Glasgow Surname Project

Individual research record

Robert Glasgow

1829 – ?

Glasgow-1594 · 1 mapped association

LanarkshireDeath place unknown

At a glance

Identity & family

Tree links organise the family; documentary status still varies.

1Mapped records
5Close relations
2Evidence items
12Candidate leads
Birth
1829 · Lanarkshire
Death
Not recorded · Place not recorded
Parents
Not recorded
Spouses
Elizabeth (Campbell) Glasgow
Children
Alexander GlasgowArchibald GlasgowRobert GlasgowWilliam Glasgow
Gender
Male
WikiTree
Glasgow-1594
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 positionRobert Glasgow (1868)
Maternal grandfather positionArchibald Glasgow (1870)
Maternal grandmother positionNot identifiable from dated child profiles
Paternal grandmother positionNot identifiable from dated child profiles

Known-position checks: 0 support · 1 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 fit44/100
Moderate Lead
Dates1784–?Generation45 years age gapRecorded placesGlasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland · GlasgowIndependent clue breadth · 8Age · Broad Geography · Same-Sex Generational Naming · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Spouse · Spouse-Specific Child Window · Tradition Validation · Two-GenerationSame-spouse child windowJanet (Gilmour) GlasgowCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 45-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • known spouse Janet (Gilmour) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (35) at the subject's birth (+7)
  • candidate's birth is 84 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1868), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

No indexed conflict; documentary proof still required

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  • plausible 45-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 84 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1868), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • weak broad-area overlap: lanarkshire (+1; not a locality match)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • subject's birth fits between children attributed to the same parental couple (1821–1832) (+6; other parent Janet (Gilmour) Glasgow)
  • known spouse Janet (Gilmour) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (35) at the subject's birth (+7)
  • candidate and subject share the given name Robert (+4; weak direct parent-child name recurrence, 165 public profiles)
  • candidate's name matches the first dated son Robert Glasgow, the expected father position for a male subject (+4; catalogue rarity 0, Robert in 165 profiles)
  • family naming controls: 0 supporting and 1 conflicting known positions (already reflected in naming weight)

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

Automated fit33/100
Weak Lead
Dates1792–1873Generation37 years age gapRecorded placesBarony, Lanarkshire, Scotland · County Cork, Ireland, United Kingdom · County Cork — exact locality unprovedIndependent clue breadth · 6Age · Broad Geography · Child Naming · Spouse · Spouse-Specific Child Window · Two-GenerationSame-spouse child windowEllen (Smith) GlasgowCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 37-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 76 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1868), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • known spouse Ellen (Smith) Glasgow had a bounded, possibly plausible maternal age (34) at the subject's birth (+3)

No indexed conflict; documentary proof still required

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  • plausible 37-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 76 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1868), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • weak broad-area overlap: lanarkshire (+1; not a locality match)
  • subject's birth fits between children attributed to the same parental couple (1820–1832) (+6; other parent Ellen (Smith) Glasgow)
  • known spouse Ellen (Smith) Glasgow had a bounded, possibly plausible maternal age (34) at the subject's birth (+3)
  • candidate's given name recurs among another recorded child (+1; Alexander occurs in 59 public profiles)

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

Show 3 lower-scoring possible fathers
Automated fit30/100
Weak Lead
Dates1800–1855Generation29 years age gapRecorded placesWest Kilbride, Ayrshire, Scotland · Greenock West, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom · West Kilbride — AyrshireIndependent clue breadth · 7Age · Household · Same-Sex Generational Naming · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Spouse · Tradition Validation · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 29-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • known spouse Margaret (Williamson) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (22) at the subject's birth (+7)
  • candidate's birth is 68 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1868), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10)

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  • plausible 29-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 68 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1868), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • a known child was born within 3 years of the subject (+3)
  • known spouse Margaret (Williamson) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (22) at the subject's birth (+7)
  • candidate and subject share the given name Robert (+4; weak direct parent-child name recurrence, 165 public profiles)
  • candidate's name matches the first dated son Robert Glasgow, the expected father position for a male subject (+4; catalogue rarity 0, Robert in 165 profiles)
  • family naming controls: 0 supporting and 1 conflicting known positions (already reflected in naming weight)

Deductions and cautions: same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10)

Automated fit30/100
Weak Lead
Dates1799–?Generation30 years age gapRecorded placesBarony, Lanarkshire, Scotland · Lanarkshire — exact locality unprovedIndependent clue breadth · 8Age · Broad Geography · Common Grandparent Birth-Order Naming · Same-Sex Generational Naming · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Spouse · Tradition Validation · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 30-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 69 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1868), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • known spouse Marion (Unknown) Glasgow had a bounded, possibly plausible maternal age (20) at the subject's birth (+3)

subject lies more than 20 years from the candidate's known child-bearing period (−6; children may be missing)

