Glasgow Surname Project

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Rachel (Bell) Glasgow

c. 1839 – 1911-07-14

Bell-32242 · 1 mapped association

Ballynasollus, Kildress, County Tyrone, Ireland→Montober, Kildress, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland
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Identity & family

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1Mapped records
12Close relations
7Evidence items
8Candidate leads
Birth
c. 1839 · Ballynasollus, Kildress, County Tyrone, Ireland
Death
1911-07-14 · Montober, Kildress, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland
Parents
Not recorded
Spouses
James Glasgow
Children
Alexander GlasgowAlexander GlasgowGeorge Henry GlasgowIsabella (Glasgow) GrahamJames GlasgowMargaret (Glasgow) FergusonRachel (Glasgow) HaganThomas William GlasgowUnknown GlasgowUnknown GlasgowWalter Glasgow
Gender
Female
WikiTree
Bell-32242
Research clusters
Ireland One-Tree profile leads
Mapped descendants
14

Comparison context

These child positions and checks are the subject details used to rank possible parents below.

Naming sequence used by the parentage model

Paternal grandfather positionThomas William Glasgow (1861)
Maternal grandfather positionJames Glasgow (1865)
Maternal grandmother positionMargaret (Glasgow) Ferguson (1866)
Paternal grandmother positionIsabella (Glasgow) Graham (1870)

Known-position checks: 2 support · 1 conflict. Ordinals retain unnamed children and recognise reused names.

Estimate and relationship notes
  • 2 parent references point outside the current export.

Relationship comparison

Potential parents or duplicates

Compare scored leads with the subject details above—not proof.

Higher-signal leadReview carefullyWeak lead

No candidate met the minimum age, location or family-naming threshold.

How parent leads are calculated

Automated leads use birth surnames—not married surnames—as parental eligibility, role-specific biological age limits, bounded and approximate-date uncertainty, household chronology, specific time-aware localities, mapped distance, tenancy succession, migration destinations and sex-aware Scottish naming positions across generations. People already attached as the subject's parents stay in the identity summary and are excluded from this alternative-candidate list, regardless of relationship confidence. The main calibration uses clues available on disconnected profiles; existing parent and sibling links are retained as comparison context rather than treated as transferable evidence. Common ordered names and grandparent-to-child echoes receive a small non-zero weight, so a John or James match can support several independent criteria without producing a lead alone. Rare names, repeated bearers and bundles across otherwise distinct branches receive substantially more weight according to catalogue frequency. An exact migration place is weighted by its rarity and repetition across both branches; a shared destination country is worth only one point. Extra weight is added only when at least three independent clue types converge: naming, locality, specific migration, household chronology or collateral networks. Sparse profiles retain a clearly labelled chronology-only fallback instead of disappearing. Countries, states, counties and research clusters do not count as a shared locality, and fallback, broad representative or kin-inferred coordinates are excluded from distance scoring. Shared descendant profiles are removed before branch-name comparison. A candidate already recorded as a parent-in-law is excluded. A confident or independently supported parent is treated as settled; uncertain and unassessed attachments remain open to alternative comparison. A different linked parent, an uncle/aunt or grandparent path, and a matching existing child profile prevent an alternative from being classified as a strong direct-parent lead until the underlying tree conflict or duplicate is resolved. Familiar forms such as Bessie are normalised. Surname remains an eligibility filter worth zero points.

Naming customs, shared farms and occupations are circumstantial. Children, spouses and collateral relatives may be missing, and tree-derived family networks are not independent evidence. Scores rank research leads; they do not prove parentage.

