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Research note: probable informant at her father's 1888 death; possible identity with the 1838 child. No merge.
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Current profile5== Biography ==
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Current profile7'''Mary Glasgow''' was born about 1843, probably in County Antrim. Her birth estimate is based on her reported age of 28 at marriage.
Replacement profile6'''Mary Glasgow''' was born about 1843, probably in County Antrim. Her birth estimate is based on her reported age of 28 at marriage.
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Current profile9On 14 June 1871 she married [[Elder-7251|Robert Elder]] in the Ballymoney registration district. The original register describes Mary as a 28-year-old spinster residing at Lisnagaver and explicitly names her father as [[Glasgow-951|“Alexr. Glasgow,” farmer]]. Robert was a 40-year-old bachelor and farmer, son of Nathaniel Elder.<ref name="ElderGlasgow1871">General Register Office of Ireland, civil marriage register, marriage of Robert Elder and Mary Glasgow, 14 June 1871; [https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/marriage_returns/marriages_1871/11341/8162804.pdf digital image].</ref>
Replacement profile8On 14 June 1871 she married [[Elder-7251|Robert Elder]] in the Ballymoney registration district. The original register describes Mary as a 28-year-old spinster residing at Lisnagaver and explicitly names her father as [[Glasgow-951|“Alexr. Glasgow,” farmer]]. Robert was a 40-year-old bachelor and farmer, son of Nathaniel Elder.<ref name="ElderGlasgow1871">General Register Office of Ireland, civil marriage register, marriage of Robert Elder and Mary Glasgow, 14 June 1871; [https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/marriage_returns/marriages_1871/11341/8162804.pdf digital image].</ref>
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Current profile11The valuation revision books provide independent locality evidence. Robert Elder later replaced Alexander Glasgow as occupier of Alexander’s Lisnagaver holding, lot 25, containing 8 acres 2 roods 10 perches.<ref name="LisnagaverRevision25">Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, valuation revision books for Lisnagaver, Rasharkin parish, PRONI VAL/12/B/4/16C and VAL/12/B/4/16D, lot 25; [https://apps.proni.gov.uk/Val12B/Search.aspx PRONI search and image viewer].</ref>
Replacement profile10The valuation revision books provide independent locality evidence. Robert Elder later replaced Alexander Glasgow as occupier of Alexander’s Lisnagaver holding, lot 25, containing 8 acres 2 roods 10 perches.<ref name="LisnagaverRevision25">Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, valuation revision books for Lisnagaver, Rasharkin parish, PRONI VAL/12/B/4/16C and VAL/12/B/4/16D, lot 25; [https://apps.proni.gov.uk/Val12B/Search.aspx PRONI search and image viewer].</ref>
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Current profile13Mary was present at Gortahar on 27 February 1892 when she registered the death of her mother, [[McCaughan-222|Mary Glasgow]]. The death register identifies the informant as the deceased woman’s daughter, Mary Elder.<ref name="MaryGlasgowDeath1892">General Register Office of Ireland, civil death register, death of Mary Glasgow, 27 February 1892, Gortahar; [https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/deaths_returns/deaths_1892/06049/4723532.pdf digital image].</ref> Mary Elder therefore died after that date.
Replacement profile12Mary was present at Gortahar on 27 February 1892 when she registered the death of her mother, [[McCaughan-222|Mary Glasgow]]. The death register identifies the informant as the deceased woman’s daughter, Mary Elder.<ref name="MaryGlasgowDeath1892">General Register Office of Ireland, civil death register, death of Mary Glasgow, 27 February 1892, Gortahar; [https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/deaths_returns/deaths_1892/06049/4723532.pdf digital image].</ref> Mary Elder therefore died after that date.
