{"schema_version":"1.0","id":"McCracken-5057","alternate_ids":[],"catalogue_id":"mccracken-5057","name":"Alexander McCracken","canonical_url":"https://glasgow.phenotype.dev/people/mccracken-5057.html","json_url":"https://glasgow.phenotype.dev/people/mccracken-5057.json","network_url":"https://glasgow.phenotype.dev/people/mccracken-5057.network.json","wikitree_url":"https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/McCracken-5057","vitals":{"birth":{"date":"c. 1842 (estimated)","place":null,"status":"estimated"},"death":{"date":null,"place":null,"status":null}},"identity":{"gender":"Male","occupations":[],"locations":[],"aliases":[],"research_clusters":[]},"relationships":{"parents":[],"spouses":[],"children":[],"siblings":[]},"claims":[{"id":"C-2221bd891f95","type":"recorded_occurrence","subject_ids":["McCracken-5057"],"claim":"Alexander McCracken was recorded in an unspecified place (1860).","status":"proved","status_label":"Documented","evidence_ids":["E-2221bd891f95"],"notes":"Father named in son's marriage","provenance":"mapped_record"}],"evidence":[{"id":"E-2221bd891f95","claim_ids":["C-2221bd891f95"],"record_type":"Father named in son's marriage","date":"1860","place":null,"subjects":["McCracken-5057"],"assertion":"Father named in son's marriage","evidence_status":"direct","source_quality":"derivative","independence_group":"SRC-4aaaebb13258","source":{"title":"Ireland, Marriages, 1619-1898","repository":null,"reference":"2112bce134daa539","url":"https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGX8-TMH"},"provenance":"marriage-index"}],"open_questions":[],"research_leads":[],"source_summary":[{"title":"Ireland, Marriages, 1619-1898","url":"https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGX8-TMH","source_quality":"derivative","independence_group":"SRC-4aaaebb13258","provenance":"marriage-index"}],"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":"McCracken-5057","updated":null,"source_path":"research/McCracken-5057/findings.md","sections":[{"title":"Current conclusion","category":"conclusion","markdown":"The FamilySearch profile `LJYB-1Z8` is the same Alexander McCracken shown on WikiTree. The parents attached in FamilySearch are Alexander McCracken (`LK63-LK6`) and Ellenor Martin (`LK63-L5C`). The existing WikiTree profiles `McCracken-5193` and `Martin-99476` match the dates, Whitechurch Cemetery, spouse, and child evidence."},{"title":"Source findings","category":"sources","markdown":"* [Find a Grave memorial 156786200](https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/156786200/alexander-mccracken), Alexander McCracken (1756–1821), Whitechurch Cemetery: the inscription names his wife Elloner McCracken alias Martin and their son Alexander McCracken of Belfast, who died 7 July 1861 aged 71. This is direct grave-inscription evidence for the family relationship, although the memorial is a derivative transcription/photo source.\n* [FamilySearch record FGX8-TMH](https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGX8-TMH), Belfast marriage, 28 June 1860: Alexander McCracken, estimated birth 1839, is recorded with father Alexander McCracken. This supports the child/parent identification and the later Alexander's identity."},{"title":"Recommended action","category":"actions","markdown":"Add `McCracken-5193` as father and `Martin-99476` as mother of `McCracken-5057`, with a research-note citation to the memorial inscription. No existing relationship is being removed."}]}],"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. 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