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The baptism is not a new finding and no\nforename is supplied by the transcription. The profile's `before 1841` death\nis a defensible inference, not a directly recorded death date.\n\nThe best current assessment is **probably died before the 1841 census date**,\nwith an explicit uncertainty marker. The child was not listed anywhere in the\nfamily's surviving 1851 return: not among the residents, not among absent\nfamily, and not among deaths since 1841. An unrecorded move, permanent removal\nfrom the household, or enumerator omission cannot be excluded absolutely."},{"title":"Identity assessment","category":"assessment","markdown":"| Source | Finding | Assessment |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| [Rasharkin Presbyterian baptism transcription](https://genealogy.torrens.org/BannValley/church/RasharkinP/Baptisms_1834.html), entry 106 | An unnamed `Glascow` child of Alex and Molly McAughern of Gortereagh appears among the 1838 entries. | Supports the child's existence, parents, locality and approximate year; it supplies neither forename nor death. |\n| [1851 census transcription, Lisnagaver household 35](https://durrushistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/1851irishcensusreturnscommadelimitedtextfilejul24_071.pdf), p. 182 | The return contains Alexander, Mary, Robert, James and Ann only. It has no absent or death row for another child. | Strong negative family-level evidence. It favours death before 1841 but does not directly prove it. |\n| [National Archives guidance](https://nationalarchives.ie/collections/search-the-census/census-records-1821-1891/) | The 1851 census listed household members absent on census night and family members who had died since 1841. | Explains why absence from all three sections is more informative than absence from an ordinary census household. |\n| [1894 Michigan census image](https://michigan.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_02389883-b9ec-436d-bbbe-c2cdff02ddf2/) | Samuel Glasgow, 56, was Irish-born of Irish-born parents and reported about 37 years in the United States. | Compatible age only. It does not name County Antrim, Gortereagh, Alexander or Mary and requires the child to have been omitted from every relevant 1851 category. |"},{"title":"Rejected identity","category":"assessment","markdown":"Samuel Glasgow of Franklin/Blissfield, Michigan, is **not a credible match on\ncurrent evidence**. 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