Glasgow Surname Project

Individual research record

James Glasgow

c. 1774 – c. 1817

Glasgow-1572 · 1 mapped association

Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland→Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
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At a glance

Identity & family

Tree links organise the family; documentary status still varies.

1Mapped records
3Close relations
2Evidence items
12Candidate leads
Birth
c. 1774 · Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland
Death
c. 1817 · Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
James Glasgowunmarked
Spouses
Ann (Houston) Glasgow
Children
James Glasgow
Gender
Male
WikiTree
Glasgow-1572
Research clusters
Scotland One-Tree profile leads
Mapped descendants
4

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 positionJames Glasgow (1799)
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
  • 1 parent reference 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

Possible fathers5 leads

Automated fit28/100
Competing Linked Parent
Dates1730–?Generation44 years age gapRecorded placesIrvine, Ayrshire, Scotland · Irvine — AyrshireIndependent clue breadth · 7Age · Indirect Multi-Factor Convergence · Mapped Proximity · Same-Sex Generational Naming · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Spouse · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 44-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • known spouse Mary (Barber) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (44) at the subject's birth (+7)
  • 3 independent unlinked-profile clue types converge (+5): household chronology, locality, naming

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

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  • plausible 44-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 69 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1799), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • mapped Irvine — Ayrshire is 15.5 km from the subject's birth-period Kilbirnie — Ayrshire (+1; one or both placements are unproved)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • known spouse Mary (Barber) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (44) at the subject's birth (+7)
  • candidate and subject share the given name James (+4; weak direct parent-child name recurrence, 224 public profiles)
  • candidate's name matches the first dated son James Glasgow, the expected father position for a male subject (+4; catalogue rarity 0, James in 224 profiles)
  • 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 fit22/100
Competing Linked Parent
Dates1750–?Generation24 years age gapRecorded placesKilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland · Kilwinning — AyrshireIndependent clue breadth · 6Age · Indirect Multi-Factor Convergence · Mapped Proximity · Same-Sex Generational Naming · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 24-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • 3 independent unlinked-profile clue types converge (+5): household chronology, locality, naming
  • candidate's birth is 49 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1799), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

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

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  • plausible 24-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 49 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1799), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • mapped Kilwinning — Ayrshire is 10.7 km from the subject's birth-period Kilbirnie — Ayrshire (+2; one or both placements are unproved)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • candidate and subject share the given name James (+4; weak direct parent-child name recurrence, 224 public profiles)
  • candidate's name matches the first dated son James Glasgow, the expected father position for a male subject (+4; catalogue rarity 0, James in 224 profiles)
  • 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)

Show 3 lower-scoring possible fathers
Automated fit21/100
Competing Linked Parent
Dates1736–?Generation38 years age gapRecorded placesGlasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland · GlasgowIndependent clue breadth · 6Age · Indirect Multi-Factor Convergence · Mapped Proximity · Same-Sex Generational Naming · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 38-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • 3 independent unlinked-profile clue types converge (+5): household chronology, locality, naming
  • candidate's birth is 63 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1799), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

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

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  • plausible 38-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 63 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1799), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • mapped Glasgow is 29.9 km from the subject's birth-period Kilbirnie — Ayrshire (+1; one or both placements are unproved)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • candidate and subject share the given name James (+4; weak direct parent-child name recurrence, 224 public profiles)
  • candidate's name matches the first dated son James Glasgow, the expected father position for a male subject (+4; catalogue rarity 0, James in 224 profiles)
  • 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 fit15/100
Competing Linked Parent
Dates1753–?Generation21 years age gapRecorded placesDublinIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Household · Spouse · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 21-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • known spouse Ann (Duffy) Glasco had a plausible maternal age (18) at the subject's birth (+7)
  • candidate's birth is 46 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1799), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

a different father is already linked but its evidence is unassessed (−15); locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction)

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  • plausible 21-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 46 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1799), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • a known child was born within 8 years of the subject (+1)
  • known spouse Ann (Duffy) Glasco had a plausible maternal age (18) at the subject's birth (+7)

Deductions and cautions: a different father is already linked but its evidence is unassessed (−15); locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction)

Automated fit15/100
Competing Linked Parent
Dates1742–?Generation32 years age gapRecorded placesKilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland · Kilwinning — AyrshireIndependent clue breadth · 5Age · Great-Grandparent Name Echo · Indirect Multi-Factor Convergence · Mapped Proximity · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 32-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • 3 independent unlinked-profile clue types converge (+5): household chronology, locality, naming
  • candidate's birth is 57 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1799), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

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

Show complete scoring
  • plausible 32-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 57 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1799), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • mapped Kilwinning — Ayrshire is 10.7 km from the subject's birth-period Kilbirnie — Ayrshire (+2; one or both placements are unproved)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • candidate's parents' names recur among the subject's grandchildren: George +1 (+1 total; weak multigeneration clue)
  • 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)

Possible mothers5 leads

Automated fit26/100
Weak Lead
Dates1747–1832Generation27 years age gapRecorded placesIrvine, Ayrshire, Scotland · Ontario, Canada · Irvine — AyrshireIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Mapped Proximity · Two-GenerationExisting-tree context (not an independent clue)Sibling-Household ReplicationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 27-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 52 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1799), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • the same sex-aware parent-name position recurs independently in sibling households: Robert Glasgow → Jane Glasgow (+3)

No indexed conflict; documentary proof still required

Show complete scoring
  • plausible 27-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 52 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1799), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • mapped Irvine — Ayrshire is 15.5 km from the subject's birth-period Kilbirnie — Ayrshire (+1; one or both placements are unproved)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • the same sex-aware parent-name position recurs independently in sibling households: Robert Glasgow → Jane Glasgow (+3)

