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
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.
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.
Named in a shipping line for The Prosperity of Irvine from Northcopen; exact role is not stated in the supplied reading.
Published 1740-08-18 · The Caledonian Mercury · p. 3
Bounded excerpt checked against the original on 4 October 2026; the issue heading is outside the crop. Source reference: The Caledonian Mercury · 1740-08-18 · p. 3. Open for full size; inspect the original page for context.
What the notice says
The Prosperity of Irvine, James Glasgow, from Northcopen.
Evidence and identity limits
James Glasgow appears in the master position in an arrival list under Greenock, August 12. The report supports a shipmaster inference; it supplies no age or relatives. Identity review (6 October 2026): 1740 Greenock arrival of the Prosperity of Irvine, master James Glasgow, from 'Northcopen'. A real Irvine shipmaster, but several Irvine James Glasgows fit and nothing in the notice separates them; no relationship is stated.
These are search leads or exclusions, not confirmed surname records.
1740Excluded matchNewspaper noticeNo profile yet
Excluded search match
Place not statedBirth unknown
Published 1740-06-16 · Caledonian Mercury · p. 3
What the notice says
Arrived the Jean of Renfrew ... the Glasgow Packet ... the Margaret of Glasgow.
Evidence and identity limits
Vessel names; no person surname. This assessment concerns the inspected passage; other highlights on the page have not been systematically excluded.
Who this may be
No profile assigned; identity remains unresolved.
Place, vessel or other-surname OCR match; excluded from surname evidence.
1740Excluded matchNewspaper noticeNo profile yet
Excluded search match
Place not statedBirth unknown
Published 1740-06-23 · Caledonian Mercury · p. 3
What the notice says
The Margaret of Glasgow, Wm. Chalmers.
Evidence and identity limits
Vessel name. This assessment concerns the inspected passage; other highlights on the page have not been systematically excluded.
Who this may be
No profile assigned; identity remains unresolved.
Place, vessel or other-surname OCR match; excluded from surname evidence.
1740Excluded matchNewspaper noticeNo profile yet
Excluded search match
Place not statedBirth unknown
Published 1740-06-30 · Caledonian Mercury · p. 4
What the notice says
Greenock shipping paragraph includes the Margaret of Glasgow; adjacent highlight is place/name context.
Evidence and identity limits
No person surname. This assessment concerns the inspected passage; other highlights on the page have not been systematically excluded.
Who this may be
No profile assigned; identity remains unresolved.
Place, vessel or other-surname OCR match; excluded from surname evidence.
1740Excluded matchNewspaper noticePrinted in 2 issuesNo profile yet
Excluded search match
Place not statedBirth unknown
Published 1740-07-28 – 1740-09-29 · The Caledonian Mercury · p. 3
What the notice says
the Mary of Glasgow
Evidence and identity limits
Mary is a ship, with Archibald Crawford as master.
Who this may be
No profile assigned; identity remains unresolved.
Place, vessel or other-surname OCR match; excluded from surname evidence.
1740Excluded matchNewspaper noticePrinted in 3 issuesNo profile yet
Excluded search match
Place not statedBirth unknown
Published 1740-08-14 – 1740-11-24 · The Caledonian Mercury · p. 3
What the notice says
the Thomas of Glasgow
Evidence and identity limits
Thomas is a vessel; the passage names Matthew Murchie and George Buchanan.
Who this may be
No profile assigned; identity remains unresolved.
Place, vessel or other-surname OCR match; excluded from surname evidence.
1740Excluded matchNewspaper noticeNo profile yet
Excluded search match
Place not statedBirth unknown
Published 1740-11-27 · The Caledonian Mercury · p. 3
What the notice says
St. Andrew of Glasgow
Evidence and identity limits
St. Andrew is a vessel in a shipping report.
Who this may be
No profile assigned; identity remains unresolved.
Place, vessel or other-surname OCR match; excluded from surname evidence.
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