Glasgow Surname Project

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Cunningham C Glasgow

1848 – 1889-10-28

Glasgow-1565 · 1 mapped association

West Deer Township, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States→Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States
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Identity & family

Tree links organise the family; documentary status still varies.

1Mapped records
3Close relations
2Evidence items
10Candidate leads
Birth
1848 · West Deer Township, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States
Death
1889-10-28 · Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States
Parents
Robert GlasgowunmarkedMargaret (Cunningham) Glasgowunmarked
Spouses
Not recorded
Children
Howard Wylie Glasgow
Gender
Male
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Glasgow-1565
Research clusters
Worldwide One-Tree profile leads
Mapped descendants
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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 positionHoward Wylie Glasgow (1882)
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.

Relationship comparison

Potential parents or duplicates

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

Higher-signal leadReview carefullyWeak lead

Possible fathers5 leads

Automated fit43/100
Competing Linked Parent
Dates1827–1901Generation21 years age gapRecorded placesWest Deer Township, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States · Alleghehy, Pennsylvania, United StatesIndependent clue breadth · 6Age · Indirect Multi-Factor Convergence · Rare Branch-Name Recurrence · Spouse · Two-Generation · Undated LocalityCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 21-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate is associated with the subject's stated birthplace, but not by a reliable near-contemporary record (+10)
  • known spouse Lee Ann (Snyder) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (20) at the subject's birth (+7)

a different father is already linked but its evidence is unassessed (−15)

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  • plausible 21-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 55 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1882), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • candidate is associated with the subject's stated birthplace, but not by a reliable near-contemporary record (+10)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • known spouse Lee Ann (Snyder) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (20) at the subject's birth (+7)
  • uncommon given names recur in both otherwise distinct descendant branches: Howard +14 (4 public profiles; subject branch: Howard Wylie Glasgow; candidate branch: Howard Calvert Glasgow) (+14 total)
  • 3 independent unlinked-profile clue types converge (+5): household chronology, locality, naming

Deductions and cautions: a different father is already linked but its evidence is unassessed (−15)

Automated fit36/100
Competing Linked Parent
Dates1807–1857Generation41 years age gapRecorded placesBakerstown, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States · Des Moines County, Iowa, United States · Bakerstown, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USAIndependent clue breadth · 7Age · Birth-Order Gap · Local Same-Spouse Child Window · Spouse · Spouse-Specific Child Window · Two-Generation · Undated LocalitySame-spouse child windowSarah (Taggart) GlasgowCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 41-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate has only broad or undated birth-locality overlap: allegheny (+6)
  • candidate's birth is 75 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1882), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

a different father is already linked but its evidence is unassessed (−15)

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  • plausible 41-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 75 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1882), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • candidate has only broad or undated birth-locality overlap: allegheny (+6)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • subject's birth fits between children attributed to the same parental couple (1832–1854) (+6; other parent Sarah (Taggart) Glasgow)
  • same-couple children Robert Hamilton Glasgow (1846) and Mary Agnes Glasgow (1850) bracket the subject in the same specific birth locality (+10; strong household-placement clue, not proof)
  • the subject fills a 4-year gap between those same-couple, same-locality children (+4; corroborated missing birth-order slot)
  • known spouse Sarah (Taggart) Glasgow had a bounded, possibly plausible maternal age (34) at the subject's birth (+3)

Deductions and cautions: a different father is already linked but its evidence is unassessed (−15)

Show 3 lower-scoring possible fathers
Automated fit34/100
Competing Linked Parent
Dates1807–1886Generation41 years age gapRecorded placesBrush Creek Township, Adams, Ohio, United States · Washington, Washington, Iowa, United StatesIndependent clue breadth · 7Age · Birth-Order Gap · Local Same-Spouse Child Window · Spouse · Spouse-Specific Child Window · Two-Generation · Undated LocalitySame-spouse child windowMargaret Elizabeth (Black) GlasgowCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 41-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • known spouse Margaret Taylor (Lowry) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (34) at the subject's birth (+7)
  • candidate has only broad or undated birth-locality overlap: township (+6)

a different father is already linked but its evidence is unassessed (−15); candidate's child William Gilbert Glasgow (Glasgow-556) is also a plausible father in the subject's birth locality (−6; current tree places this candidate one generation farther back)

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  • plausible 41-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 75 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1882), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • candidate has only broad or undated birth-locality overlap: township (+6)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • subject's birth fits between children attributed to the same parental couple (1830–1849) (+6; other parent Margaret Elizabeth (Black) Glasgow)
  • same-couple children Alma (Glasgow) Wilson (1842) and Melancthon Glasgow (1849) bracket the subject in the same specific birth locality (+10; strong household-placement clue, not proof)
  • the subject fills a 7-year gap between those same-couple, same-locality children (+4; corroborated missing birth-order slot)
  • known spouse Margaret Taylor (Lowry) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (34) at the subject's birth (+7)