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  • plausible 30-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 69 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1868), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same broad administrative area only (+1; not a locality match)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • known spouse Marion (Unknown) Glasgow had a bounded, possibly plausible maternal age (20) at the subject's birth (+3)
  • candidate and subject share the given name Robert (+4; weak direct parent-child name recurrence, 165 public profiles)
  • candidate's name matches the first dated son Robert Glasgow, the expected father position for a male subject (+4; catalogue rarity 0, Robert in 165 profiles)
  • family naming controls: 0 supporting and 1 conflicting known positions (already reflected in naming weight)
  • the subject would fill the first son position among the candidate's dated children, and the candidate's linked father Robert Glasgow shares the subject's common given name (+2; Scottish grandparent-name pattern, Robert in 165 public profiles; WikiTree: relationship status unmarked; weak alone)

Deductions and cautions: subject lies more than 20 years from the candidate's known child-bearing period (−6; children may be missing)

Automated fit29/100
Weak Lead
Dates1795–1877Generation34 years age gapRecorded placesRothesay, Bute, Scotland · Turakina, Manawatū-whanganui, New ZealandIndependent clue breadth · 7Age · Same-Sex Generational Naming · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Spouse · Spouse-Specific Child Window · Tradition Validation · Two-GenerationSame-spouse child windowMary (Lamb) GlasgowCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 34-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 73 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1868), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • known spouse Mary (Lamb) Glasgow had a bounded, possibly plausible maternal age (25) at the subject's birth (+3)

same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10)

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  • plausible 34-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 73 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1868), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • subject's birth fits between children attributed to the same parental couple (1827–1839) (+6; other parent Mary (Lamb) Glasgow)
  • known spouse Mary (Lamb) Glasgow had a bounded, possibly plausible maternal age (25) at the subject's birth (+3)
  • candidate and subject share the given name Robert (+4; weak direct parent-child name recurrence, 165 public profiles)
  • candidate's name matches the first dated son Robert Glasgow, the expected father position for a male subject (+4; catalogue rarity 0, Robert in 165 profiles)
  • family naming controls: 0 supporting and 1 conflicting known positions (already reflected in naming weight)

Deductions and cautions: same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10)

Possible mothers5 leads

Automated fit32/100
Weak Lead
Dates1794–1845Generation35 years age gapRecorded placesLanarkshire — exact locality unprovedIndependent clue breadth · 5Age · Broad Geography · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Spouse-Specific Child Window · Two-GenerationSame-spouse child windowRobert GlasgowCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 35-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 74 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1868), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same broad administrative area only (+1; not a locality match)

No indexed conflict; documentary proof still required

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  • plausible 35-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 74 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1868), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same broad administrative area only (+1; not a locality match)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • subject's birth fits between children attributed to the same parental couple (1821–1832) (+6; other parent Robert Glasgow)
  • a candidate spouse matches the first dated son Robert Glasgow, the expected father position (+3; Robert in 165 profiles)

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

Automated fit24/100
Weak Lead
Dates1804–1875Generation25 years age gapRecorded placesKelso, Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom · Turakina, Manawatū-Whanganui, New ZealandIndependent clue breadth · 5Age · Candidate-Family Tradition · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Spouse-Specific Child Window · Two-GenerationSame-spouse child windowRobert GlasgowCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 25-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 64 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1868), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)

same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10)

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  • plausible 25-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 64 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1868), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • subject's birth fits between children attributed to the same parental couple (1827–1839) (+6; other parent Robert Glasgow)
  • a candidate spouse matches the first dated son Robert Glasgow, the expected father position (+3; Robert in 165 profiles)
  • the candidate's own child family has 3 known-position naming matches (+3; branch-level validation)

Deductions and cautions: same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10)

Show 3 lower-scoring possible mothers
Automated fit20/100
Weak Lead
Dates1809–?Generation20 years age gapRecorded placesGlasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom · GlasgowIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Broad Geography · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 20-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 59 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1868), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • weak broad-area overlap: lanarkshire (+1; not a locality match)

subject lies more than 20 years from the candidate's known child-bearing period (−6; children may be missing)

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  • plausible 20-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 59 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1868), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • weak broad-area overlap: lanarkshire (+1; not a locality match)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • a candidate spouse matches the first dated son Robert Glasgow, the expected father position (+3; Robert in 165 profiles)

Deductions and cautions: subject lies more than 20 years from the candidate's known child-bearing period (−6; children may be missing)