Automated fit93/100
Possible Duplicate
Dates1848–1907PlacesBallynasollus, Kildress, County Tyrone, Ireland → Ballynasollus, County Tyrone, IrelandParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 9 (+10)
  • death years within 4 (+5)

No indexed conflict

Full comparison detail
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 9 (+10)
  • death years within 4 (+5)
  • shared recorded place (+20)
  • same spouse name (+20)
  • matching child names: Margaret (Glasgow) Ferguson, Rachel (Glasgow) Hagan

Conflicts: No indexed conflict

Open side-by-side comparison
Automated fit42/100
Similar Person
Dates1833–?PlacesCounty Antrim, IrelandParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 6 (+10)
  • matching child name: James Glasgow

No indexed conflict

Full comparison detail
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 6 (+10)
  • matching child name: James Glasgow

Conflicts: No indexed conflict

Open side-by-side comparison

Same-name candidate

Rachel GlasgowGlasgow-1680

Automated fit38/100
Similar Person
Dates1878–?PlacesBallynasollus, Kildress, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland, United KingdomParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • shared recorded place (+20)

record-derived birth estimates differ by 39; retained without deduction

Full comparison detail
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • shared recorded place (+20)

Conflicts: record-derived birth estimates differ by 39; retained without deduction

Open side-by-side comparison

Same-name candidate

Rachel GlasgowGlasgow-2412

Automated fit26/100
Similar Person
Dates1897–?PlacesCross, Ballyclug, County Antrim, Ireland, United KingdomParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • overlapping locality (+8)

record-derived birth estimates differ by 58; retained without deduction

Full comparison detail
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • overlapping locality (+8)

Conflicts: record-derived birth estimates differ by 58; retained without deduction

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Show 4 lower-scoring duplicate lead(s)
Automated fit26/100
Similar Person
Dates1903–1930PlacesBallynagilly, Lissan, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland, United Kingdom → Ballynasollus, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United KingdomParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • overlapping locality (+8)

record-derived birth estimates differ by 64; retained without deduction

Full comparison detail
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • overlapping locality (+8)

Conflicts: record-derived birth estimates differ by 64; retained without deduction

Open side-by-side comparison

Same-name candidate

Rachel (Sim) GlasgowSim-409

Automated fit20/100
Similar Person
Dates1870–1918PlacesTarves, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom → Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United KingdomParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • child given-name pattern overlaps: James

record-derived birth estimates differ by 31; retained without deduction

Full comparison detail
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • child given-name pattern overlaps: James

Conflicts: record-derived birth estimates differ by 31; retained without deduction

Open side-by-side comparison
Automated fit18/100
Similar Person
Dates1817–?PlacesKilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland, United KingdomParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)

record-derived birth estimates differ by 22; retained without deduction

Full comparison detail
  • same first and last name (+18)

Conflicts: record-derived birth estimates differ by 22; retained without deduction

Open side-by-side comparison

Same-name candidate

Rachel GlasgowGlasgow-682

Automated fit18/100
Similar Person
Dates1869–?PlacesCoffee County, Tennessee, United StatesParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)

record-derived birth estimates differ by 30; retained without deduction

Full comparison detail
  • same first and last name (+18)

Conflicts: record-derived birth estimates differ by 30; retained without deduction

Open side-by-side comparison
How duplicate leads are calculated

Dates are eligibility gates, not merely deductions: chronologically impossible people are excluded. Dates, places, spouses, parent certainty and children's profiles and names are then compared. A high score is a prompt to inspect records, not a merge recommendation.

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Research & records

Life and record timelineChronological mapped occurrences and their underlying sources.1 record
b. 1839

Profile-stated birthplace: Ballynasollus, Kildress, County Tyrone, Ireland

Kildress civil parish

One-Tree export profile fields are search leads, not sources; relationships are shown only where the export supplies parent links.

One-Tree profile leadunknown
Source and mapping detail

WikiTree profile export for Bell-32242

No sufficiently specific citation match found.

Precision: Civil-parish representative point

Evidence assessmentWhat is supported, uncertain or disputed in the current case model.14 claims
3Original
3Unknown
1Tree Only

Documented or strongly supported

No claims in this category have been formally assessed.

Working hypotheses and conflicts

No claims in this category have been formally assessed.

Research questionsOpen problems, missing bridges and the next records to inspect.0 open

No formal open question is recorded for this person.

Sources and provenanceStructured citations and source-quality classifications.7 sources

Source or provenance: quality describes the record layer, not every conclusion drawn from it.