Deductions and cautions: No indexed conflict; documentary proof still required

Automated fit24/100
Weak Lead
Dates1750–?Generation24 years age gapRecorded placesKilwinning — AyrshireIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Broad Geography · Great-Grandparent Name Echo · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 24-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 49 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1799), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • weak broad-area overlap: ayrshire (+1; not a locality match)

No indexed conflict; documentary proof still required

Show complete scoring
  • plausible 24-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 49 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1799), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • weak broad-area overlap: ayrshire (+1; not a locality match)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • candidate's parents' names recur among the subject's grandchildren: George +1 (+1 total; weak multigeneration clue)

Deductions and cautions: No indexed conflict; documentary proof still required

Show 3 lower-scoring possible mothers
Automated fit24/100
Weak Lead
Dates1744–?Generation30 years age gapRecorded placesKilwinning — AyrshireIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Broad Geography · Great-Grandparent Name Echo · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 30-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 55 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1799), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • weak broad-area overlap: ayrshire (+1; not a locality match)

No indexed conflict; documentary proof still required

Show complete scoring
  • plausible 30-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 55 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1799), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • weak broad-area overlap: ayrshire (+1; not a locality match)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • candidate's parents' names recur among the subject's grandchildren: George +1 (+1 total; weak multigeneration clue)

Deductions and cautions: No indexed conflict; documentary proof still required

Automated fit18/100
Weak Lead
Dates1730–?Generation44 years age gapRecorded placesIrvine — AyrshireIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Broad Geography · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • possible 44-year parent-child age gap (+10)
  • candidate's birth is 69 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1799), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • weak broad-area overlap: ayrshire (+1; not a locality match)

No indexed conflict; documentary proof still required

Show complete scoring
  • possible 44-year parent-child age gap (+10)
  • candidate's birth is 69 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1799), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • weak broad-area overlap: ayrshire (+1; not a locality match)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • a candidate spouse matches the first dated son James Glasgow, the expected father position (+3; James in 224 profiles)

Deductions and cautions: No indexed conflict; documentary proof still required

Automated fit16/100
Weak Lead
Dates1737–?Generationat least 37 years age gapRecorded placesAyr, Ayrshire, Scotland · AyrIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Broad Geography · Great-Grandparent Name Echo · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • candidate's birth is 62 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1799), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at least 37 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • weak broad-area overlap: ayrshire (+1; not a locality match)

No indexed conflict; documentary proof still required

Show complete scoring
  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at least 37 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • candidate's birth is 62 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1799), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • weak broad-area overlap: ayrshire (+1; not a locality match)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • candidate's parents' names recur among the subject's grandchildren: George +1 (+1 total; weak multigeneration clue)

Deductions and cautions: No indexed conflict; documentary proof still required

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.

Same-name candidate

James GlasgowGlasgow-3130

Automated fit50/100
Similar Person
Dates1770–?PlacesScotlandParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 4 (+18)
  • matching child name: James Glasgow

No indexed conflict

Full comparison detail
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 4 (+18)
  • matching child name: James Glasgow

Conflicts: No indexed conflict

Open side-by-side comparison

Same-name candidate

James GlasgowGlasgow-3986

Automated fit40/100
Similar Person
Dates1773–1831PlacesLarne, County Antrim, IrelandParent comparisonSame parent name; profile identity unproved
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 1 (+25)
  • same parent name without a shared profile ID: James Glasgow (+2)

unassessed father attachments differ (−5)

Full comparison detail
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 1 (+25)
  • same parent name without a shared profile ID: James Glasgow (+2)

Conflicts: unassessed father attachments differ (−5)

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. 1774

Profile-stated birthplace: Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland

Kilbirnie — Ayrshire

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 Glasgow-1572

No sufficiently specific citation match found.

Precision: Settlement/parish centrepoint

Evidence assessmentWhat is supported, uncertain or disputed in the current case model.6 claims
2Tree 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. tree_only https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/person/tree/5052148/person/6138703967
  2. tree_only WikiTree profile export for Glasgow-1572
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

Glasgow-1572 was captured 2026-08-07T09:54:35+00:00; WikiTree profile revision 2021-01-14.

Profile location claims

EventDateLocationStatus
birth—Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, ScotlandWikiTree profile field
death—Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, ScotlandWikiTree profile field

Immediate relationship snapshot

RelationshipPersonWikiTree IDDates and places returned
ParentsJames GlasgowGlasgow-11421750-03-18 · 1803-00-00
ParentsJeanSimpson-192001754-00-00 · 0000-00-00
ChildrenJames GlasgowGlasgow-15731799-06-01 · Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland · 1862-10-25
SiblingsRobert GlasgowGlasgow-29631780-00-00 · Scotland · 0000-00-00
SiblingsCapt Robert GlasgowGlasgow-34151800-08-18 · West Kilbride, Ayrshire, Scotland · 1855-11-21 · Greenock West, Renfrewshire, Scotland
SpousesAnn GlasgowHouston-47801763-03-06 · Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland · 1845-05-19 · Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom · 0000-00-00

Record-bearing passages

Profile source citations

  1. https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/person/tree/5052148/person/6138703967 source link 1
Full captured biography text
Biography
James was born about 1774. He was the son of James Glasgow and Jean Simpson. He passed away about 1817. 
Sources
* https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/person/tree/5052148/person/6138703967
Raw WikiTree biography markup
== Biography ==
James was born about 1774. He was the son of [[Glasgow-1142|James Glasgow]] and [[Simpson-19200|Jean Simpson]].  He passed away about 1817. 
== Sources ==
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* https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/person/tree/5052148/person/6138703967