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Reviewed newspaper notices
10 distinct notices from 11 retained pages, earliest first. Reprints of the same notice are merged; 11 pages have saved inline excerpts. Open a notice for its clipping, reading and profile assessment.
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10 distinct notices · 11 retained pages
1840Verified surname passagechurch appointmentStrong match
Rev. Adam D. Glasgow
Berry Street Presbyterian Church, Belfast (call destination)b. by c. 1822 adult estimate
Received a unanimous call to Berry Street Presbyterian Church in connection with the General Synod of Ulster.
Birth estimate / source
Age is not printed; inferred only as an adult lower bound from the stated professional role (Presbyterian minister), assuming age 18 or older by the 1840 issue year.
Occupation / trade
Published 1840-01-17 · Belfast News-Letter · p. 2
Source reference: Belfast News-Letter · 1840-01-17 · p. 2. Open for full size; inspect the original page for context.
What the notice says
Rev. Adam D. Glasgow receives a unanimous call to Berry Street Presbyterian Church, Belfast, in connection with the General Synod of Ulster.
Evidence and identity limits
The repeated name and institutional setting support the education/teaching continuity; the ministerial continuation and attribution to Adam Dickie Glasgow-1781 remain qualified. The newspaper does not spell out Dickie or identify parents. 5 March is the presentation date, not a proved ordination date. Identity review (6 October 2026): Belfast News-Letter, 17 Jan 1840: Rev. Adam D. Glasgow gets a unanimous call to Berry Street Presbyterian Church, Belfast. The NZ Presbyterian register independently names Adam Dickie Glasgow as minister of Berry Street, so the subject is Glasgow-1781 (raised to strong).
[b. c. 1815; d. 1863-03-18] · minister called to Berry Street, BelfastWhy this candidate?
NZ Presbyterian register entry for Adam Dickie Glasgow (b. 1815 Clough, Co. Antrim): minister of Berry Street Presbyterian Church, Belfast; 15 years at Rajkot, India; wife Jane Thompson of Co. Down (b. 1822); brother Dr James Glasgow, missionary and professor. The notice prints the initial D and the congregation Berry Street. Name, initial, unique congregation and period all agree. No other Rev. Adam Glasgow in the catalogue fits: the other Adams (3902, 1622, 3373, 2959, 2605, 3151, 1395, 1405, 2419 etc.) are farmers, children or emigrants.
1840Verified surname passagechurch soiree reportStrong match
Rev. Adam D. Glasgow
Berry Street Church (soiree venue)b. by c. 1822 adult estimate
A pulpit dress was presented to him at the church soiree on Thursday 5 March.
Birth estimate / source
Adult role: newly ordained minister in 1840; age unstated; estimate assumes the role holder was at least 18.
Occupation / trade
Published 1840-03-10 · Belfast News-Letter · p. 2
Source reference: Belfast News-Letter · 1840-03-10 · p. 2. Open for full size; inspect the original page for context.
What the notice says
Berry Street church soiree on Thursday 5 March: pulpit dress presented to newly ordained minister Rev. Adam D. Glasgow. The event date is not an established ordination date.
Evidence and identity limits
The repeated name and institutional setting support the education/teaching continuity; the ministerial continuation and attribution to Adam Dickie Glasgow-1781 remain qualified. The newspaper does not spell out Dickie or identify parents. 5 March is the presentation date, not a proved ordination date. Identity review (6 October 2026): Belfast News-Letter, 10 Mar 1840: a Berry Street soiree on 5 Mar presents a pulpit dress to the newly ordained Rev. Adam D. Glasgow. This is Glasgow-1781 (strong).
Published 1840-07-01 · Freeman's Journal and Daily Commercial Advertiser · p. 2
Faithful bounded marriage excerpt. The issue heading is outside the crop; paper, issue date and page come from the original viewer/provider metadata. The source page is linked for full context. The viewer search overlay is preserved. Source reference: Freeman's Journal and Daily Commercial Advertiser · 1840-07-01 · p. 2. Open for full size; inspect the original page for context.
