Glasgow Surname Project

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Barbara (Bell) Glasgow

1870-05-22 – 1926-09-10

Bell-33473 · 1 mapped association

Letteran, Lissan, Magherafelt, County Londonderry, IrelandClare, Kildress, County Tyrone, Ireland

At a glance

Identity & family

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1Mapped records
1Close relations
8Evidence items
6Candidate leads
Birth
1870-05-22 · Letteran, Lissan, Magherafelt, County Londonderry, Ireland
Death
1926-09-10 · Clare, Kildress, County Tyrone, Ireland
Parents
Not recorded
Spouses
James Frederick Glasgow
Children
Not recorded
Gender
Female
WikiTree
Bell-33473
Research clusters
Ireland One-Tree profile leads
Mapped descendants
0

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 positionNot identifiable from dated child profiles
Maternal grandfather positionNot identifiable from dated child profiles
Maternal grandmother positionNot identifiable from dated child profiles
Paternal grandmother positionNot identifiable from dated child profiles

Known-position checks: 0 support · 0 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.

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No named children are recoverable, so child-naming analysis cannot be run.

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 fit43/100
Similar Person
Dates1871–1935PlacesDeKalb, Illinois, United States → Cambridge, Story, Iowa, United StatesParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 1 (+25)

No indexed conflict

Full comparison detail
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 1 (+25)

Conflicts: No indexed conflict

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. 1870

Profile-stated birthplace: Letteran, Lissan, Magherafelt, County Londonderry, Ireland

Magherafelt

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

Birth Registration: "Civil Records of Irish Births, Deaths and Marriages" General Register Office, Ireland; Group Registration ID: 8097148; SR District/Reg Area: Magherafelt IrishGenealogy.ie Image () - IrishGenealogy.ie Record () (accessed 26 February 2024) Sarah Bell birth 1870 in the Magherafelt Superintendent Registrar's District

Candidate matched on record type, year, place; inspect before treating it as the underlying record.

Precision: Settlement centrepoint

Evidence assessmentWhat is supported, uncertain or disputed in the current case model.2 claims
4Unknown
3Original
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.

Next records to inspect

  1. census — Seeing as "Barbara" appears on the 1901 census, and there is no other birth record to these parents in the civil registration (as indexed by Familysearch, or via a GRONI search with mother's maiden name), perhaps the registration for "Sarah Jane" is the same person as Barbara.
Sources and provenanceStructured citations and source-quality classifications.8 sources
Technical profile and raw captureDataset metadata, machine dossier and captured WikiTree biography.Advanced

WikiTree profile information

Bell-33473

Barbara (Bell) Glasgow

Updated 2024-02-26

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

Machine-readable dossier

WikiTree biography, citations and relationship snapshot

Bell-33473 was captured 2026-08-07T09:54:35+00:00; WikiTree profile revision 2024-02-26.

Profile location claims

EventDateLocationStatus
birthLetteran, Lissan, Magherafelt, County Londonderry, IrelandWikiTree profile field
deathClare, Kildress, County Tyrone, IrelandWikiTree profile field
marriage1909-05-27Cookstown, Derryloran, County Tyrone, IrelandWikiTree relationship field

Immediate relationship snapshot

RelationshipPersonWikiTree IDDates and places returned
ParentsJohnBell-334711819-00-00 · Tullyboy, Derryloran, County Londonderry, Ireland · 1899-03-25 · Letteran, Lissan, Magherafelt, County Londonderry, Ireland
ParentsAnnieGreer-67121835-00-00 · Dirnan, Lissan, County Londonderry, Ireland · 1923-05-10 · Letteran, Lissan, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
SiblingsThomas JohnBell-334751860-00-00 · Letteran, Lissan, Magherafelt, County Londonderry, Ireland · 1937-09-11 · Letteran, Lissan, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
SiblingsWilliamBell-334741863-00-00 · Letteran, Lissan, Magherafelt, County Londonderry, Ireland · 1938-05-26 · Magherafelt District, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
SiblingsAnnieBell-334721867-02-28 · Letteran, Lissan, Magherafelt, County Londonderry, Ireland · 1943-04-09 · Carraydarragh, Desertlyn, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
SpousesJames Frederick GlasgowGlasgow-16951873-03-02 · Killycurragh, Derryloran, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland · 0000-00-00 · 1909-05-27 · Cookstown, Derryloran, County Tyrone, Ireland