  1. unknown Age 18 at marriage 1857.
  2. original On 14 May 1857 at Oritor Presbyterian, Kildress, she married James Glasgow of Killycurragh, Derryloran, son of Thomas Glasgow. Witnessed by Thomas J Glasgow and William Glasgow. James Glasgow, Rachel Bell, 14 May 1857, Cookstown (https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/details-civil/dd9dba3265281) at Irish Civil Registration - Marriages
  3. unknown "Married" (https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001318/18570521/035/0002), Londonderry Standard - Thursday 21 May 1857, Page 2
  4. unknown "Funeral of Mrs. James Glasgow, Montober, Cookstown" (https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002006/19110722/091/0005), Mid-Ulster Mail - Saturday 22 July 1911, Page 5
  5. original 1901 Ireland census (http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Tyrone/Oritor/Killycurragh/1729666/) - Residents of a house 11 in Killycurragh (Oritor, Tyrone). James(66), Rachel(64), Henry(30), Rachel(23).
  6. original 1911 Ireland census (http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Tyrone/Oritor/Muntober/859519/) - Residents of a house 2 in Muntober (Oritor, Tyrone). James(75), Rachel(73), Henry George(45), Rachel(33).
  7. tree_only WikiTree profile export for Bell-32242
Technical profile and raw captureDataset metadata, machine dossier and captured WikiTree biography.Advanced

WikiTree profile information

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

Machine-readable dossier

WikiTree biography, citations and relationship snapshot

Bell-32242 was captured 2026-08-07T09:54:35+00:00; WikiTree profile revision 2024-05-07.

Profile location claims

EventDateLocationStatus
birth—Ballynasollus, Kildress, County Tyrone, IrelandWikiTree profile field
death—Montober, Kildress, Cookstown, County Tyrone, IrelandWikiTree profile field
marriage1857-05-14Oritor, Kildress, County Tyrone, IrelandWikiTree relationship field

Immediate relationship snapshot

RelationshipPersonWikiTree IDDates and places returned
ParentsWilliamBell-322391808-00-00 · Ballynasollus, Kildress, County Tyrone, Ireland · 1873-05-04
ParentsMargaretUnknown-5537341817-00-00 · 1897-02-17 · Killey, Pomeroy, County Tyrone, Ireland
ChildrenThomas William GlasgowGlasgow-27841861-08-15 · Ireland · 1922-12-18 · Canada
ChildrenJames GlasgowGlasgow-27831865-00-00 · Ireland · 1938-11-08 · Kent, Ontario, Canada
ChildrenUnknown GlasgowGlasgow-16931865-06-04 · Ballybriest, Lissan, Magherafelt, County Londonderry, Ireland · 0000-00-00
ChildrenMargaret FergusonGlasgow-17201866-00-00 · Ballybriest, Lissan, Magherafelt, County Londonderry, Ireland · 1936-03-15 · Montober, Kildress, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
ChildrenGeorge Henry GlasgowGlasgow-16771867-10-17 · Ballybriest, Lissan, Magherafelt, County Londonderry, Ireland · 1927-12-24
ChildrenIsabella GrahamGlasgow-16921870-04-19 · Ballybriest, Lissan, Magherafelt, County Londonderry, Ireland · 1948-09-18 · Northumberland, England, United Kingdom
ChildrenUnknown GlasgowGlasgow-16911871-12-03 · Ballybriest, Lissan, Magherafelt, County Londonderry, Ireland · 0000-00-00
ChildrenWalter GlasgowGlasgow-17121873-00-00 · Ballybriest, Lissan, Magherafelt, County Londonderry, Ireland · 0000-00-00
ChildrenAlexander GlasgowGlasgow-16901874-08-07 · Ballybriest, Lissan, Magherafelt, County Londonderry, Ireland · 1875-02-28
ChildrenRachel HaganGlasgow-16791877-01-10 · Ballybriest, Lissan, Magherafelt, County Londonderry, Ireland · 1958-00-00
ChildrenAlexander GlasgowGlasgow-16891880-08-30 · Ballybriest, Lissan, Magherafelt, County Londonderry, Ireland · 1967-06-17 · Upper Darby Township, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States
SiblingsMargaret GlasgowBell-312861840-00-00 · Ballynasollus, Kildress, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland · 1921-01-25 · Drumnaglogh, Kildress, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland
SiblingsJaneBell-323081842-00-00 · Ballynasollus, Kildress, County Tyrone, Ireland · 1870-07-01 · Ballywholan, Ballyclog, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland
SiblingsCatherineBell-320541848-00-00 · Ballynasollus, County Tyrone, Ireland · 1931-07-14 · Ballynasollus, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
SiblingsAlexanderBell-322411854-00-00 · Ballynasollus, Kildress, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland · 1935-03-01 · Omagh District, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
SiblingsHannahBell-312851859-00-00 · County Tyrone, Ireland · 1934-08-14 · Ballynagilly, Lissan, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
SiblingsElizabethBell-322401860-00-00 · Ballynasollus, Kildress, County Tyrone, Ireland · 0000-00-00
SpousesJames GlasgowGlasgow-16761835-00-00 · Killycurragh, Derryloran, County Tyrone, Ireland · 1914-12-02 · Montober, Kildress, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland · 1857-05-14 · Oritor, Kildress, County Tyrone, Ireland