What the notice says
On Saturday last, the Rev. James Glasgow, of Castledawson, in the county Derry, to Miss Mary Wightman, of Belfast.
Evidence and identity limits
“Saturday last” is inferred as 27 June 1840, a Saturday. James McClure Glasgow-1780 is the strongest profile match: the checked profile records the same bride and date in Belfast, and his documented ministry was at Castledawson. The notice does not state a middle name. Identity review (6 October 2026): Freeman's Journal, 1 Jul 1840: Rev. James Glasgow of Castledawson married Miss Mary Wightman of Belfast on 27 June 1840. Groom is Glasgow-1780 and bride is Wightman-3457. The marriage is already linked, and the Dictionary of Ulster Biography and the Londonderry Sentinel corroborate it.
[b. 1805-05-27; d. 1890-06-30] · bridegroomWhy this candidate?
Dictionary of Ulster Biography: Rev James McClure Glasgow, b. 27 May 1805 near Clough; called to Castledawson 1835; married Mary Wightman 27 June 1840 at Fisherwick Place, Belfast; sailed for India Sept 1840. Castledawson, the bride's name and the date together form a record-level bridge.
[b. c. 1807; d. 1885-02-16] · brideWhy this candidate?
Bride in the same dated marriage. The Dictionary of Ulster Biography names James's wife as Mary Wightman, and the profile is already linked as his spouse.
1840Verified surname passagechurch/missionary appointmentStrong match
James Glasgow
Castledawson (stated affiliation); India mission appointmentb. by c. 1818
The General Assembly set apart Rev. James Glasgow of Castledawson and Rev. Alexander Kerr of Portadown as missionaries to India. A separate earlier passage on the same issue names Rev. Adam Glasgow among Synod missionaries; the passages are distinct and do not imply kinship.
Birth estimate / source
Rev. ministerial role documented by 1836; estimated age 18+ at that role, not stated by the source and not a sourced birth date.
Rev. Adam Glasgow
Synod foreign mission to IndiaBirth unknown
Offered himself with James Carr for the Synod’s India mission and was accepted; Kathiawar or Guzerat was selected as the first field, with a planned departure overland to Bombay on 4 August.
Occupation / trade
Published 1840-07-14 · Belfast News-Letter · p. 1
Faithful bounded excerpt of the identified newspaper passage; see private provenance for crop bounds and parent image. Source reference: Belfast News-Letter · 1840-07-14 · p. 1. Open for full size; inspect the original page for context.Additional excerpts from this issue — 2Faithful bounded excerpt from the inspected original; source issue metadata is shown in the caption. Original excerpt page ↗Faithful bounded excerpt from the inspected original; source issue metadata is shown in the caption. Original excerpt page ↗
What the notice says
In the General Assembly report, “The Assembly then proceeded to set apart two Missionaries to India—namely, the Rev. James Glasgow, of Castledawson, and the Rev. Alexander Kerr, of Portadown.” They stated their motives and were set apart for the India mission. No exact meeting date is supplied in this excerpt. Elsewhere on the same page, a separate report says two Synod ministers, Messrs. Adam Glasgow and James Carr, offered for the Synod’s foreign mission to India; this is a distinct passage and establishes no relationship to James. A separate General Synod report says ordained ministers Messrs. Adam Glasgow and James Carr offered themselves for the Synod’s foreign mission in India and were accepted; Kathiawar or Guzerat was selected as their first field, with a planned 4 August departure overland to Bombay. This is separate from the General Assembly passage about Rev. James Glasgow and Alexander Kerr.
