Robert Glasco

Biography
Robert Glasgow was born about 1779 in County Antrim, Ireland. The detailed
1851 census records him as seventy-two years old and County Antrim-born. 1851 Irish Census Returns: detailed comma-delimited transcription (https://durrushistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/1851irishcensusreturnscommadelimitedtextfilejul24_071.pdf), Glenleslie household 23. 

Robert married Catherine about 1803. In 1851 he was a farmer at Glenleslie and
Catherine, aged sixty-eight, was spinning flax. The household included their
unmarried daughter Margaret, aged fifty; grandchildren Mary and James Young,
both fifteen; and Mary Glasgow, an unmarried thirty-four-year-old niece and
linen weaver. Sons John, forty, and Samuel, thirty, were recorded as being in
America. An infant granddaughter, Catherine Hume, had died in 1850. Bill MacAfee, 1851 Census, Barony of Kilconway (https://www.billmacafee.com/census/1851censuskilconway.pdf), Glenleslie household 23. 
The household also survives in the National Archives of Ireland's earlier
online census presentation. National Archives of Ireland, 1851 census (http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1851/Antrim/Kilconway/Dunaghy/Glenleslie/23/), Glenleslie household 23. 

Robert may be the Robert Glasco recorded at Doonbought in the 1825 tithe
applotment. He was about forty-six and living in the correct parish, but the
entry gives no age or family relationship. Bill MacAfee, North Antrim Tithe Applotment Books arranged in document order (https://www.billmacafee.com/182030stithe/tithenorthantrimrevisionorder.pdf), record 5804, Robert Glasco, Doonbought, 1825. 

His death has not been proved. PRONI's pre-1858 name index records a Robert
Glasgow of Glenleslie in 1854, but the original will was destroyed and no text
naming heirs survives. PRONI Name Search (https://apps.proni.gov.uk/ProniNames_IE/SearchPage.aspx), pre-1858 wills and administrations, Robert Glasgow of Glenleslie, 1854. 
Parentage
Adam Glasgow and Rose of Inishrush were previously proposed as Robert's parents, but they are not retained. No inspected record identifies either parent, Rose would have been about twelve when Robert was born, and the 1851 census places Robert's birth in County Antrim rather than the documented County Londonderry cluster.

The proposed relationship is based on limited indirect evidence:

* Adam was born about 1758 and was old enough to have a son born about 1779;
* Adam and Rose appear to have had a large and incompletely documented family;
* their gravestone names only some of their children;
* Nancy Glasgow was described as Adam's sixth daughter, confirming that several children are absent from the gravestone.

Adam and Rose's gravestone records their children James and Eliza, but does not provide a complete list of their family. "Tamlaght O'Crilly Lower Graveyard" (https://www.oneirishrover.com/tamlaght-graveyard/), transcription and photograph of the Glasgow gravestone recording Rose, wife of Adam Glasgow; Adam Glasgow; their daughter Eliza; their son James; and grandson William Glasgow (accessed 16 July 2026). 

A newspaper notice identifies Nancy Glasgow as Adam's sixth daughter. "Marriage Notices 1840–42" (https://cotyrone.com/~inthenews/marriages-notices-1840-42/), notice published 29 January 1842 reporting the marriage of John Kyle of Tyanee and Nancy, sixth daughter of Adam Glasgow of Inishrush, on 14 January 1842 (accessed 16 July 2026). 

This evidence establishes that Adam had children who are absent from his gravestone. It does not identify Robert as one of those children.

No contemporary record explicitly names Adam or Rose as Robert's parents. Robert's parents therefore remain blank rather than attached as uncertain.

John Glasgow was previously proposed as Robert's father. No record has been found supporting that relationship. John may instead have been an uncle, cousin or another member of the wider Glasgow family.
1851 Census
In 1851 Robert and Catherine were living at household 23 in Glenleslie, Dunaghy, County Antrim. 1851 Census of Ireland (http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1851/Antrim/Kilconway/Dunaghy/Glenleslie/23/), Glenleslie, Dunaghy, County Antrim, household 23, Robert Glasgow household (accessed 16 July 2026). "1851 Irish Census Returns: comma-delimited transcription" (https://durrushistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/1851irishcensusreturnscommadelimitedtextfilejul24_071.pdf), Glenleslie household 23, p. 103 (accessed 16 July 2026). 

