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Reviewed newspaper notices
2 distinct notices from 2 retained pages, earliest first. Reprints of the same notice are merged; 2 pages have saved inline excerpts. Open a notice for its clipping, reading and profile assessment.
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2 distinct notices · 2 retained pages
1829Verified surname passageeducational awardPossible match
James Glasgow
Belfast College (named educational affiliation)Birth unknown
An 1829 Belfast College premium list names James Glasgow, Belfast College, for an essay on the application of testimony to miraculous events. This is a student/award entry; identity with the later minister is possible, not established.
Published 1829-05-05 · Belfast News-Letter · p. 3
Faithful bounded column excerpt; original issue page linked. Publication date is the issue date; any letter/event date is stated separately in the reading. Source reference: Belfast News-Letter · 1829-05-05 · p. 3. Open for full size; inspect the original page for context.
What the notice says
“Belfast College,” dated 1 May 1829, reports that premiums were distributed at the close of the session. Under “For Essays proposed to the Logic Class of last year,” it lists “On the Application of Testimony to Miraculous Events, James Glasgow, Belfast College.” James is listed as the essay award recipient, not as the proposer of the topic. The same page also has a separate geographic “near Glasgow” and a separate James M’Clatchey.
Evidence and identity limits
The named Belfast College student is a possible match to Glasgow-1780 by the broader education-to-ministry sequence only; this notice alone does not identify him as the later Castledawson minister. Identity review (6 October 2026): Belfast College premiums, 1 May 1829: an essay prize 'On the Application of Testimony to Miraculous Events' went to James Glasgow, Belfast College (Logic class of the previous year). This fits James McClure Glasgow (Glasgow-1780), later minister of Castledawson, but the list gives no place or parent, so the match stays possible.
[b. 1805-05-27; d. 1890-06-30] · essay prize winner (Logic class essay)Why this candidate?
Glasgow-1780 (James McClure Glasgow, b. 1805 near Clough) was educated at RBAI, licensed in 1834 and was minister of Castledawson from 1835, so chronology, institution and later ministry fit. Continuity with the 1828 Logic and Belles Lettres James is natural, since the essays were 'proposed to the Logic Class of last year'. But no place, age or relative is printed, and other RBAI students named James Glasgow are not excluded.
1829Verified surname passagefreehold registrationPossible match
Alex. Glasgow
Lisnagaver, KilconwayBirth unknown
Listed among persons applying to register freeholds; land identified in Kilconway, townland of Lisnagaver.
Place / address
Published 1829-06-05 · Belfast News-Letter · p. 4
Passage: crop. Lisnagaver applicant Alex. Glasgow, row 2324, with Kilconway barony heading in the supplementary excerpt. Overall application heading is outside these crops. Source reference: Belfast News-Letter · 1829-06-05 · p. 4. Open for full size; inspect the original page for context.Additional excerpts from this issue — 1Passage: heading. Lisnagaver applicant Alex. Glasgow, row 2324, with Kilconway barony heading in the supplementary excerpt. Overall application heading is outside these crops. Original excerpt page ↗
What the notice says
County of Antrim: List of Persons applying to Register their Freeholds, under 10 Geo. IV, cap. 8. No. 2324: Alex. Glasgow, Lisnagaver — Lands — Kilconway, townland of Lisnagaver.
Evidence and identity limits
Original page now inspected; replaces the earlier access-blocked heading/extract assessment. This is an application, not proof of admission. No age or relative is stated. Alexander-951 and older Alexander-3904 remain compatible; conflicting age estimates prevent an automatic identification. The property is Lisnagaver; Kilconway is the barony. Identity review (6 October 2026): County Antrim freehold-registration applications, June 1829: No. 2324, Alex. Glasgow, Lisnagaver, barony of Kilconway. Two existing Lisnagaver Alexanders remain compatible, Glasgow-951 and the older Glasgow-3904, and the notice gives nothing that separates them.
[b. c. 1811; d. 1888-05-16] · applicant to register a freehold at Lisnagaver (10 Geo. IV c. 8)Why this candidate?
The place agrees exactly: Lisnagaver, Rasharkin parish, barony of Kilconway. The 1834 Rasharkin tithe book has 'Alexr Glasgow' with 29 acres at Lisnagaver, a holding consistent with an 1829 £10 freehold, but which Alexander held it is unresolved on both profiles. Glasgow-951 was a farmer of Lisnagaver in 1851. His 1851 census age of 40 implies birth c.1811, which would make him about 18 in 1829, too young to register. His 1888 death at 84 implies birth c.1804, about 25 in 1829, so there is no firm age conflict. He was at Gortereghy in 1837-38. Glasgow-3904 is an older Alexander, born before c.1778 and reconstructed from descendant testimony. He is compatible but has no contemporary record of
These are search leads or exclusions, not confirmed surname records.
1829Excluded matchNewspaper noticeNo profile yet
Excluded search match
Place not statedBirth unknown
Published 1829-09-11 · Belfast News-Letter · p. 3
What the notice says
Position 2 (place): The match is the destination heading ‘FOR GREENOCK & GLASGOW’ in steam-packet notices. Nearby text says a Belfast packet, Captain Leitch, will sail from Donegall-quay with goods and passengers, and a separate notice names the Belfast and Glasgow Steam Boat Company. Glasgow is a route destination here; this is vessel/service advertising, not a person or a Rasharkin place reference. clear page image; Rasharkin appears in a separate neighboring column, so the two search terms are unrelated in this passage
Evidence and identity limits
Original-position final review: the quoted Glasgow/Rasharkin passage(s) on this page are classified as place, vessel, or other context, not a Glasgow personal surname. This is a passage-level result, not a claim that the entire page contains no relevant name.
Who this may be
No profile assigned; identity remains unresolved.
Place, vessel or other-surname OCR match; excluded from surname evidence.
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