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Reviewed newspaper notices
1 distinct notices from 1 retained pages, earliest first. Reprints of the same notice are merged; 1 pages have saved inline excerpts. Open a notice for its clipping, reading and profile assessment.
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1 distinct notices · 1 retained pages
1857Verified surname passagedeath noticeStrong match
John George Glasgow
Place not statedc. 1857
Son of Benjamin Glasgow of Cookstown. · Died 4 August 1857 aged six months.
Birth estimate / source
Approximate birth inferred from death on 4 August 1857 aged six months.
Parents & childrenDeath
Published 1857-08-06 · Belfast News-Letter · p. 2
Complete John George infant death notice. The named father is Benjamin Glasgow of Cookstown; mother is unrecorded. Source reference: Belfast News-Letter · 1857-08-06 · p. 2. Open for full size; inspect the original page for context.
What the notice says
John George Glasgow, infant son of Benjamin Glasgow of Cookstown, died 4 August 1857 aged six months.
Evidence and identity limits
Strong match to John-2542. The inspected gravestone calls John son of the Benjamin who died 8 February 1870, identifying father-2059. George is a new middle name; proposed previously ungraded father link → Confident remains unsaved. Mother is not named in the newspaper. Identity review (6 October 2026): Death notice (Belfast News-Letter, 6 Aug 1857): John George Glasgow, infant son of Benjamin Glasgow of Cookstown, died 4 August 1857 aged six months. This is firmly Glasgow-2542, son of Benjamin-2059, and supports raising that father link (now uncertain) to confident.
[b. c. 1857-01; d. 1857-08-04] · deceased infantWhy this candidate?
Exact death date 4 Aug 1857 and age six months agree with the profile and the headstone it cites, which names the Benjamin who died 8 Feb 1870. The middle name George is new to WikiTree.
[b. c. 1835; d. 1870-02-08] · fatherWhy this candidate?
Benjamin-2059 married Jane Little, daughter of George Little, in April 1856, and his headstone carries this child. The Drapersfield Benjamin (Glasgow-4340) did not marry until 1864, so he is excluded.
These are search leads or exclusions, not confirmed surname records.
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