birth_year":1867,"death_year":null,"birth_place":"Lisnagaver, Killoquin, Rasharkin, County Antrim, Ireland, United Kingdom","death_place":null,"score":51,"classification":"similar person","match_reasons":["same first and last name (+18)","birth years within 2 (+25)","overlapping locality (+8)"],"conflicts":[],"matching_children":[],"child_name_overlap":[],"parent_comparison":"No shared parent is indexed"},{"id":"Glasgow-2974","name":"Daniel Glasgow","catalogue_id":"glasgow-2974","html_url":"/people/glasgow-2974.html","birth_year":1821,"death_year":null,"birth_place":"Ireland, United Kingdom","death_place":null,"score":38,"classification":"similar person","match_reasons":["same first and last name (+18)","shared recorded place (+20)"],"conflicts":["record-derived birth estimates differ by 44; 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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."}}