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Current profile15=== Gortahar household ===
Replacement profile14=== Gortahar household ===
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Current profile17The 1901 census index records Mary Elder, aged 60, widowed, Presbyterian and a farmer, as head of a Gortahar household with children [[Elder-7302|Mary]], [[Elder-7303|Robert J.]] and [[Elder-7304|Jane M.]].<ref name="ElderCensus1901">[https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPB2-KNM2 FamilySearch, Ireland census index], Mary Elder household, Gortahar, County Antrim, 1901.</ref> In 1911 her son [[Elder-7303|Robert J. Elder]] headed the continuing Gortahar household with his widowed mother Mary, sister [[Elder-7304|Jane M. Elder]] and a two-year-old nephew displayed as “Samuel Glasgow.”<ref name="ElderCensus1911">[https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QYHR-52T2 FamilySearch, Ireland census index], Robert J. Elder household, Gortahar, 1911; individual entry for [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QYHG-YHMM Mary Elder].</ref>
Replacement profile16The 1901 census index records Mary Elder, aged 60, widowed, Presbyterian and a farmer, as head of a Gortahar household with children [[Elder-7302|Mary]], [[Elder-7303|Robert J.]] and [[Elder-7304|Jane M.]].<ref name="ElderCensus1901">[https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPB2-KNM2 FamilySearch, Ireland census index], Mary Elder household, Gortahar, County Antrim, 1901.</ref> In 1911 her son [[Elder-7303|Robert J. Elder]] headed the continuing Gortahar household with his widowed mother Mary, sister [[Elder-7304|Jane M. Elder]] and a two-year-old nephew displayed as “Samuel Glasgow.”<ref name="ElderCensus1911">[https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QYHR-52T2 FamilySearch, Ireland census index], Robert J. Elder household, Gortahar, 1911; individual entry for [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QYHG-YHMM Mary Elder].</ref>
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Current profile19The nephew was registered as '''[[Elder-7305|Samuel Glasgow Elder]]''' at Ballymoney in the third quarter of 1908; Glasgow was his middle name rather than his surname.<ref name="SamuelGlasgowElder1908">[https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FBP3-95M Ireland civil registration birth index], Samuel Glasgow Elder, Ballymoney, July–September 1908, vol. 1, p. 111.</ref> The continuing residence and relationships, together with Samuel's Glasgow middle name, make this household a high-confidence continuation of the family formed by Mary and Robert Elder. Samuel's parents remain unidentified.
Replacement profile18The nephew was registered as '''[[Elder-7305|Samuel Glasgow Elder]]''' at Ballymoney in the third quarter of 1908; Glasgow was his middle name rather than his surname.<ref name="SamuelGlasgowElder1908">[https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FBP3-95M Ireland civil registration birth index], Samuel Glasgow Elder, Ballymoney, July–September 1908, vol. 1, p. 111.</ref> The continuing residence and relationships, together with Samuel's Glasgow middle name, make this household a high-confidence continuation of the family formed by Mary and Robert Elder. Samuel's parents remain unidentified.
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Current profile21A Robert Elder aged 64 whose death was registered at Ballymoney in the fourth quarter of 1894 is a strong candidate for Mary's husband and would explain her widowed status in 1901.<ref name="RobertElderDeath1894">[https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FTZP-9M6 Ireland civil registration death index], Robert Elder, Ballymoney, October–December 1894, vol. 1, p. 100.</ref> The original death entry is still required before the identification is treated as proved.
Replacement profile20A Robert Elder aged 64 whose death was registered at Ballymoney in the fourth quarter of 1894 is a strong candidate for Mary's husband and would explain her widowed status in 1901.<ref name="RobertElderDeath1894">[https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FTZP-9M6 Ireland civil registration death index], Robert Elder, Ballymoney, October–December 1894, vol. 1, p. 100.</ref> The original death entry is still required before the identification is treated as proved.
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Current profile23=== Disambiguation ===
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Current profile25This profile was previously identified with Maryan Glasgow, aged 17 in the 1851 Glenleslie household of [[Glasgow-1022|John Glasgow]].<ref name="Glenleslie1851">National Archives of Ireland, ''Census of Ireland, 1851'', Glenleslie, Dunaghy, Kilconway, County Antrim, house 21, household of John Glasgow.</ref> The original 1871 marriage register instead says that Robert Elder’s wife was 28 and names her father as Alexander Glasgow. The Glenleslie Maryan should therefore not be used to assign this Mary a birth in 1834 or John Glasgow as grandfather.
Replacement profile24This profile was previously identified with Maryan Glasgow, aged 17 in the 1851 Glenleslie household of [[Glasgow-1022|John Glasgow]].<ref name="Glenleslie1851">National Archives of Ireland, ''Census of Ireland, 1851'', Glenleslie, Dunaghy, Kilconway, County Antrim, house 21, household of John Glasgow.</ref> The original 1871 marriage register instead says that Robert Elder’s wife was 28 and names her father as Alexander Glasgow. The Glenleslie Maryan should therefore not be used to assign this Mary a birth in 1834 or John Glasgow as grandfather.
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Current profile27A Mary Jane Elder died at Lisnagaver on 11 June 1897, aged 65, with John Elder, described as her son, as informant.<ref name="MaryElderDeath1897">General Register Office of Ireland, civil death register, death of Mary Jane Elder, 11 June 1897, Lisnagaver; [https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/deaths_returns/deaths_1897/05858/4660280.pdf digital image].</ref> That age conflicts with Mary’s reported age at marriage, and the record has not been linked to Robert Elder’s family. It remains a same-name candidate rather than this profile’s death.