Profile categories

Ballynasollus Townland, Derryloran and Kildress Parishes, County Tyrone Ballynasollus_Townland,_Derryloran_and_Kildress_Parishes,_County_Tyrone Claggan Presbyterian Churchyard, Moneymore, Londonderry Claggan_Presbyterian_Churchyard,_Moneymore,_Londonderry Killycurragh Townland, Derryloran Parish, County Tyrone Killycurragh_Townland,_Derryloran_Parish,_County_Tyrone Muntober Townland, Kildress Parish, County Tyrone Muntober_Townland,_Kildress_Parish,_County_Tyrone

Record-bearing passages

Profile source citations

  1. Age 18 at marriage 1857.
  2. On 14 May 1857 at Oritor Presbyterian, Kildress, she married James Glasgow of Killycurragh, Derryloran, son of Thomas Glasgow. Witnessed by Thomas J Glasgow and William Glasgow. James Glasgow, Rachel Bell, 14 May 1857, Cookstown (https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/details-civil/dd9dba3265281) at Irish Civil Registration - Marriages source link 1
  3. "Married" (https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001318/18570521/035/0002), Londonderry Standard - Thursday 21 May 1857, Page 2 source link 1
  4. "Funeral of Mrs. James Glasgow, Montober, Cookstown" (https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002006/19110722/091/0005), Mid-Ulster Mail - Saturday 22 July 1911, Page 5 source link 1
  5. 1901 Ireland census (http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Tyrone/Oritor/Killycurragh/1729666/) - Residents of a house 11 in Killycurragh (Oritor, Tyrone). James(66), Rachel(64), Henry(30), Rachel(23). source link 1
  6. 1911 Ireland census (http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Tyrone/Oritor/Muntober/859519/) - Residents of a house 2 in Muntober (Oritor, Tyrone). James(75), Rachel(73), Henry George(45), Rachel(33). source link 1
Full captured biography text
Biography
Rachel was born about 1839. Age 18 at marriage 1857. 
She was the eldest daughter of William Bell of Ballynasollus. 

On 14 May 1857 at Oritor Presbyterian, Kildress, she married James Glasgow of Killycurragh, Derryloran, son of Thomas Glasgow. Witnessed by Thomas J Glasgow and William Glasgow.
 James Glasgow, Rachel Bell, 14 May 1857, Cookstown (https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/details-civil/dd9dba3265281) at Irish Civil Registration - Marriages 
 "Married" (https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001318/18570521/035/0002), Londonderry Standard - Thursday 21 May 1857, Page 2 

Between 1901 and 1911 they moved from Killycurragh to Montober.