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="padding: 5px; width:100%;"
|+ Robert Glasgow Household, Glenleslie, 1851
|-
! style="background-color:#E1F0B4;" | Name
! style="background-color:#E1F0B4;" | Relationship
! style="background-color:#E1F0B4;" | Age
! style="background-color:#E1F0B4;" | Occupation or Status
! style="background-color:#E1F0B4;" | Notes
|-
| Robert Glasgow || Head || 72 || Farmer || Born County Antrim; could read; married in 1803
|-
| Catherine Glasgow || Wife || 68 || Spinning flax || Born County Antrim; could read; married in 1803
|-
| Margaret Glasgow || Daughter || 50 || None recorded || Unmarried; born County Antrim
|-
| Mary Glasgow || Niece || 34 || Linen weaver || Unmarried; born County Antrim
|-
| Mary Young || Granddaughter || 15 || Winding yarn || Born County Antrim
|-
| James Young || Grandson || 15 || Labourer || Born County Antrim; could read and write
|-
| Margaret McKillop || Servant || 18 || House servant || Born County Antrim
|-
| John Glasgow || Son || 40 || Labourer || Absent in America on census day
|-
| Samuel Glasgow || Son || 30 || Linen weaver || Absent in America on census day
|-
| Catherine Hume || Granddaughter || 3 months || Deceased || Died of scarlatina in spring 1850
|}

The census identifies Margaret as Robert and Catherine's daughter, Mary Glasgow as Robert's niece, and Mary Young, James Young and Catherine Hume as grandchildren.

The parents connecting the Young and Hume grandchildren to Robert and Catherine have not been identified.
Children and Extended Family
Children identified by the 1851 census included:

* Margaret Glasgow, born about 1800 or 1801 in County Antrim;
* John Glasgow, born about 1810 or 1811, a labourer who was in America in 1851;
* Samuel Glasgow, born about 1820 or 1821, a linen weaver who was in America in 1851.

At least one additional child probably existed, because the census identifies grandchildren bearing the surnames Young and Hume whose parents are not named.

Mary Glasgow, born about 1816 or 1817, was Robert's niece. Her father or mother was therefore a sibling of Robert or Catherine, but the connecting relationship has not been identified.
Death and Possible 1854 Probate
Robert was alive when the 1851 census was taken.

The PRONI Names database indexes a Robert Glasgow of Glenleslie under the Connor Diocesan Wills for 1854. The townland agrees exactly with Robert's 1851 census residence. Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, PRONI Names, Pre-1858 Wills and Admons, Connor Diocesan Wills, Robert Glasgow, Glenleslie, 1854; searched 5 August 2026 at PRONI Names (https://apps.proni.gov.uk/ProniNames_IE/SearchPage.aspx). 

PRONI states that the original document was destroyed and that no information beyond the index entry survives. The entry may represent a will, probate or related event following Robert's death, but it does not provide an exact death date, heirs or other relationships.

No reliable civil death registration, burial record or gravestone has been identified.

Robert's death should therefore be recorded cautiously as:

* Date: after 1851;
* Place: unknown.

The 1854 Glenleslie will index should be retained as a likely, but not conclusive, death or probate clue.
Research Notes
Current evidence assessmentParents and siblings
No inspected record identifies Robert's parents. Adam Glasgow
and Rose were once proposed, but Robert was born when Rose was about twelve and
The 1851 census places his birth in County Antrim, not their County Londonderry
cluster. John Glasgow lived nearby at Glenleslie, but Robert was
born about twelve years before John and Rose Alexander's reported 1791 marriage.
Household proximity does not establish a father-son relationship, and Robert's
parents remain blank.

The niece in Robert's household is probably Mary (Glasgow)
Montgomery. Mary's 1862 marriage names her father as Hugh Glasgow,
weaver, and her 1898 death age gives a birth about 1818, closely matching the
1851 niece. General Register Office of Ireland, civil marriage register (https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/marriage_returns/marriages_1862/09623/5489617.pdf), Thomas Montgomery and Mary Glasgow, 13 September 1862. General Register Office of Ireland, civil death register (https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/deaths_returns/deaths_1898/05842/4654852.pdf), Mary Montgomery, 22 March 1898. If the identity is correct, Hugh was probably Robert's brother. The link remains probable because neither record identifies Mary as the Glenleslie niece.

