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1 distinct notices · 1 retained pages
1854Verified surname passagehuman-interest reportPossible match
William Glasgow
CookstownBirth unknown
Reported to rescue a child whose clothes were burning, rolling the child in snow.
Published 1854-01-06 · Belfast News-Letter · p. 2
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What the notice says
Mr William Glasgow rescued a child whose clothes were burning at Cookstown, rolling it in snow.
Evidence and identity limits
The child is unnamed and no relationship to William is stated. No age/family identification for William. Identity review (6 October 2026): Belfast News-Letter (6 Jan 1854): Mr William Glasgow of Cookstown put out a child's burning clothes by rolling it in snow. The rescuer is most plausibly the Cookstown draper William Glasgow-3814, but this is unproved; no kin are named.
[b. c. 1796; d. 1883-07-04] · rescuer, CookstownWhy this candidate?
'Mr William Glasgow', Cookstown, 1854. Glasgow-3814 (b. c.1796; died at Loy, Cookstown, 1883, retired merchant and bachelor) fits the Slater 1846 William Glasgow, linen and woollen draper, William St, and the 1856 retirement presentation, so he was a prominent Cookstown William. Competitors: the Drapersfield partner William (no profile; active 1858-1866); Glasgow-1737 and -1694 (Killycurragh). Glasgow-1675 was in Ohio. Nothing discriminates, so possible.
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