She passed away 14 July 1911 age 74 and was interred in Claggan Presbyterian. The chief mourners were:
 "Funeral of Mrs. James Glasgow, Montober, Cookstown" (https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002006/19110722/091/0005), Mid-Ulster Mail - Saturday 22 July 1911, Page 5 
* James Glasgow (husband)
* Henry George Glasgow, Walter Glasgow (sons)
* Alex Bell (brother)
* John Mitchell R.D.C., William Glasgow, Benjamin Cinnamond (brothers-in-law)
* Robert Ferguson (son-in-law)
* T. Bell, S. Bell, W. Bell, D. W. Mitchell, Smyth Mitchell, J. Cahoon, A. Cahoon, N. Cahoon, G. Cahoon (nephews) 
Research Notes
There were two James Glasgow / Rachel Bell couples , see Rejected Match list.
Sources
* 1901 Ireland census (http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Tyrone/Oritor/Killycurragh/1729666/) - Residents of a house 11 in Killycurragh (Oritor, Tyrone). James(66), Rachel(64), Henry(30), Rachel(23).
* 1911 Ireland census (http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Tyrone/Oritor/Muntober/859519/) - Residents of a house 2 in Muntober (Oritor, Tyrone). James(75), Rachel(73), Henry George(45), Rachel(33).
Raw WikiTree biography markup
[[Category:Claggan Presbyterian Churchyard, Moneymore, Londonderry]]
[[Category:Killycurragh Townland, Derryloran Parish, County Tyrone]]
[[Category:Muntober Townland, Kildress Parish, County Tyrone]]
[[Category: Ballynasollus Townland, Derryloran and Kildress Parishes, County Tyrone]]
== Biography ==
Rachel was born about 1839.<ref>Age 18 at marriage 1857.</ref>
She was the eldest daughter of [[Bell-32239|William Bell]] of Ballynasollus.<ref name="mclip"/>

On 14 May 1857 at Oritor Presbyterian, Kildress, she married James Glasgow of Killycurragh, Derryloran, son of Thomas Glasgow. Witnessed by Thomas J Glasgow and William Glasgow.
<ref>[https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/details-civil/dd9dba3265281 James Glasgow, Rachel Bell, 14 May 1857, Cookstown] at Irish Civil Registration - Marriages</ref>
<ref name="mclip">[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001318/18570521/035/0002 "Married"], ''Londonderry Standard'' - Thursday 21 May 1857, Page 2</ref>

Between 1901 and 1911 they moved from Killycurragh to Montober.

She passed away 14 July 1911 age 74 and was interred in Claggan Presbyterian. The chief mourners were:
<ref>[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002006/19110722/091/0005 "Funeral of Mrs. James Glasgow, Montober, Cookstown"], ''Mid-Ulster Mail'' - Saturday 22 July 1911, Page 5</ref>
* [[Glasgow-1676|James Glasgow]] (husband)
* [[Glasgow-1677|Henry George Glasgow]], [[Glasgow-1712|Walter Glasgow]] (sons)
* [[Bell-32241|Alex Bell]] (brother)
* [[Mitchell-31707|John Mitchell R.D.C.]], [[Glasgow-1694|William Glasgow]], [[Sinnamon-68|Benjamin Cinnamond]] (brothers-in-law)
* [[Ferguson-16493|Robert Ferguson]] (son-in-law)
* T. Bell, S. Bell, W. Bell, D. W. Mitchell, Smyth Mitchell, J. Cahoon, A. Cahoon, N. Cahoon, G. Cahoon (nephews) 

== Research Notes ==
There were two James Glasgow / Rachel Bell couples , see Rejected Match list.

== Sources ==
<references />
* [http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Tyrone/Oritor/Killycurragh/1729666/ 1901 Ireland census] - Residents of a house 11 in Killycurragh (Oritor, Tyrone). James(66), Rachel(64), Henry(30), Rachel(23).
* [http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Tyrone/Oritor/Muntober/859519/ 1911 Ireland census] - Residents of a house 2 in Muntober (Oritor, Tyrone). James(75), Rachel(73), Henry George(45), Rachel(33).