Another Hugh Glasgow, weaver, was established at Liminary in Ballyclug by the
marriages of his children Hugh and Eliza. Hugh junior married Ann Wilson in
1852 and Eliza married William Montgomery in 1854; both certificates name Hugh
Glasgow, weaver, as father. General Register Office of Ireland, civil marriage register (https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/marriage_returns/marriages_1852/09422/5413278.pdf), Hugh Glasgow and Ann Wilson, 24 December 1852. General Register Office of Ireland, civil marriage register (https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/marriage_returns/marriages_1854/09463/5428881.pdf), William Montgomery and Eliza Glasgow, 21 August 1854. Mary may have been their older sister, but the common name and occupation do not yet prove that the Liminary Hugh was Robert's brother.
Children
The 1851 return directly supports Margaret, John and Samuel as Robert's
children. It also establishes grandchildren in Young and Hume families, though
their parents are not specified. Margaret Glasgow was unmarried
and living with Robert in 1851; she should not be merged with Margaret Glasgow
Winters, who reportedly emigrated in 1845 and had children from 1829.

The younger Robert Glasgow at Doonbought in 1851 is a plausible
son or close relative and may represent succession to the 1825 holding. The two
census households do not state a relationship, so that attachment remains
uncertain.
Identity caution
Robert was not the later Robert at Gortereghy. Revision books carry that holding
after 1864, when this Robert would have been about eighty-five. Robert
Glasgow, whose 1866 marriage names father Alexander and connects Lisnagaver
with Gortereghy, is the materially better identification. General Register Office of Ireland, civil marriage register (https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1866/11531/8240963.pdf), Robert Glasgow and Jane Graham, 1866. 

Earlier local searches also consulted published marriage notices, Belfast-area
newspaper extracts and Tamlaght graveyard material. County Tyrone marriage notices, 1840–1842 (https://cotyrone.com/~inthenews/marriages-notices-1840-42/); Belfast newspaper extracts, 1770–1779 (https://www.kinsleuth.com/belnews/1770-1779.htm); Tamlaght graveyard material (https://www.oneirishrover.com/tamlaght-graveyard/). None names Robert's parents or overrides the Glenleslie evidence above. 
Birthplace
Robert's 1851 census entry records his birthplace as County Antrim.

A County Tyrone birthplace has previously been reported for this profile, but no source supporting County Tyrone is cited here. Unless another record is available, County Antrim is the only documented birthplace.

Both the birth year and birthplace depend on the information supplied to the census enumerator and should be treated as approximate.
Robert Glasgow of Coltrim
Robert Glasgow of Coltrim is documented separately at Coltrim in Lissan parish between 1820 and 1831.

No inspected lease, church record, census record, will or other document connects the Coltrim occupier to Robert and Catherine at Glenleslie.

The two profiles should not be merged without new evidence directly bridging the two locations.
Lisnagaver Occupier
A Robert Glasgow was recorded at Lisnagaver in the 1834 Rasharkin Tithe Applotment material.

No age, wife, children or other identifying information connects that occupier to Robert of Glenleslie. The Lisnagaver entry should not be treated as one of Robert's residences without further evidence.

Robert should not be attached as the father of the older John and Samuel Glasgow associated with Lisnagaver. Those men were approximately twenty years older than Robert and Catherine's sons of the same names.
Possible Earlier Family Lines
Several earlier Glasgow profiles have been considered as possible relatives:

* Thomas Glasgow, born about 1725;
* Robert Glasgow, born about 1690 and associated with County Antrim;
* Hugh Glasgow, born about 1706 and associated with County Tyrone;
* Robert Glasgow, born about 1710.

No documentary chain has been found connecting Robert to any of these men.

Robert may also be the same person as Robert Glasgow, born about 1780, who is attached as a son of James Glasgow and Jean Simpson.

That identification remains unproved. A merge should not be attempted without evidence connecting the other Robert to Catherine or to the Glenleslie household.

Reported Family Tree DNA relationship distances of RDist 3 and GDist 6 to that branch are research clues rather than proof of a paper-trail relationship.
Belfast Newsletter Extracts
The Blair extracts from the Belfast Newsletter include the following Glasgow names on 7 April 1772:

* William Glasgow;
* John Glasgow;
* James Glasgow;
* Robert Glasgow. "Blair Extracts from the Belfast Newsletter, 1770–1779" (https://www.kinsleuth.com/belnews/1770-1779.htm), entry dated 7 April 1772, p. 3 (accessed 16 July 2026). 