Profile categories

Claggan Presbyterian Churchyard, Moneymore, Londonderry Claggan_Presbyterian_Churchyard,_Moneymore,_Londonderry Clare Townland, Kildress Parish, County Tyrone Clare_Townland,_Kildress_Parish,_County_Tyrone Letteran Townland, Lissan Parish, County Londonderry Letteran_Townland,_Lissan_Parish,_County_Londonderry

Record-bearing passages

  • Biography Barbara was the daughter of John Bell and Annie Greer. Based on the 1901 census. She may have been born 22 May 1870.
  • On 27 May 1909 at 1st Cookstown Presbyterian, she married Fred Glasgow, son of William Glasgow of Clare, Kildress, County Tyrone. Witnessed by Thomas(?) Bell and Annie Eliza Marshall. Fred Glasgow, Barbara Bell, 1909, Cookstown (https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/details-civil/5542912053160) at Irish Civil Registration - Marriages
  • She died in 1926 age 55. General Record Office Northern Ireland ref: D/1926/99/1009/26/257 Barbara Glasgow 10th September 1926 55 Female Cookstown : GLASGOW-September 10th, at her husband's residence, Clare, Kildress Cookstown, Barbara, dearly-beloved wife of Fred Glasgow. Interred in Claggan Churchyard, on Sunday afternoon. Mid Ulster Mail 18 Sep 1926 Not seen full entry Research Notes There is a birth registration 22 May 1870 to these parents, at Letteran, but the name is "Sarah Jane".
  • Birth Registration: "Civil Records of Irish Births, Deaths and Marriages" General Register Office, Ireland; Group Registration ID: 8097148; SR District/Reg Area: Magherafelt IrishGenealogy.ie Image (https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1870/03351/2228963.pdf) - IrishGenealogy.ie Record (https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/details-civil/5715e68097148) (accessed 26 February 2024) Sarah Bell birth 1870 in the Magherafelt Superintendent Registrar's District.
  • Seeing as "Barbara" appears on the 1901 census, and there is no other birth record to these parents in the civil registration (as indexed by Familysearch, or via a GRONI search with mother's maiden name), perhaps the registration for "Sarah Jane" is the same person as Barbara.
  • The marriage witness might be Elizabeth Ann (Marshall) Johnston (1883-1938) who married in 1920 . It's not her sister Annie Eliza who never married. Sources

Profile source citations

  1. Based on the 1901 census.
  2. Fred Glasgow, Barbara Bell, 1909, Cookstown (https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/details-civil/5542912053160) at Irish Civil Registration - Marriages source link 1
  3. General Record Office Northern Ireland ref: D/1926/99/1009/26/257 Barbara Glasgow 10th September 1926 55 Female Cookstown
  4. Mid Ulster Mail 18 Sep 1926 Not seen full entry
  5. Birth Registration: "Civil Records of Irish Births, Deaths and Marriages" General Register Office, Ireland; Group Registration ID: 8097148; SR District/Reg Area: Magherafelt IrishGenealogy.ie Image (https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1870/03351/2228963.pdf) - IrishGenealogy.ie Record (https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/details-civil/5715e68097148) (accessed 26 February 2024) Sarah Bell birth 1870 in the Magherafelt Superintendent Registrar's District. source link 1 source link 2
  6. 1901 Ireland census (http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Londonderry/Lisson_Upper/Letteran/1534001/) - Residents of a house 11 in Letteran (Lisson Upper, Londonderry). Nancy Bell(72, widow), Thomas John(37), William(34), Annie Eliza(30), Barbara(27) source link 1
  7. 1911 Ireland census (http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Tyrone/Oaklands/Clare/859095/) - Residents of a house 5 in Clare (Oaklands, Tyrone). William Glasgow(74, widower), Frederick(36, son), Barbara(35, DIL) source link 1
Full captured biography text
Biography
Barbara was the daughter of John Bell and Annie Greer. 
 Based on the 1901 census. 
She may have been born 22 May 1870.

On 27 May 1909 at 1st Cookstown Presbyterian, she married Fred Glasgow, son of William Glasgow of Clare, Kildress, County Tyrone. Witnessed by Thomas(?) Bell and Annie Eliza Marshall.
 Fred Glasgow, Barbara Bell, 1909, Cookstown (https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/details-civil/5542912053160) at Irish Civil Registration - Marriages 

She died in 1926 age 55. General Record Office Northern Ireland ref: D/1926/99/1009/26/257 Barbara Glasgow 10th September 1926 55 Female Cookstown 
: GLASGOW-September 10th, at her husband's residence, Clare, Kildress Cookstown, Barbara, dearly-beloved wife of Fred Glasgow. Interred in Claggan Churchyard, on Sunday afternoon. Mid Ulster Mail 18 Sep 1926 Not seen full entry 
Research Notes
There is a birth registration 22 May 1870 to these parents, at Letteran, but the name is "Sarah Jane".
 