Evidence and identity limits
Castledawson and India mission career are probable matches to Glasgow-1780 as a continuing subject; the printed source does not state a middle name. Do not describe this appointment as made by the Synod: the selected paragraph explicitly says the Assembly. Adam Glasgow in a separate earlier clause is a separate person occurrence; no kinship is inferred. The printed line breaks the place across lines as “Porta-/down,” read as Portadown. The place is printed across a line break as “Porta-/down,” read as Portadown. The Adam Glasgow passage is a distinct occurrence; no kinship with James or Robert Glasgow is implied. Identity review (6 October 2026): Belfast News-Letter, 14 Jul 1840: the General Assembly sets apart Rev. James Glasgow of Castledawson and Rev. Alexander Kerr of Portadown as missionaries to India. A separate Synod passage says Adam Glasgow and James Carr offered themselves for India. James is Glasgow-1780 (strong) and Adam is Glasgow-1781 (probable). The notice states no kinship.
[b. 1805-05-27; d. 1890-06-30] · missionary set apart for IndiaWhy this candidate?
Castledawson plus the 1840 India mission with Kerr is a unique designation. The Dictionary of Ulster Biography and PHSI both record that Glasgow and Kerr were the General Assembly's first two missionaries.
[b. c. 1815; d. 1863-03-18] · volunteer for the Synod's India missionWhy this candidate?
An ordained Synod minister named Adam Glasgow volunteers for India in 1840. The NZ register confirms the Berry Street minister later served at Rajkot. No middle name is given, and the planned Aug 1840 departure did not happen (he was designated in Jan 1842).
Officiated at the marriage of James Small of Lottery Cottage, county Armagh, and Margaret Small of this town; notice says “25th ult.”
Occupation / trade
Published 1840-08-07 · Belfast News-Letter · p. 3
Faithful bounded excerpt from the inspected original; source issue metadata is shown in the caption. Source reference: Belfast News-Letter · 1840-08-07 · p. 3. Open for full size; inspect the original page for context.
What the notice says
Marriage notice: on 25 July 1840 (reported as “25th ult.”), Mr James Small, of Lottery Cottage, county Armagh, married Miss Margaret Small of this town; the officiant was Rev. Adam Glasgow.
Evidence and identity limits
Minister/officiant occurrence, not kinship. Keep adjacent London/St George’s wedding separate. Strongly compatible with Glasgow-1781, without unique identification. Identity review (6 October 2026): Belfast News-Letter, 7 Aug 1840: Rev. Adam Glasgow officiated at the 25 July 1840 marriage of James Small of Lottery Cottage, Co. Armagh, and Margaret Small. The officiant is probably Glasgow-1781. No Glasgow kinship.
[b. c. 1815; d. 1863-03-18] · officiantWhy this candidate?
A Belfast officiant in 1840, when Glasgow-1781 was minister of Berry Street (NZ register). No other Rev. Adam Glasgow is known in Belfast then. No congregation is printed, so probable rather than strong.
1840Verified surname passageCongregational soiree reportStrong match
Rev. Adam Glasgow
Berry Street, Belfast (church association)b. by c. 1822 adult estimate
Conducted devotional exercises at the Townsend-street congregational and Sabbath-School soiree.
Birth estimate / source
Adult minister styled Rev. in an issue dated 21 August 1840, assuming 18+; age not stated; no profile date used.
Rev. James Glasgow
India (mission connection)b. by c. 1822 adult estimate
Named separately among speakers as “Missionary to India”.
Birth estimate / source
Adult minister styled Rev. in an issue dated 21 August 1840, assuming 18+; age not stated; no profile date used.
Occupation / tradePlace / address
Published 1840-08-21 · Belfast News-Letter · p. 2
Bounded crop of the soiree report naming Rev. Adam Glasgow of Berry-street. Viewer search highlighting is not printed ink. Source reference: Belfast News-Letter · 1840-08-21 · p. 2. Open for full size; inspect the original page for context.Additional excerpts from this issue — 1Separate later passage in the same report: Rev. James Glasgow is named “Missionary to India.” This is a separate man/role from Rev. Adam Glasgow; it is compatible with, but does not uniquely identify, Glasgow-1780. Original excerpt page ↗
What the notice says
At a Congregational and Sabbath-School Soiree connected with the Presbyterian Church, Townsend-street, devotional exercises were conducted by “the Rev. Adam Glasgow, of Berry-street.”
