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Ireland newspapers, 1871

Reported events, notices, advertisements and letters. OCR matches need visual checking; place names, vessels and matches to other surnames are excluded from Glasgow surname evidence.

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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.

How to read these notices

Cards lead with the person named in the notice; profile candidates are assessed separately. Birth cutoffs labelled “by c.” are estimates, usually assuming an adult professional was at least 18; open the birth note for the basis. Event groups are broad navigation aids built from each notice’s record type. A relationship filter identifies family wording in the notice, not a proved match to a WikiTree family.

2 distinct notices · 2 retained pages

1871Verified surname passagedeath noticeStrong match

Daniel Glasgow

Church Street, Kilreac. 1796

Died 16 October 1871, aged 75.

Birth estimate / source

Approximate birth inferred from death on 16 October 1871 aged 75.

Place / addressDeath

Published 1871-10-21 · Belfast Evening Telegraph · p. 3

Newspaper excerpt for 1871-10-21; reading and assessment follow
Complete Daniel Glasgow death notice; the Evening Telegraph prints aged 75. Source reference: Belfast Evening Telegraph · 1871-10-21 · p. 3. Open for full size; inspect the original page for context.

What the notice says

Daniel Glasgow; died 16 October; residence Church Street, Kilrea; age 75.

Evidence and identity limits

Identified as Glasgow-3896 by name, place and exact death date. Two appearances of the same death notice; the Telegraph gives age 75, agreeing with the civil register, while the News-Letter gives age 73. The prior both-73 reading was corrected by original-capture review on 4 October 2026. No kin or parents stated. Identity review (6 October 2026): Death notice (Belfast Evening Telegraph, 21 Oct 1871): Daniel Glasgow of Church Street, Kilrea, died 16 Oct 1871 aged 75. This is firmly Glasgow-3896, and the age agrees with the civil register. No kin are named.

Who this may be

[b. c. 1796; d. 1871-10-16] · deceased, Church Street, Kilrea
Why this candidate?

Glasgow-3896's original civil death return records Daniel Glasgow, watchmaker, widower, died at Kilrea on 16 Oct 1871, aged 75. Name, Kilrea, Church Street (Griffith's, per profile) and the exact date agree. The search for Daniel Glasgow born 1785-1805 returns only 3896. This issue gives age 75.

1871Verified surname passagedeath noticeStrong match

Daniel Glasgow

Church Street, Kilrea (reported residence)c.1798

Obituary reports his death on 16 October at age 73.

Birth estimate / source

Estimated from reported age 73 at death on 16 October 1871; year approximate, no birth date supplied.

Place / addressDeath

Published 1871-10-21 · Belfast News-Letter · p. 1

Newspaper excerpt for 1871-10-21; reading and assessment follow
Complete Daniel Glasgow death notice; the News-Letter prints aged 73. Source reference: Belfast News-Letter · 1871-10-21 · p. 1. Open for full size; inspect the original page for context.

What the notice says

Daniel Glasgow; died 16 October; residence Church Street, Kilrea; age 73.

Evidence and identity limits

Identified as Glasgow-3896 by name, place and exact death date. Two appearances of the same death notice; the Telegraph gives age 75, agreeing with the civil register, while the News-Letter gives age 73. The prior both-73 reading was corrected by original-capture review on 4 October 2026. No kin or parents stated. Identity review (6 October 2026): The same death notice in the Belfast News-Letter (21 Oct 1871) gives age 73 instead of 75. This is firmly Glasgow-3896; keep the age discrepancy. No kin are named.

Who this may be

[b. c. 1796; d. 1871-10-16] · deceased, Church Street, Kilrea
Why this candidate?

As group 1267991526 (exact date, Church Street, Kilrea, civil death return). This issue gives age 73, against 75 in the register and the Telegraph.

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