These entries demonstrate the earlier presence of men bearing the Glasgow surname. They do not establish a relationship to Robert born about 1779.
Relationship Assessment
Recommended WikiTree treatment:

* Adam Glasgow — former father hypothesis, not retained;
* Rose Unknown — excluded as mother by chronology;
* Catherine Unknown — wife;
* Margaret Glasgow — daughter;
* John Glasgow — son;
* Samuel Glasgow — son;
* Mary Glasgow — niece, parents unknown;
* Mary Young — granddaughter, parents unknown;
* James Young — grandson, parents unknown;
* Catherine Hume — granddaughter, parents unknown.

The evidence presently supports Robert's immediate household relationships recorded in 1851. His parentage and wider family connections remain unproved.
Further Research
The most useful remaining records are:

* church registers identifying Robert and Catherine's marriage and children;
* valuation and estate records for Glenleslie before and after 1851;
* civil marriage and death records for Margaret, John and Samuel;
* passenger, census and naturalisation records for John and Samuel in America;
* records identifying the parents of Mary and James Young;
* records identifying the parents of Catherine Hume;
* the surviving PRONI index material concerning the 1854 Glenleslie will;
* wills, leases or gravestones connecting Robert to Adam Glasgow;
* Y-DNA comparisons with documented descendants of Adam Glasgow's proposed sons.
Sources

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== Biography ==
{{Ireland Native}}
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'''Robert Glasgow''' was born about 1779 in County Antrim, Ireland. The detailed
1851 census records him as seventy-two years old and County Antrim-born.<ref name="Robert1851Detailed">[https://durrushistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/1851irishcensusreturnscommadelimitedtextfilejul24_071.pdf ''1851 Irish Census Returns: detailed comma-delimited transcription''], Glenleslie household 23.</ref>

Robert married Catherine about 1803. In 1851 he was a farmer at Glenleslie and
Catherine, aged sixty-eight, was spinning flax. The household included their
unmarried daughter Margaret, aged fifty; grandchildren Mary and James Young,
both fifteen; and Mary Glasgow, an unmarried thirty-four-year-old niece and
linen weaver. Sons John, forty, and Samuel, thirty, were recorded as being in
America. An infant granddaughter, Catherine Hume, had died in 1850.<ref name="Robert1851Macafee">[https://www.billmacafee.com/census/1851censuskilconway.pdf Bill MacAfee, ''1851 Census, Barony of Kilconway''], Glenleslie household 23.</ref>
The household also survives in the National Archives of Ireland's earlier
online census presentation.<ref name="Robert1851NAI">[http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1851/Antrim/Kilconway/Dunaghy/Glenleslie/23/ National Archives of Ireland, 1851 census], Glenleslie household 23.</ref>

Robert may be the Robert Glasco recorded at Doonbought in the 1825 tithe
applotment. He was about forty-six and living in the correct parish, but the
entry gives no age or family relationship.<ref name="Doonbought1825">[https://www.billmacafee.com/182030stithe/tithenorthantrimrevisionorder.pdf Bill MacAfee, ''North Antrim Tithe Applotment Books arranged in document order''], record 5804, Robert Glasco, Doonbought, 1825.</ref>

His death has not been proved. PRONI's pre-1858 name index records a Robert
Glasgow of Glenleslie in 1854, but the original will was destroyed and no text
naming heirs survives.<ref name="RobertWillIndex">[https://apps.proni.gov.uk/ProniNames_IE/SearchPage.aspx PRONI Name Search], pre-1858 wills and administrations, Robert Glasgow of Glenleslie, 1854.</ref>

=== Parentage ===

[[Glasgow-3902|Adam Glasgow]] and Rose of Inishrush were previously proposed as Robert's parents, but they are not retained. No inspected record identifies either parent, Rose would have been about twelve when Robert was born, and the 1851 census places Robert's birth in County Antrim rather than the documented County Londonderry cluster.

The proposed relationship is based on limited indirect evidence:

* Adam was born about 1758 and was old enough to have a son born about 1779;
* Adam and Rose appear to have had a large and incompletely documented family;
* their gravestone names only some of their children;
* Nancy Glasgow was described as Adam's sixth daughter, confirming that several children are absent from the gravestone.

