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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."},"profile_creation":{"status":"create_new_profile","identity_note":"","draft_path":"surname-research/new-people/1893_South_Africa_Cape_Town_Alexander_Glasgow.md","draft_wikitext":"{{Estimated Date}}\n[[Category:Glasgow Name Study]]\n\n== Biography ==\n\n'''Alexander Glasgow''' was named as a defendant in a Cape Supreme Court motion in 1893. The executors of the estate of the late Gerhard Myburgh brought the motion.<ref name=\"MyburghMotion\">National Archives and Records Service of South Africa, NAAIRS index, Cape Town Archives Repository (<code>KAB</code>), Cape Supreme Court (<code>CSC</code>) 2/6/1/146, reference 286, part 1, 1893, “Motion. Executors of estate late Gerhard Myburgh versus Alexander Glasgow”; searched through the [https://www.nationalarchives.gov.za/node/737 NARSSA guidance and NAAIRS access page], 13 August 2026.</ref>\n\nFive years later, Maria Welch brought an illiquid action against a same-named Alexander Glasgow for recovery of money.<ref name=\"WelchAction\">National Archives and Records Service of South Africa, NAAIRS index, Cape Town Archives Repository (<code>KAB</code>), Cape Supreme Court (<code>CSC</code>) 2/1/1/350, reference 123, part 1, 1898, “Illiquid case. Maria Welch versus Alexander Glasgow. Action for the recovery of money”; searched through the [https://www.nationalarchives.gov.za/node/737 NARSSA guidance and NAAIRS access page], 13 August 2026.</ref>\n\nThe exact name and same court make one recurring defendant probable, but the index does not prove that the two files concern the same man. The 1893 action alone establishes Alexander's existence and adult legal role; the 1898 matter is retained as a probable later occurrence. Neither index gives an age, birthplace, residence, occupation, parent, spouse or child.<ref name=\"MyburghMotion\" /><ref name=\"WelchAction\" />\n\n{| class=\"wikitable\" style=\"padding:5px; width:100%;\"\n|+ '''Evidence summary'''\n|-\n! style=\"background-color:#E1F0B4;\" | Point\n! style=\"background-color:#E1F0B4;\" | Assessment\n|-\n| Adult named Alexander Glasgow in the 1893 case\n| Directly supported by the index\n|-\n| Same man in the 1898 case\n| Probable, not proved\n|-\n| Association with the Cape Colony\n| Supported only as an uncertain location context by his appearance in the Cape Supreme Court\n|-\n| Born before about 1872\n| Adult-status estimate only\n|-\n| Irish origin or relationship to [[Glasgow-987|Thomas Glasgow of Lisnagaver]]\n| Unproved\n|}\n\n== Research Notes ==\n\nThe live WikiTree <code>searchPerson</code> results for Alexander Glasgow were audited on 13 August 2026. No result stated a South African event or supplied a bridge to the Cape files. Chronologically possible profiles had documented lives elsewhere or no identifying South African evidence.\n\nAlexander's actual birthplace is unknown. Cape Colony is suitable only as an\nuncertain creation-field location inferred from his own first documented adult\nappearance there. The repository's location in Cape Town does not establish\nthat Alexander lived or was born in Cape Town.\n\n[[Glasgow-2702|Alexander Glasgow of Dundee]] is excluded by his documented Scottish life and 1894 death in Dundee. [[Glasgow-3797|Alexander McNutt Glasgow]] is excluded by his Virginia life and 1894 death in Rockbridge County. The Australian soldier described below did not reach Cape Town until 1899. With those candidates excluded, no compatible live profile remains.\n\nA documented Australian namesake, born in Queensland on 19 November 1878,\nfirst arrived at Cape Town with the 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry on\n13 December 1899. His age and arrival date exclude him from both court files.<ref>Virtual War Memorial Australia, [https://vwma.org.au/explore/people/783892 “Alexander Glasgow”], citing the Australian War Memorial Boer War nominal roll and National Archives of Australia service dossier; accessed 13 August 2026.</ref>\n\nA 1943 Transvaal estate-index entry for Eliza Glasgow says that her spouse Alexander Glasgow predeceased her (<code>TAB MHG 913/43</code>). Do not combine him with the Cape defendant unless Eliza's death notice or the court files supply matching identity details.\n\n[[Glasgow-987|Thomas Glasgow of Lisnagaver]] reportedly had a son Alexander who emigrated to South Africa or the United States and was probably born about 1851-1863. The Cape defendant is the strongest destination candidate yet found, but exact name and country are insufficient to attach a father. Keep this profile unconnected even if the two case files prove one identity, unless an original record supplies an Irish origin or family bridge.\n\nThis profile is defined by the 1893 case. If the original 1898 file later proves a different man, remove only that probable occurrence; the 1893 profile remains valid.\n\n== Sources ==\n\n<references />","creation_allowed":true}}