Deductions and cautions: a different father is already linked but its evidence is unassessed (−15); candidate's child William Gilbert Glasgow (Glasgow-556) is also a plausible father in the subject's birth locality (−6; current tree places this candidate one generation farther back)

Automated fit33/100
Competing Linked Parent
Dates1820–1901Generation28 years age gapRecorded placesAllegheny, Pennsylvania, United States · West Deer Township, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States · Allegheny, PAIndependent clue breadth · 5Age · Spouse · Spouse-Specific Child Window · Two-Generation · Undated LocalityExisting-tree context (not an independent clue)Rare Sibling-Name PatternSame-spouse child windowElizabeth J (Blackwood) GlasgowCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 28-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate is associated with the subject's stated birthplace, but not by a reliable near-contemporary record (+10)
  • known spouse Elizabeth J (Blackwood) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (25) at the subject's birth (+7)

a different father is already linked but its evidence is unassessed (−15)

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  • plausible 28-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 62 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1882), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • candidate is associated with the subject's stated birthplace, but not by a reliable near-contemporary record (+10)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • subject's birth fits between children attributed to the same parental couple (1846–1866) (+6; other parent Elizabeth J (Blackwood) Glasgow)
  • known spouse Elizabeth J (Blackwood) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (25) at the subject's birth (+7)
  • candidate's other children share uncommon given names with the subject's recorded siblings: Hugh +3 (36 public profiles) (+3 total)

Deductions and cautions: a different father is already linked but its evidence is unassessed (−15)

Automated fit26/100
Competing Linked Parent
Dates1821–1886Generation27 years age gapRecorded placesScott Township, Adams, Ohio, United States · Iowa City, Johnson, Iowa, United StatesIndependent clue breadth · 5Age · Spouse · Spouse-Specific Child Window · Two-Generation · Undated LocalitySame-spouse child windowMalinda Ann (Best) GlasgowCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 27-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • known spouse Malinda Ann (Best) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (25) at the subject's birth (+7)
  • candidate has only broad or undated birth-locality overlap: township (+6)

a different father is already linked but its evidence is unassessed (−15)

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  • plausible 27-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 61 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1882), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • candidate has only broad or undated birth-locality overlap: township (+6)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • subject's birth fits between children attributed to the same parental couple (1844–1859) (+6; other parent Malinda Ann (Best) Glasgow)
  • known spouse Malinda Ann (Best) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (25) at the subject's birth (+7)

Deductions and cautions: a different father is already linked but its evidence is unassessed (−15)

Possible mothers5 leads

Automated fit26/100
Competing Linked Parent
Dates1823–1889Generation25 years age gapRecorded placesCounty Down, Ireland · West Deer Township, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United StatesIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Spouse-Specific Child Window · Two-Generation · Undated LocalityExisting-tree context (not an independent clue)Rare Sibling-Name PatternSame-spouse child windowJohn Cameron GlasgowCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 25-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate is associated with the subject's stated birthplace, but not by a reliable near-contemporary record (+10)
  • candidate's birth is 59 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1882), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

a different mother is already linked but its evidence is unassessed (−15)

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  • plausible 25-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 59 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1882), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • candidate is associated with the subject's stated birthplace, but not by a reliable near-contemporary record (+10)
  • subject's birth fits between children attributed to the same parental couple (1846–1866) (+6; other parent John Cameron Glasgow)
  • candidate's other children share uncommon given names with the subject's recorded siblings: Hugh +3 (36 public profiles) (+3 total)

Deductions and cautions: a different mother is already linked but its evidence is unassessed (−15)

Automated fit22/100
Competing Linked Parent
Dates1819–1907Generation29 years age gapRecorded placesBellaire, Pultney Township, Belmont, Ohio, United States · Brown, Indiana, United StatesIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Spouse-Specific Child Window · Two-Generation · Undated LocalityExisting-tree context (not an independent clue)Rare Sibling-Name PatternSame-spouse child windowHugh GlasgowCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 29-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate has only broad or undated birth-locality overlap: township (+6)
  • candidate's birth is 63 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1882), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

a different mother is already linked but its evidence is unassessed (−15)

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  • plausible 29-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 63 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1882), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • candidate has only broad or undated birth-locality overlap: township (+6)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • subject's birth fits between children attributed to the same parental couple (1844–1856) (+6; other parent Hugh Glasgow)
  • candidate's other children share uncommon given names with the subject's recorded siblings: Hugh +3 (36 public profiles) (+3 total)

Deductions and cautions: a different mother is already linked but its evidence is unassessed (−15)