Adam and Rose's gravestone records their children James and Eliza, but does not provide a complete list of their family.<ref name="AdamGrave">[https://www.oneirishrover.com/tamlaght-graveyard/ "Tamlaght O'Crilly Lower Graveyard"], transcription and photograph of the Glasgow gravestone recording Rose, wife of Adam Glasgow; Adam Glasgow; their daughter Eliza; their son James; and grandson William Glasgow (accessed 16 July 2026).</ref>

A newspaper notice identifies Nancy Glasgow as Adam's sixth daughter.<ref name="NancyMarriage">[https://cotyrone.com/~inthenews/marriages-notices-1840-42/ "Marriage Notices 1840–42"], notice published 29 January 1842 reporting the marriage of John Kyle of Tyanee and Nancy, sixth daughter of Adam Glasgow of Inishrush, on 14 January 1842 (accessed 16 July 2026).</ref>

This evidence establishes that Adam had children who are absent from his gravestone. It does not identify Robert as one of those children.

No contemporary record explicitly names Adam or Rose as Robert's parents. Robert's parents therefore remain blank rather than attached as uncertain.

[[Glasgow-1022|John Glasgow]] was previously proposed as Robert's father. No record has been found supporting that relationship. John may instead have been an uncle, cousin or another member of the wider Glasgow family.

=== 1851 Census ===

In 1851 Robert and Catherine were living at household 23 in Glenleslie, Dunaghy, County Antrim.<ref name="Census1851">[http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1851/Antrim/Kilconway/Dunaghy/Glenleslie/23/ 1851 Census of Ireland], Glenleslie, Dunaghy, County Antrim, household 23, Robert Glasgow household (accessed 16 July 2026).</ref><ref name="CensusTranscript">[https://durrushistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/1851irishcensusreturnscommadelimitedtextfilejul24_071.pdf "1851 Irish Census Returns: comma-delimited transcription"], Glenleslie household 23, p. 103 (accessed 16 July 2026).</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="padding: 5px; width:100%;"
|+ '''Robert Glasgow Household, Glenleslie, 1851'''
|-
! style="background-color:#E1F0B4;" | Name
! style="background-color:#E1F0B4;" | Relationship
! style="background-color:#E1F0B4;" | Age
! style="background-color:#E1F0B4;" | Occupation or Status
! style="background-color:#E1F0B4;" | Notes
|-
| '''Robert Glasgow''' || Head || 72 || Farmer || Born County Antrim; could read; married in 1803
|-
| '''Catherine Glasgow''' || Wife || 68 || Spinning flax || Born County Antrim; could read; married in 1803
|-
| '''Margaret Glasgow''' || Daughter || 50 || None recorded || Unmarried; born County Antrim
|-
| '''Mary Glasgow''' || Niece || 34 || Linen weaver || Unmarried; born County Antrim
|-
| '''Mary Young''' || Granddaughter || 15 || Winding yarn || Born County Antrim
|-
| '''James Young''' || Grandson || 15 || Labourer || Born County Antrim; could read and write
|-
| '''Margaret McKillop''' || Servant || 18 || House servant || Born County Antrim
|-
| '''John Glasgow''' || Son || 40 || Labourer || Absent in America on census day
|-
| '''Samuel Glasgow''' || Son || 30 || Linen weaver || Absent in America on census day
|-
| '''Catherine Hume''' || Granddaughter || 3 months || Deceased || Died of scarlatina in spring 1850
|}

The census identifies Margaret as Robert and Catherine's daughter, Mary Glasgow as Robert's niece, and Mary Young, James Young and Catherine Hume as grandchildren.

The parents connecting the Young and Hume grandchildren to Robert and Catherine have not been identified.

=== Children and Extended Family ===

Children identified by the 1851 census included:

* '''Margaret Glasgow''', born about 1800 or 1801 in County Antrim;
* '''John Glasgow''', born about 1810 or 1811, a labourer who was in America in 1851;
* '''Samuel Glasgow''', born about 1820 or 1821, a linen weaver who was in America in 1851.

At least one additional child probably existed, because the census identifies grandchildren bearing the surnames Young and Hume whose parents are not named.

'''Mary Glasgow''', born about 1816 or 1817, was Robert's niece. Her father or mother was therefore a sibling of Robert or Catherine, but the connecting relationship has not been identified.

=== Death and Possible 1854 Probate ===

Robert was alive when the 1851 census was taken.

