Glasgow Surname Project

Individual research record

Sarah (Blair) Glasgow

c. 1757 – c. 1840

Blair-3693 · 1 mapped association

Ireland→Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States
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At a glance

Identity & family

Tree links organise the family; documentary status still varies.

1Mapped records
8Close relations
3Evidence items
2Candidate leads
Birth
c. 1757 · Ireland
Death
c. 1840 · Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States
Parents
Not recorded
Spouses
Hugh Glasgow
Children
Alexander GlasgowClatworthy GlasgowHugh GlasgowJohn GlasgowMary GlasgowNancy (Glasgow) CunninghamRobert Glasgow
Gender
Female
WikiTree
Blair-3693
Research clusters
Ireland One-Tree profile leads
Mapped descendants
68

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 positionJohn Glasgow (1780)
Maternal grandfather positionClatworthy Glasgow (1782)
Maternal grandmother positionNancy (Glasgow) Cunningham (1786)
Paternal grandmother positionMary Glasgow (1792)

Known-position checks: 0 support · 3 conflict. Ordinals retain unnamed children and recognise reused names.

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 fit54/100
Similar Person
Dates1789–1850PlacesIreland → West Deer Township, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United StatesParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • shared recorded place (+20)
  • matching child name: Hugh Glasgow

record-derived birth estimates differ by 32; retained without deduction

Full comparison detail
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • shared recorded place (+20)
  • matching child name: Hugh Glasgow
  • child given-name pattern overlaps: Robert

Conflicts: record-derived birth estimates differ by 32; retained without deduction

Open side-by-side comparison
Automated fit52/100
Similar Person
Dates1811–?PlacesAntrimParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • shared recorded place (+20)
  • matching child name: Mary Glasgow

record-derived birth estimates differ by 54; retained without deduction

Full comparison detail
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • shared recorded place (+20)
  • matching child name: Mary Glasgow

Conflicts: record-derived birth estimates differ by 54; 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.

Open only what you need

Research & records

Life and record timelineChronological mapped occurrences and their underlying sources.1 record
b. 1757

Profile-stated birthplace: Ireland

County Antrim — exact locality unproved

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 Blair-3693

No sufficiently specific citation match found.

Precision: Inferred county-level family context

Evidence assessmentWhat is supported, uncertain or disputed in the current case model.9 claims
2Unknown
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.3 sources

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

  1. unknown https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally_(name)
  2. unknown Find a Grave memorial page for Sarah Glasgow (unknown–unknown), Find a Grave Memorial no. 54174316, citing Pine Creek Cemetery, Allison Park, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Gal Clark (contributor 47017848); https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54174316/sarah-glasgow
  3. tree_only WikiTree profile export for Blair-3693
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

Blair-3693 was captured 2026-08-07T09:54:35+00:00; WikiTree profile revision 2026-07-15.

Profile location claims

EventDateLocationStatus
birth—IrelandWikiTree profile field
death—Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United StatesWikiTree profile field

Immediate relationship snapshot

RelationshipPersonWikiTree IDDates and places returned
ChildrenJohn GlasgowGlasgow-2091780-04-28 · County Londonderry, Ireland · 1840-08-28 · Bakerstown, West Deer Twp, Allegheny Co., PA
ChildrenClatworthy GlasgowGlasgow-5421782-00-00 · 0000-00-00
ChildrenNancy CunninghamGlasgow-5431786-00-00 · Ireland · 1865-00-00 · West Deer Township, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States
ChildrenAlexander GlasgowGlasgow-5441786-02-26 · Ireland · 1855-12-04 · Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States
ChildrenHugh GlasgowGlasgow-5391786-07-25 · County Down, Ireland · 1874-07-10 · Pine Creek, Allegheny Co, PA
ChildrenRobert GlasgowGlasgow-5461791-09-17 · Ireland · 1881-05-31 · Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States
ChildrenMary GlasgowGlasgow-5451792-00-00 · 1860-00-00
SpousesHugh GlasgowGlasgow-5401739-00-00 · County Londonderry, Ireland · 1831-00-00 · Pine Creek, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States · 1777-00-00

Profile categories

Pine Creek Cemetery, Allison Park, Hampton Township, Pennsylvania Pine_Creek_Cemetery,_Allison_Park,_Hampton_Township,_Pennsylvania

Record-bearing passages

  • Biography Sarah or "Sally" was born about 1757 in Ireland. Sally married Hugh Glasgow around 1777. They immigrated to the United States after 1790. She passed away about 1840.