Evidence and identity limits
“Of Berry-street” is the printed church association for Rev. Adam Glasgow, not proof of residence. The name, church, and chronology strongly fit the existing qualified Glasgow-1781 Belfast minister candidate; the newspaper does not give Adam’s middle name or a unique profile bridge. A separate later passage names Rev. James Glasgow, Missionary to India; this is compatible with Glasgow-1780 but does not uniquely identify him. Their co-occurrence is not evidence of kinship. Identity review (6 October 2026): Belfast News-Letter, 21 Aug 1840: devotions at a Townsend Street soiree led by 'the Rev. Adam Glasgow, of Berry-street', with a separate mention of Rev. James Glasgow, Missionary to India. Adam is Glasgow-1781 and James is Glasgow-1780, both strong. No kinship stated.
1840Verified surname passagesubscription listPrinted in 2 issuesNo profile yet
John Glasgow
Place not statedBirth unknown
Named in a Loyal National Repeal Association subscription report under “Per Mr. Edward Byrne, Dundrum.”
Published 1840-10-19 – 1840-10-19 · Freeman’s Journal and Daily Commercial Advertiser · p. 4
Source reference: Freeman’s Journal and Daily Commercial Advertiser · 1840-10-19 · p. 4. Open for full size; inspect the original page for context.
What the notice says
John Glasgow occurs in the Loyal National Repeal Association subscription report, under “Per Mr. Edward Byrne, Dundrum,” published on 19 October 1840. This is a personal surname occurrence in a named collection list.
Evidence and identity limits
The list supplies no age, occupation, exact address, relatives or individual subscription amount. Dundrum identifies the collection context; it is not an explicit statement of John’s residence. Glasgow-2058, Glasgow-1968 and Glasgow-2056 survive as chronology comparisons only; none has a checked Dublin or Dundrum bridge. No identification or religious affiliation is inferred from the political subscription. Identity review (6 October 2026): Freeman's Journal, 19 Oct 1840 (images 1050137248 and 1380778107): John Glasgow appears in a Repeal Association subscription list 'Per Mr. Edward Byrne, Dundrum'. With no residence, age or kin, he cannot be identified.
1840Verified surname passageschool advertisementProbable match
Robert Glasgow
CookstownBirth unknown
Chairman of Cookstown Academy’s superintending committee and applicant contact for a classical/commercial teacher. · Notice dated 28 October 1840.
Rev. Adam Glasgow
Townsend-street Presbyterian Church soiréeBirth unknown
Opened proceedings at the 27 October 1840 soirée; Rev. Josias Wilson closed with prayer.
Occupation / tradePlace / address
Published 1840-10-30 · Belfast News-Letter · p. 2
Source reference: Belfast News-Letter · 1840-10-30 · p. 2. Open for full size; inspect the original page for context.Additional excerpts from this issue — 1Faithful bounded excerpt from the inspected original; source issue metadata is shown in the caption. Original excerpt page ↗
What the notice says
Cookstown Academy seeks a classical/commercial teacher; Mr Robert Glasgow, chairman of the superintending committee, is the Cookstown applicant contact. Dated 28 October 1840. A separate Townsend-street soirée passage says Rev. Adam Glasgow opened the proceedings on Tuesday evening, 27 October 1840; Rev. Josias Wilson closed with prayer. This is distinct from the Cookstown Academy passage about Robert Glasgow.
