Person dossier · McCracken-4211

Harriet McCracken

13 September 1882 – 30 January 1948

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

View on WikiTree Explore family Research/export tools

Current position

The FamilySearch Charlotte Bronte path uses Harriet McCracken, her husband Arthur John Clare (Clare-1823), and the McCracken/Colvin/Carr branch. Its displayed names agree with the current WikiTree structure: Harriet is attached to James McCracken (McCracken-5056) and Mary Colvin (Colvin-3591), while James is attached to Alexander McCracken (McCracken-5057) and Matilda Carr (Carr-20349).

Birth13 September 1882 · Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death30 January 1948 · St Mary's Hospital, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

LocalityGlasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Family and relationships

Partner 1Arthur John ClareDates not established

Person and dates	Relationship	Current assessment	Why this relationship is shown
Arthur John Clare Dates not established	spouse	Tree relationship	The family tree retains this link, but the available records have not been assessed as establishing this relationship.

Archive and research toolsEarlier assessments, imports, comparisons and exports

This material is retained for audit and future research. It is not a second current conclusion. Imported values, automated comparisons and raw exports do not override the reviewed presentation above.

Research notes and earlier assessments

Conclusion: Current conclusion

This is a topology comparison only. The live Harriet profile still has only an inherited family-tree source, so the agreement with FamilySearch does not independently prove her parentage or the continuation to Charlotte Bronte.

Original Markdown

The FamilySearch Charlotte Bronte path uses Harriet McCracken, her husband
[Arthur John Clare (Clare-1823)](https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Clare-1823),
and the McCracken/Colvin/Carr branch. Its displayed names agree with the
current WikiTree structure: Harriet is attached to [James McCracken
(McCracken-5056)](https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/McCracken-5056) and [Mary
Colvin (Colvin-3591)](https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Colvin-3591), while James
is attached to [Alexander McCracken (McCracken-5057)](https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/McCracken-5057)
and [Matilda Carr (Carr-20349)](https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Carr-20349).

This is a topology comparison only. The live Harriet profile still has only
an inherited family-tree source, so the agreement with FamilySearch does not
independently prove her parentage or the continuation to Charlotte Bronte.

Sources: Source findings

Source	Finding	Assessment
FamilySearch Famous Relatives	The Charlotte Bronte path displays Harriet McCracken (1882), James McCracken (1846), Mary Colvin (1847), Alexander McCracken (1791), Matilda Carr (1816), and earlier Carr/McCracken ancestors.	Collaborative path display; useful for discrepancy detection, not primary relationship evidence.
McCracken-4211 WikiTree	Live profile attaches James McCracken and Mary Colvin and records Arthur John Clare as spouse.	Current shared-tree topology; profile itself identifies its source as an inherited family tree.

Original Markdown

| Source | Finding | Assessment |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [FamilySearch Famous Relatives](https://www.familysearch.org/en/discovery/famousrelatives/) | The Charlotte Bronte path displays Harriet McCracken (1882), James McCracken (1846), Mary Colvin (1847), Alexander McCracken (1791), Matilda Carr (1816), and earlier Carr/McCracken ancestors. | Collaborative path display; useful for discrepancy detection, not primary relationship evidence. |
| [McCracken-4211 WikiTree](https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/McCracken-4211) | Live profile attaches James McCracken and Mary Colvin and records Arthur John Clare as spouse. | Current shared-tree topology; profile itself identifies its source as an inherited family tree. |

Actions: Recommended action

Keep the current McCracken/Colvin/Carr relationships unchanged. Obtain Harriet's Scottish civil birth, marriage, and death records before upgrading the relationships or treating the Charlotte Bronte connection as proved.

Original Markdown

Keep the current McCracken/Colvin/Carr relationships unchanged. Obtain
Harriet's Scottish civil birth, marriage, and death records before upgrading
the relationships or treating the Charlotte Bronte connection as proved.

Automated parent comparison (research aid, not a recommendation)

Stored scores are preserved for audit only. They are not probabilities or genealogical evidence, and a reviewed exclusion remains excluded.

Mary Jane (Glasgow) McCracken: 0/100 · Stored classification: chronology-only fallback
Maryann (McCracken) Glasgow: 0/100 · Stored classification: chronology-only fallback

Structured dossier and technical data

Machine-readable dossier · Family network

{
  "id": "McCracken-4211",
  "vitals": {
    "birth": {
      "date": "1882-09-13",
      "place": "Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom",
      "status": "exact"
    },
    "death": {
      "date": "1948-01-30",
      "place": "St Mary's Hospital, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom",
      "status": "exact"
    }
  },
  "relationships": {
    "parents": [],
    "spouses": [
      {
        "id": "Clare-1823",
        "name": "Arthur John Clare",
        "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/Clare-1823",
        "claim_id": "C-c539c008fb2d"
      }
    ],
    "children": [],
    "siblings": []
  },
  "claims": [
    {
      "id": "C-c539c008fb2d",
      "type": "tree_relationship",
      "subject_ids": [
        "McCracken-4211",
        "Clare-1823"
      ],
      "claim": "WikiTree currently connects Harriet McCracken and Arthur John Clare as spouse.",
      "status": "unknown",
      "status_label": "WikiTree tree relationship",
      "evidence_ids": [],
      "notes": "Tree structure only; no documentary conclusion is implied.",
      "provenance": "wikitree_spouse_field"
    }
  ],
  "research_assessments": null,
  "shared_relationship_assertions": null,
  "relationship_history": null
}