Show 3 lower-scoring possible mothers
Automated fit17/100
Competing Linked Parent
Dates1828–1913Generation20 years age gapRecorded placesPennsylvania, United States · Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United StatesIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Two-Generation · Undated LocalityCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 20-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • same specific indexed locality despite wider place-label differences: allegheny pennsylvania united states (+10)
  • candidate's birth is 54 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1882), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

a different mother is already linked but its evidence is unassessed (−15)

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  • plausible 20-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 54 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1882), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same specific indexed locality despite wider place-label differences: allegheny pennsylvania united states (+10)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)

Deductions and cautions: a different mother is already linked but its evidence is unassessed (−15)

Automated fit17/100
Competing Linked Parent
Dates1824–1894Generation24 years age gapRecorded placesAllegheny, Pennsylvania, United States · Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United StatesIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Two-Generation · Undated LocalityCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 24-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • same specific indexed locality despite wider place-label differences: allegheny pennsylvania united states (+10)
  • candidate's birth is 58 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1882), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

a different mother is already linked but its evidence is unassessed (−15)

Show complete scoring
  • plausible 24-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 58 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1882), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same specific indexed locality despite wider place-label differences: allegheny pennsylvania united states (+10)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)

Deductions and cautions: a different mother is already linked but its evidence is unassessed (−15)

Automated fit17/100
Competing Linked Parent
Dates1814–1895Generation34 years age gapRecorded placesCounty Antrim, Ireland · Blanchard, Page, Iowa, United States · County Antrim — exact locality unprovedIndependent clue breadth · 5Age · Birth-Order Gap · Local Same-Spouse Child Window · Spouse-Specific Child Window · Two-GenerationSame-spouse child windowRobert Alexander GlasgowCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 34-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 68 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1882), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • subject's birth fits between children attributed to the same parental couple (1832–1854) (+6; other parent Robert Alexander Glasgow)

a different mother is already linked but its evidence is unassessed (−15); same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10)

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  • plausible 34-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 68 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1882), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • subject's birth fits between children attributed to the same parental couple (1832–1854) (+6; other parent Robert Alexander Glasgow)
  • same-couple children Robert Hamilton Glasgow (1846) and Mary Agnes Glasgow (1850) bracket the subject in the same specific birth locality (+10; strong household-placement clue, not proof)
  • the subject fills a 4-year gap between those same-couple, same-locality children (+4; corroborated missing birth-order slot)

Deductions and cautions: a different mother is already linked but its evidence is unassessed (−15); same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10)

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.

No sufficiently similar same-name person is currently indexed.

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
Evidence assessmentWhat is supported, uncertain or disputed in the current case model.8 claims
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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.2 sources

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

  1. derivative "Pennsylvania Deaths and Burials, 1720-1999", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:H5DY-GTMM : 9 July 2020), Cunningham C. Glasgow, 1889.
  2. tree_only WikiTree profile export for Glasgow-1565
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WikiTree profile information

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

Machine-readable dossier

WikiTree biography, citations and relationship snapshot

Glasgow-1565 was captured 2026-08-07T09:54:35+00:00; WikiTree profile revision 2022-08-22.

Profile location claims

EventDateLocationStatus
birth—West Deer Township, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United StatesWikiTree profile field
death—Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United StatesWikiTree profile field

Immediate relationship snapshot

RelationshipPersonWikiTree IDDates and places returned
ParentsRobert GlasgowGlasgow-5461791-09-17 · Ireland · 1881-05-31 · Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States
ParentsMargaret GlasgowCunningham-136131803-04-04 · 1880-08-01 · Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States
ChildrenHoward Wylie GlasgowGlasgow-19501882-04-04 · Bakerstown, Richland Township, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States · 1961-04-26 · Erie, Pennsylvania, United States
SiblingsSarah Jane GillelandGlasgow-15661834-02-15 · West Deer Township, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States · 1881-05-31 · Suffolk, Virginia, United States
SiblingsJohn B GlasgowGlasgow-15671836-00-00 · Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States · 1911-02-18
SiblingsHugh GlasgowGlasgow-15681838-05-01 · 1854-01-15 · Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States
SiblingsRobert C GlasgowGlasgow-15691841-05-01 · Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States · 1864-08-15 · Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Record-bearing passages

Profile source citations

  1. "Pennsylvania Deaths and Burials, 1720-1999", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:H5DY-GTMM : 9 July 2020), Cunningham C. Glasgow, 1889. source link 1
Full captured biography text
BiographySources
* "Pennsylvania Deaths and Burials, 1720-1999", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:H5DY-GTMM : 9 July 2020), Cunningham C. Glasgow, 1889.
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* "Pennsylvania Deaths and Burials, 1720-1999", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:H5DY-GTMM : 9 July 2020), Cunningham C. Glasgow, 1889.
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