The PRONI Names database indexes a Robert Glasgow of Glenleslie under the Connor Diocesan Wills for 1854. The townland agrees exactly with Robert's 1851 census residence.<ref name="RobertGlenleslieWill">Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, PRONI Names, ''Pre-1858 Wills and Admons'', Connor Diocesan Wills, Robert Glasgow, Glenleslie, 1854; searched 5 August 2026 at [https://apps.proni.gov.uk/ProniNames_IE/SearchPage.aspx PRONI Names].</ref>

PRONI states that the original document was destroyed and that no information beyond the index entry survives. The entry may represent a will, probate or related event following Robert's death, but it does not provide an exact death date, heirs or other relationships.

No reliable civil death registration, burial record or gravestone has been identified.

Robert's death should therefore be recorded cautiously as:

* '''Date:''' after 1851;
* '''Place:''' unknown.

The 1854 Glenleslie will index should be retained as a likely, but not conclusive, death or probate clue.

== Research Notes ==
=== Current evidence assessment ===

==== Parents and siblings ====
No inspected record identifies Robert's parents. [[Glasgow-3902|Adam Glasgow]]
and Rose were once proposed, but Robert was born when Rose was about twelve and
The 1851 census places his birth in County Antrim, not their County Londonderry
cluster. [[Glasgow-1022|John Glasgow]] lived nearby at Glenleslie, but Robert was
born about twelve years before John and Rose Alexander's reported 1791 marriage.
Household proximity does not establish a father-son relationship, and Robert's
parents remain blank.

The niece in Robert's household is probably [[Glasgow-3957|Mary (Glasgow)
Montgomery]]. Mary's 1862 marriage names her father as '''Hugh Glasgow,
weaver''', and her 1898 death age gives a birth about 1818, closely matching the
1851 niece.<ref name="MaryMarriage1862">[https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/marriage_returns/marriages_1862/09623/5489617.pdf General Register Office of Ireland, civil marriage register], Thomas Montgomery and Mary Glasgow, 13 September 1862.</ref><ref name="MaryDeath1898">[https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/deaths_returns/deaths_1898/05842/4654852.pdf General Register Office of Ireland, civil death register], Mary Montgomery, 22 March 1898.</ref> If the identity is correct, Hugh was probably Robert's brother. The link remains probable because neither record identifies Mary as the Glenleslie niece.

Another Hugh Glasgow, weaver, was established at Liminary in Ballyclug by the
marriages of his children Hugh and Eliza. Hugh junior married Ann Wilson in
1852 and Eliza married William Montgomery in 1854; both certificates name Hugh
Glasgow, weaver, as father.<ref name="HughMarriage1852">[https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/marriage_returns/marriages_1852/09422/5413278.pdf General Register Office of Ireland, civil marriage register], Hugh Glasgow and Ann Wilson, 24 December 1852.</ref><ref name="ElizaMarriage1854">[https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/marriage_returns/marriages_1854/09463/5428881.pdf General Register Office of Ireland, civil marriage register], William Montgomery and Eliza Glasgow, 21 August 1854.</ref> Mary may have been their older sister, but the common name and occupation do not yet prove that the Liminary Hugh was Robert's brother.

==== Children ====
The 1851 return directly supports Margaret, John and Samuel as Robert's
children. It also establishes grandchildren in Young and Hume families, though
their parents are not specified. [[Glasgow-1053|Margaret Glasgow]] was unmarried
and living with Robert in 1851; she should not be merged with Margaret Glasgow
Winters, who reportedly emigrated in 1845 and had children from 1829.

The younger [[Glasgow-1049|Robert Glasgow]] at Doonbought in 1851 is a plausible
son or close relative and may represent succession to the 1825 holding. The two
census households do not state a relationship, so that attachment remains
uncertain.

==== Identity caution ====
Robert was not the later Robert at Gortereghy. Revision books carry that holding
after 1864, when this Robert would have been about eighty-five. [[Glasgow-938|Robert
Glasgow]], whose 1866 marriage names father Alexander and connects Lisnagaver
with Gortereghy, is the materially better identification.<ref name="Robert938Marriage">[https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1866/11531/8240963.pdf General Register Office of Ireland, civil marriage register], Robert Glasgow and Jane Graham, 1866.</ref>

Earlier local searches also consulted published marriage notices, Belfast-area
newspaper extracts and Tamlaght graveyard material.<ref name="LocalSearches">[https://cotyrone.com/~inthenews/marriages-notices-1840-42/ County Tyrone marriage notices, 1840–1842]; [https://www.kinsleuth.com/belnews/1770-1779.htm Belfast newspaper extracts, 1770–1779]; [https://www.oneirishrover.com/tamlaght-graveyard/ Tamlaght graveyard material]. None names Robert's parents or overrides the Glenleslie evidence above.</ref>

=== Birthplace ===

Robert's 1851 census entry records his birthplace as County Antrim.

