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Reviewed newspaper notices
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1 distinct notices · 1 retained pages
1856Verified surname passagepresentation reportProbable match
William Glasgow
Cookstownb. by c. 1838 adult estimate
Retired from business; received a silver ewer and cake basket at a presentation at Belfast’s Imperial Hotel.
Birth estimate / source
Adult retired businessman in 1856, assuming 18+; age not stated
Occupation / tradePlace / address
Published 1856-01-04 · Belfast News-Letter · p. 1
User-supplied excerpt. The crop does not preserve its issue heading; the linked issue contains this notice. Source reference: Belfast News-Letter · 1856-01-04 · p. 1. Open for full size; inspect the original page for context.
What the notice says
William Glasgow Esq., Cookstown, retired from business; presentation at Imperial Hotel, Belfast, 1 January: silver ewer and cake basket.
Evidence and identity limits
Retired merchant Glasgow-3814 is a strong compatible candidate; kinship to 1858 partners remains unproved. Identity review (6 October 2026): Report (Belfast News-Letter, 4 Jan 1856) of a presentation at the Imperial Hotel, Belfast, to William Glasgow Esq. of Cookstown on his retirement from business. This is probably the draper and retired merchant William Glasgow-3814; no kin are named.
[b. c. 1796; d. 1883-07-04] · retiring Cookstown businessmanWhy this candidate?
Three independent agreements. (1) Slater's 1846 lists one William Glasgow trading in Cookstown: linen and woollen draper, William Street. (2) Glasgow-3814's 1883 civil death return (Loy, Cookstown; aged 87; bachelor) calls him a retired merchant. (3) A retirement in 1856 fits a man born c.1796. Competitors are weaker: Glasgow-1675 died in Ohio in 1855; 1737 and 1694 were Killycurragh farmers; the Drapersfield partner William was still trading in 1858-1866. No relative is named, so this is not strong.
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