Replacement profile26A Mary Jane Elder died at Lisnagaver on 11 June 1897, aged 65, with John Elder, described as her son, as informant.<ref name="MaryElderDeath1897">General Register Office of Ireland, civil death register, death of Mary Jane Elder, 11 June 1897, Lisnagaver; [https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/deaths_returns/deaths_1897/05858/4660280.pdf digital image].</ref> That age conflicts with Mary’s reported age at marriage, and the record has not been linked to Robert Elder’s family. It remains a same-name candidate rather than this profile’s death.
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Current profile29The former suggestion that she was [[Glasgow-2045|Mary Ann (Glasgow) Bell]] is also unsupported. No primary record found gives Robert Elder’s wife the middle name Ann.
Replacement profile28The former suggestion that she was [[Glasgow-2045|Mary Ann (Glasgow) Bell]] is also unsupported. No primary record found gives Robert Elder’s wife the middle name Ann.
Current profile30A marriage for Mary Glasgow and Elder was registered on 14 June 1871 in the Magherafelt district.<ref>[https://geni.nidirect.gov.uk/search/marriage GRONI civil marriage index], 14 June 1871, Magherafelt district, M/1871/N1/1863/1/179.</ref>
Replacement profile29A marriage for Mary Glasgow and Elder was registered on 14 June 1871 in the Magherafelt district.<ref>[https://geni.nidirect.gov.uk/search/marriage GRONI civil marriage index], 14 June 1871, Magherafelt district, M/1871/N1/1863/1/179.</ref>
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Replacement profile31== Research Notes ==
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Replacement profile32=== Current research ===
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Replacement profile34The 5 September master review confirms that Mary's original marriage was in the Ballymoney registration district, not Ballymena. It directly proves Alexander Glasgow, farmer, as her father. Her presence as informant at her mother Mary Glasgow's 1892 Gortahar death supplies the strongest bridge to the later Elder household.
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Replacement profile36The original 1871 civil marriage directly identifies Mary Glasgow, aged '''28''', of Lisnagaver as a daughter of '''Alexander Glasgow, farmer''', and wife of Robert Elder of Gortereghy, son of Nathaniel Elder. Her residence and Robert's later succession to Alexander's valuation lot 25 make identification with Alexander-951's family strong.
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Replacement profile38Robert's original death entry now closes the previous index-only gap. A married farmer aged 64 died at Gortahar on 18 November 1894; Mary Elder of Gortahar, described as a widow, informed the death. The register does not explicitly call her his wife, but the exact place, compatible age and occupation, same-day widow description, and her continuing Gortahar household make a competing identity very unlikely.
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Replacement profile40Her stated age creates a substantial conflict with Maryan Glasgow, 17, recorded in [[Glasgow-1022|John Glasgow]]'s household in 1851: Maryan would have been about 37 in 1871, rather than 28. Age alone does not conclusively exclude an identity when reported ages conflict elsewhere in this family. The identification remains possible but unproved; neither the marriage nor lot succession proves a relationship between Alexander and John.
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Replacement profile42The original 1901 and 1911 Gortahar census forms make this the strongest located continuation of the couple, though they do not independently name Mary's father. Jane's original birth now supplies an independent civil-registration bridge: '''Jane Matilda Elder''' was born at Gortahar on 16 September 1878 to Robert Elder and Mary Elder, whose maiden surname was entered as '''Glass'''. The exact parents, place and middle initial identify her as the later Jane M. Elder at high confidence. Her birth fits the age 22 reported in 1901, but makes the age 26 reported in 1911 about six years too low.
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Replacement profile44The 1911 manuscript itself calls Robert J. Elder's two-year-old nephew '''Samuel Glasgow'''. Samuel's original 1908 birth registration instead names him '''Samuel Elder''', son of Jane Elder, with no father recorded. These are conflicting original records: the alternate surname is real reported usage, but it does not identify Samuel's father or prove a Glasgow relationship.
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Replacement profile46The Mary Jane Elder who died at Lisnagaver in 1897 remains separate from Mary-3167 as established fact. If the Gortahar woman is the 1871 bride, Mary was alive in 1911. The competing identity must be resolved through children's civil births and death or probate evidence for the Gortahar couple.
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Replacement profile48This assessment draws on the cited records and public source material.<ref name="ProjectSource1">[https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/view?record_id=f66be225e5-6827480 IrishGenealogy civil birth record].</ref><ref name="ProjectSource2">[https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/birth_returns/births_1867/03501/2286677.pdf original 1867 birth return].</ref><ref name="ProjectSource3">[https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=214109.0 RootsChat, Elder, Murdoch & McMeekin Families].</ref><ref name="ProjectSource4">[https://lennonwylie.co.uk/PT191214.htm 1912 Belfast and Ulster Directory, Rasharkin].</ref><ref name="ProjectSource5">[https://apps.proni.gov.uk/WillsCalendar_IE/WillsSearch.aspx PRONI Will Calendars, Thomas Glasgow administration].</ref>
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