Evidence and identity limits
The notices name roles, not his age or family. The 1836 contact is not explicitly described as innkeeper or owner. The Academy is not described as a Sunday school. Consolidated as a same-name Cookstown research account; identity between the notices, the mill partner, Robert-2656 and Robert-3941 remains unproved. Neither notice identifies the already-deceased father of the surgeon. The Adam Glasgow passage is a distinct occurrence; no kinship with James or Robert Glasgow is implied. Identity review (6 October 2026): Belfast News-Letter, 30 Oct 1840: Mr Robert Glasgow is chairman of the Cookstown Academy committee, and a separate Townsend Street soiree on 27 Oct was opened by Rev. Adam Glasgow. Adam is Glasgow-1781 (probable). Robert is most plausibly Robert Glasgow Esq. of Tullyreagh (Glasgow-2656), but only possible.
[b. c. 1798; d. 1856-08-20] · chairman, Cookstown Academy superintending committeeWhy this candidate?
A committee chairman would be a man of local standing. Glasgow-2656 is 'Robert Glasgow, Esq.', who died at Tullyreagh, Cookstown, on 20 Aug 1856 (Londonderry Sentinel 29 Aug 1856, transcription); his age (b. c.1798) fits. Slater's 1846 also lists a Robert Glasgow, oatmeal merchant, William Street, Cookstown, who may be the same man. Nothing links the chairman to Tullyreagh. Glasgow-3941 died in 1831 per the catalogue, a concrete conflict, so unlikely. Glasgow-587 (b. c.1830) is too young.
1840Verified surname passagepublic meeting reportProbable match
Rev. Adam Glasgow
Belfast Town Mission meeting, Fisherwick-placeBirth unknown
Listed among speakers at the 13th annual Belfast Town Mission meeting held “on Wednesday evening last.”
Occupation / trade
Published 1840-11-06 · Belfast News-Letter · p. 2
Faithful bounded excerpt from the inspected original; source issue metadata is shown in the caption. Source reference: Belfast News-Letter · 1840-11-06 · p. 2. Open for full size; inspect the original page for context.
What the notice says
Belfast Town Mission annual meeting in the new school-room, Fisherwick-place, was held “on Wednesday evening last”; Rev. Adam Glasgow is among listed speakers.
Evidence and identity limits
Preserve relative date wording; do not infer 28 October. Separate anti-slavery meeting on page is unrelated. Strongly compatible with Glasgow-1781; no kinship. Identity review (6 October 2026): Belfast News-Letter, 6 Nov 1840: Rev. Adam Glasgow is among the speakers at the Belfast Town Mission annual meeting. Probably Glasgow-1781.
1840Verified surname passageschool advertisementPossible match
Robert Glasgow
CookstownBirth unknown
Chairman of Cookstown Academy’s superintending committee and applicant contact for a classical/commercial teacher. · Notice dated 28 October 1840.
Occupation / tradePlace / address
Published 1840-11-20 · Belfast News-Letter · p. 3
The notice date is 28 October 1840; the issue date is 20 November 1840. This is a reprint, not a separate Academy event. Source reference: Belfast News-Letter · 1840-11-20 · p. 3. Open for full size; inspect the original page for context.
What the notice says
Cookstown Academy seeks a classical/commercial teacher; Mr Robert Glasgow, chairman of the superintending committee, is the Cookstown applicant contact. Dated 28 October 1840.
Evidence and identity limits
The notices name roles, not his age or family. The 1836 contact is not explicitly described as innkeeper or owner. The Academy is not described as a Sunday school. Consolidated as a same-name Cookstown research account; identity between the notices, the mill partner, Robert-2656 and Robert-3941 remains unproved. Neither notice identifies the already-deceased father of the surgeon. Identity review (6 October 2026): Belfast News-Letter, 20 Nov 1840: a repeat of the Cookstown Academy advertisement naming Mr Robert Glasgow as chairman. Same subject as group 390563103; Glasgow-2656 possible.
[b. c. 1798; d. 1856-08-20] · chairman, Cookstown Academy committeeWhy this candidate?
Repeat advertisement; see group 390563103. Glasgow-2656 is the most plausible profile, but there is no record bridge. Glasgow-3941 is unlikely (d. 1831).
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