Birth Registration:
"Civil Records of Irish Births, Deaths and Marriages" 
General Register Office, Ireland; Group Registration ID: 8097148; SR District/Reg Area: Magherafelt 
IrishGenealogy.ie Image (https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1870/03351/2228963.pdf) - IrishGenealogy.ie Record (https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/details-civil/5715e68097148) (accessed 26 February 2024) 
Sarah Bell birth 1870 in the Magherafelt Superintendent Registrar's District.

Seeing as "Barbara" appears on the 1901 census, and there is no other birth record to these parents in the civil registration (as indexed by Familysearch, or via a GRONI search with mother's maiden name), perhaps the registration for "Sarah Jane" is the same person as Barbara.

The marriage witness might be Elizabeth Ann (Marshall) Johnston (1883-1938) who married in 1920 . It's not her sister Annie Eliza who never married.
Sources
* 1901 Ireland census (http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Londonderry/Lisson_Upper/Letteran/1534001/) - Residents of a house 11 in Letteran (Lisson Upper, Londonderry). Nancy Bell(72, widow), Thomas John(37), William(34), Annie Eliza(30), Barbara(27)
* 1911 Ireland census (http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Tyrone/Oaklands/Clare/859095/) - Residents of a house 5 in Clare (Oaklands, Tyrone). William Glasgow(74, widower), Frederick(36, son), Barbara(35, DIL)
Raw WikiTree biography markup
[[Category:Claggan Presbyterian Churchyard, Moneymore, Londonderry]]
[[Category:Clare Townland, Kildress Parish, County Tyrone]]
[[Category:Letteran Townland, Lissan Parish, County Londonderry]]
== Biography ==
Barbara was the daughter of [[Bell-33471|John Bell]] and [[Greer-6712|Annie Greer]]. 
<ref>Based on the 1901 census.</ref>
She may have been born 22 May 1870.

On 27 May 1909 at 1st Cookstown Presbyterian, she married Fred Glasgow, son of William Glasgow of Clare, Kildress, County Tyrone. Witnessed by Thomas(?) Bell and Annie Eliza Marshall.
<ref>[https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/details-civil/5542912053160 Fred Glasgow, Barbara Bell, 1909, Cookstown] at Irish Civil Registration - Marriages</ref>

She died in 1926 age 55. <ref>General Record Office Northern Ireland ref: D/1926/99/1009/26/257	Barbara	Glasgow	10th September 1926	55		Female	Cookstown </ref> 
: GLASGOW-September 10th, at her husband's residence, Clare, Kildress Cookstown, Barbara, dearly-beloved wife of Fred Glasgow. Interred in Claggan Churchyard, on Sunday afternoon. <ref>Mid Ulster Mail 18 Sep 1926 Not seen full entry</ref> 

== Research Notes ==
There is a birth registration 22 May 1870 to these parents, at Letteran, but the name is "Sarah Jane".
<ref>
'''Birth Registration''':
"Civil Records of Irish Births, Deaths and Marriages"<br/>
General Register Office, Ireland; Group Registration ID: 8097148; SR District/Reg Area: Magherafelt<br/>
[https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1870/03351/2228963.pdf IrishGenealogy.ie Image] - [https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/details-civil/5715e68097148 IrishGenealogy.ie Record] (accessed 26 February 2024)<br/>
Sarah Bell birth 1870 in the Magherafelt Superintendent Registrar's District.
</ref>

Seeing as "Barbara" appears on the 1901 census, and there is no other birth record to these parents in the civil registration (as indexed by Familysearch, or via a GRONI search with mother's maiden name), perhaps the registration for "Sarah Jane" is the same person as Barbara.

The marriage witness might be [[Marshall-30951|Elizabeth Ann (Marshall) Johnston (1883-1938)]] who married in 1920 . It's not her sister Annie Eliza who never married.

== Sources ==
<references />
* [http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Londonderry/Lisson_Upper/Letteran/1534001/ 1901 Ireland census] - Residents of a house 11 in Letteran (Lisson Upper, Londonderry). Nancy Bell(72, widow), Thomas John(37), William(34), Annie Eliza(30), Barbara(27)
* [http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Tyrone/Oaklands/Clare/859095/ 1911 Ireland census] - Residents of a house 5 in Clare (Oaklands, Tyrone). William Glasgow(74, widower), Frederick(36, son), Barbara(35, DIL)