  • Research Notes

    • NAME: The name "Sally" originated as a nickname for the name Sarah. The use of this nickname was common in the United States in the 18th and 19th centuries. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally_(name) Find-a-Grave memorial page for Sarah Glasgow in Pine Creek Cemetery notes that she was the wife of Hugh Glasgow.
  • DATE OF BIRTH: Sally Glasgow gave birth to children from 1780 to 1794. If we limit her child-bearing years to 16 to 42 years of age, she would have to have been born between 1752 and 1764. If we also assume that she was married no earlier than the age of 15, she could have been born no later than 1762. So, we have a range for her birth date of 1752 to 1762. A date of 1757 would have her marrying at 20, having her first child at 23 and her last child at 37.

  • DATE OF IMMIGRATION: Hugh and Sally's son, Alexander was born in Ireland in 1790. So, their relocation to the US must have occurred after that date. Sources

Profile source citations

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally_(name) source link 1
  2. Find a Grave memorial page for Sarah Glasgow (unknown–unknown), Find a Grave Memorial no. 54174316, citing Pine Creek Cemetery, Allison Park, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Gal Clark (contributor 47017848); https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54174316/sarah-glasgow source link 1
Full captured biography text
Biography
Sarah or "Sally" was born about 1757 in Ireland. Sally married Hugh Glasgow around 1777. They immigrated to the United States after 1790. She passed away about 1840.

Research Notes
* NAME: The name "Sally" originated as a nickname for the name Sarah. The use of this nickname was common in the United States in the 18th and 19th centuries. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally_(name) Find-a-Grave memorial page for Sarah Glasgow in Pine Creek Cemetery notes that she was the wife of Hugh Glasgow. 

* DATE OF BIRTH: Sally Glasgow gave birth to children from 1780 to 1794. If we limit her child-bearing years to 16 to 42 years of age, she would have to have been born between 1752 and 1764. If we also assume that she was married no earlier than the age of 15, she could have been born no later than 1762. So, we have a range for her birth date of 1752 to 1762. A date of 1757 would have her marrying at 20, having her first child at 23 and her last child at 37.

*DATE OF IMMIGRATION: Hugh and Sally's son, Alexander was born in Ireland in 1790. So, their relocation to the US must have occurred after that date.
Sources
* Find a Grave memorial page for Sarah Glasgow (unknown–unknown), Find a Grave Memorial no. 54174316, citing Pine Creek Cemetery, Allison Park, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Gal Clark (contributor 47017848); https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54174316/sarah-glasgow
Raw WikiTree biography markup
[[Category:Pine Creek Cemetery, Allison Park, Hampton Township, Pennsylvania]]
== Biography ==
Sarah or "Sally" was born about 1757 in Ireland. Sally married Hugh Glasgow around 1777.   They immigrated to the United States after 1790.  She passed away about 1840.

'''Research Notes'''
* NAME: The name "Sally" originated as a nickname for the name Sarah. The use of this nickname was common in the United States in the 18th and 19th centuries. <ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally_(name)</ref>  Find-a-Grave memorial page for Sarah Glasgow in Pine Creek Cemetery notes that she was the wife of Hugh Glasgow. 

* DATE OF BIRTH: Sally Glasgow gave birth to children from 1780 to 1794.  If we limit her child-bearing years to 16 to 42 years of age, she would have to have been born between 1752 and 1764. If we also assume that she was married no earlier than the age of 15, she could have been born no later than 1762. So, we have a range for her birth date of 1752 to 1762. A date of 1757 would have her marrying at 20, having her first child at 23 and her last child at 37.

*DATE OF IMMIGRATION: Hugh and Sally's son, Alexander was born in Ireland in 1790. So, their relocation to the US must have occurred after that date.

== Sources ==
<references />
* Find a Grave memorial page for Sarah Glasgow (unknown–unknown), Find a Grave Memorial no. 54174316, citing Pine Creek Cemetery, Allison Park, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Gal Clark (contributor 47017848); https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54174316/sarah-glasgow