Glasgow Surname Project

Glasgow surname research

Research catalogue

Search 4,429 historical people connected with the Glasgow surname.

Project overview

Catalogue statistics

Patterns across public historical people only; likely-living profiles remain withheld.

Updated 20 August 2026

4,429Historical people
4,599Mapped records
1,242Mapped places
151Exported family roots
2,523People linked to a root
259Cross-region life courses
0Unlinked WikiTree entries
599People with original evidence
Names, places, family branches and migration patterns

People by region

A person is counted once in every mapped region where a record places them.

  1. United States1,996
  2. Scotland1,090
  3. Ireland777
  4. Unspecified178
  5. New Zealand136
  6. Australia92
  7. England75
  8. Canada68
  9. Caribbean12
  10. India8
  11. France4
  12. Portugal2

Most frequent given names

First recorded given name across the public historical catalogue.

  1. John280
  2. Mary253
  3. James224
  4. William224
  5. Margaret207
  6. Robert164
  7. Elizabeth123
  8. Sarah98
  9. Thomas86
  10. Samuel80
  11. Jane71
  12. George61

Largest exported family branches

Primary earliest-ancestor groups from exported WikiTree parent links.

  1. John GlasgowGlasgow-10951,130
  2. Robert GlasgowGlasgow-3970141
  3. Alexander GlasgowGlasgow-390485
  4. David GlasgowGlasgow-165476
  5. William GlasgowGlasgow-59173
  6. Robert GlasgowGlasgow-136753
  7. James Glasgow junGlasgow-170147
  8. John GlasgowGlasgow-82238
  9. John GlasgowGlasgow-253934
  10. John GlasgowGlasgow-165734
  11. Thomas M GlasgowGlasgow-376623
  12. Robert GlasgowGlasgow-153821

Most frequent mapped places

Unique catalogued people associated with each townland or locality.

  1. Glasgow162
  2. Location not supplied — profile holding point157
  3. Killycurragh townland — Oritor/Derryloran132
  4. Lanarkshire — exact locality unproved126
  5. Edinburgh83
  6. County Antrim — exact locality unproved82
  7. Kirknewton — West Lothian80
  8. Pennsylvania, United States79
  9. Kildress civil parish76
  10. Adams, Ohio, United States73
  11. New Zealand73
  12. Kilwinning — Ayrshire63

Birth centuries

People with a usable birth year; estimates remain estimates.

  1. 15th century1
  2. 16th century65
  3. 17th century306
  4. 18th century676
  5. 19th century2,582
  6. 20th century672
  7. 21st century4

Most common recorded migrations

Different broad birth and death regions on the same profile.

  1. Ireland → United States97
  2. Scotland → United States22
  3. Ireland → New Zealand15
  4. Ireland → Australia15
  5. Ireland → Canada15
  6. Scotland → Ireland14
  7. England → New Zealand9
  8. Ireland → Scotland7
  9. Scotland → England6
  10. Ireland → England6
  11. Scotland → New Zealand5
  12. England → Australia5

Family branches follow exported WikiTree parent links and organise research; they do not independently prove descent. Location totals count mapped associations, so one person may appear in several places or regions.

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Significance 96/100

James Glasgow II

Glasgow-1024

The profile was revised by removing or qualifying the unsupported 1831 Moneymore death and suffix II while preserving the complete 1770 immigration-index quotation, 1804 naturalization record, descendant statement, identity candidates and Y-DNA audit; The profile retains the proposed wife and child links only as uncertain pending source-level identification.

Significance 94/100

Joseph Glasgow

Glasgow-1543

The unsupported birth estimate and exact probate-date death was replaced with the 1810 census age limit and 2–11 April 1831 interval; Preserve the 1802 Brooke County record as an unresolved same-name lead, retain the proposed parents as uncertain, document John as a candidate brother, and describe William only as raised by Joseph.

Significance 91/100

James Glasgow

Glasgow-3305

The unsupported 1740 Moneymore identity narrative was replaced with the held Unsourced draft; Document the 1775 Cookstown signer only as a same-name candidate and keep the proposed parents and siblings uncertain.

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How to read the evidence

DocumentedSupported by a cited record.

ProbableSupported, but not conclusively proved.

Profile leadReported on a tree profile; inspect its sources.

EstimatedA date or place inferred from other evidence.

Research clusters organise related records and hypotheses; cluster membership does not prove kinship.

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Browse by name24 alphabetical groups
Browse by country or region16 regions
Browse by research cluster36 research groupings
Belfast maritime record1 individualsCavankilgreen locality cluster1 individualsCounty Leitrim deed actors — kinship unproved2 individualsCross/Derry reconstruction — unproved13 individualsDerryloran-Cookstown and Moneymore family network3 individualsDerryloran–Cookstown profile clusters — kinship unproved31 individualsDerrynoose–Drumgreenagh probate cluster10 individualsDescendants of Alexander Glasgow (c.1811)1 individualsDescendants of Hugh Glasgow (c.1706)13 individualsDescendants of James Glasgow (1731)1 individualsDescendants of James Glasgow (c.1700)29 individualsDescendants of James J Glasgow (c.1809)1 individualsDescendants of John Glasgow (c.1751)1 individualsDescendants of John Glasgow (c.1766)10 individualsDescendants of Unknown Glasgow (before 1740)43 individualsDublin Glasco watchmakers3 individualsDublin St John occurrence1 individualsDunaghy and Ballyboggy-Glenleslie cluster9 individualsEarly Donegal records — kinship unproved4 individualsEast Antrim/Kilwaughter cluster63 individualsEngland One-Tree profile leads75 individualsIreland One-Tree profile leads451 individualsKells Armstrong family1 individualsKilclone County Meath family1 individualsPrescott Robert and Samuel Glasgow cluster6 individualsRathdowney County Laois profile family5 individualsRecent WikiTree profile additions (August 2026)24 individualsScotland One-Tree profile leads1,089 individualsUnassigned occurrence27 individualsUnited Kingdom One-Tree profile leads1 individualsUnplaced Irish profile leads through 185074 individualsUnplaced Irish records1 individualsUnplaced South African Glasgow records1 individualsWales One-Tree profile leads1 individualsWestern County Antrim ruling-elder cluster2 individualsWorldwide One-Tree profile leads2,480 individuals
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This crawlable catalogue contains historical or deceased individuals, family links, mapped places, evidence labels, provenance and research notes. 99 profiles assessed as likely living are omitted from the catalogue, public exports and sitemap.

Source export: ONT_Glasco_2026-08-18T16_05.json · generated 2026-08-20