A County Tyrone birthplace has previously been reported for this profile, but no source supporting County Tyrone is cited here. Unless another record is available, County Antrim is the only documented birthplace.

Both the birth year and birthplace depend on the information supplied to the census enumerator and should be treated as approximate.

=== Robert Glasgow of Coltrim ===

[[Glasgow-3941|Robert Glasgow of Coltrim]] is documented separately at Coltrim in Lissan parish between 1820 and 1831.

No inspected lease, church record, census record, will or other document connects the Coltrim occupier to Robert and Catherine at Glenleslie.

The two profiles should not be merged without new evidence directly bridging the two locations.

=== Lisnagaver Occupier ===

A Robert Glasgow was recorded at Lisnagaver in the 1834 Rasharkin Tithe Applotment material.

No age, wife, children or other identifying information connects that occupier to Robert of Glenleslie. The Lisnagaver entry should not be treated as one of Robert's residences without further evidence.

Robert should not be attached as the father of the older John and Samuel Glasgow associated with Lisnagaver. Those men were approximately twenty years older than Robert and Catherine's sons of the same names.

=== Possible Earlier Family Lines ===

Several earlier Glasgow profiles have been considered as possible relatives:

* [[Glasgow-1023|Thomas Glasgow]], born about 1725;
* [[Glasgow-1502|Robert Glasgow]], born about 1690 and associated with County Antrim;
* [[Glasgow-548|Hugh Glasgow]], born about 1706 and associated with County Tyrone;
* [[Glasgow-1143|Robert Glasgow]], born about 1710.

No documentary chain has been found connecting Robert to any of these men.

Robert may also be the same person as [[Glasgow-2963|Robert Glasgow]], born about 1780, who is attached as a son of [[Glasgow-1142|James Glasgow]] and [[Simpson-19200|Jean Simpson]].

That identification remains unproved. A merge should not be attempted without evidence connecting the other Robert to Catherine or to the Glenleslie household.

Reported Family Tree DNA relationship distances of RDist 3 and GDist 6 to that branch are research clues rather than proof of a paper-trail relationship.

=== Belfast Newsletter Extracts ===

The Blair extracts from the ''Belfast Newsletter'' include the following Glasgow names on 7 April 1772:

* William Glasgow;
* John Glasgow;
* James Glasgow;
* Robert Glasgow.<ref name="BelfastNewsletter">[https://www.kinsleuth.com/belnews/1770-1779.htm "Blair Extracts from the Belfast Newsletter, 1770–1779"], entry dated 7 April 1772, p. 3 (accessed 16 July 2026).</ref>

These entries demonstrate the earlier presence of men bearing the Glasgow surname. They do not establish a relationship to Robert born about 1779.

=== Relationship Assessment ===

Recommended WikiTree treatment:

* Adam Glasgow — former father hypothesis, not retained;
* Rose Unknown — excluded as mother by chronology;
* Catherine Unknown — wife;
* Margaret Glasgow — daughter;
* John Glasgow — son;
* Samuel Glasgow — son;
* Mary Glasgow — niece, parents unknown;
* Mary Young — granddaughter, parents unknown;
* James Young — grandson, parents unknown;
* Catherine Hume — granddaughter, parents unknown.

The evidence presently supports Robert's immediate household relationships recorded in 1851. His parentage and wider family connections remain unproved.

=== Further Research ===

The most useful remaining records are:

* church registers identifying Robert and Catherine's marriage and children;
* valuation and estate records for Glenleslie before and after 1851;
* civil marriage and death records for Margaret, John and Samuel;
* passenger, census and naturalisation records for John and Samuel in America;
* records identifying the parents of Mary and James Young;
* records identifying the parents of Catherine Hume;
* the surviving PRONI index material concerning the 1854 Glenleslie will;
* wills, leases or gravestones connecting Robert to Adam Glasgow;
* Y-DNA comparisons with documented descendants of Adam Glasgow's proposed sons.

== Sources ==
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