Automated fit20/100
Weak Lead
Dates1788–1867Generation41 years age gapRecorded placesFranceIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Household · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • possible 41-year parent-child age gap (+10)
  • candidate's birth is 80 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1868), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • a known child was born within 2 years of the subject (+3)

locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction)

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  • possible 41-year parent-child age gap (+10)
  • candidate's birth is 80 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1868), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • a known child was born within 2 years of the subject (+3)
  • a candidate spouse matches the first dated son Robert Glasgow, the expected father position (+3; Robert in 165 profiles)

Deductions and cautions: locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction)

Automated fit18/100
Weak Lead
Dates1807–1839Generation22 years age gapRecorded placesPort Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom · GlasgowIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Household · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 22-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 61 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1868), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • a known child was born within 3 years of the subject (+3)

same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10)

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  • plausible 22-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 61 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1868), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • a known child was born within 3 years of the subject (+3)
  • a candidate spouse matches the first dated son Robert Glasgow, the expected father position (+3; Robert in 165 profiles)

Deductions and cautions: 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.

Same-name candidate

Robert GlasgowGlasgow-587

Automated fit63/100
Similar Person
Dates1830–1914PlacesCookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland, United Kingdom → Avondale, Auckland, New ZealandParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 1 (+25)
  • matching child names: Robert Glasgow, William Glasgow

No indexed conflict

Full comparison detail
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 1 (+25)
  • matching child names: Robert Glasgow, William Glasgow

Conflicts: No indexed conflict

Automated fit50/100
Similar Person
Dates1833–1913PlacesIreland, United Kingdom → West Derby, Lancashire, England, United KingdomParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 4 (+18)
  • matching child name: William Glasgow

No indexed conflict

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

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. 1829

Profile-stated birthplace: Lanarkshire

Lanarkshire — 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 Glasgow-1594

No sufficiently specific citation match found.

Precision: County-level representative point

Evidence assessmentWhat is supported, uncertain or disputed in the current case model.6 claims
1Tree Only
1Unknown

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. unknown Name: Robert Glasgow
  2. tree_only WikiTree profile export for Glasgow-1594
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-1594 was captured 2026-08-07T09:54:35+00:00; WikiTree profile revision 2025-03-27.

Profile location claims

EventDateLocationStatus
birthLanarkshireWikiTree profile field
marriage1867-04-11Bathgate, West Lothian, ScotlandWikiTree relationship field

Immediate relationship snapshot

RelationshipPersonWikiTree IDDates and places returned
ChildrenRobert GlasgowGlasgow-15951868-00-00 · Armadale, Linlithgowshire, Scotland, United Kingdom · 0000-00-00
ChildrenArchibald GlasgowGlasgow-33061870-02-02 · Bathgate, Linlithgowshire, Scotland, United Kingdom · 1871-03-12 · Armadale, Linlithgowshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
ChildrenAlexander GlasgowGlasgow-15961871-11-14 · Bathgate,West Lothian,Scotland · 1941-12-04 · Armadale, West Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
ChildrenWilliam GlasgowGlasgow-15971875-00-00 · Coytton, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom · 0000-00-00
SpousesElizabeth GlasgowCampbell-723801830-00-00 · 0000-00-00 · 1867-04-11 · Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland

Record-bearing passages

  • Biography Robert was born about 1829. Sources

    • Name: Robert Glasgow Age: 62 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1829 Relationship: Head Spouse's name : Elizabteh Glasgow Gender: Male Where born: Glasgow, Lanarkshire Registration Number: 651/1 Registration District: Airdrie Civil Parish: New Monkland County: Lanarkshire Address: McKinlay's Land Occupation: Coal Miner (Retired) ED: 41 Household Schedule Number: 31 Line: 14 Roll: CSSCT1891_315

Profile source citations

  1. Name: Robert Glasgow
Full captured biography text
Biography
Robert was born about 1829.
Sources
* Name: Robert Glasgow
Age: 62
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1829
Relationship: Head
Spouse's name : Elizabteh Glasgow
Gender: Male
Where born: Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Registration Number: 651/1
Registration District: Airdrie
Civil Parish: New Monkland
County: Lanarkshire
Address: McKinlay's Land
Occupation: Coal Miner (Retired)
ED: 41
Household Schedule Number: 31
Line: 14
Roll: CSSCT1891_315
Raw WikiTree biography markup
== Biography ==
Robert was born about 1829.
== Sources ==
<references />
* Name:	Robert Glasgow
Age:	62
Estimated Birth Year:	abt 1829
Relationship:	Head
Spouse's name :	Elizabteh Glasgow
Gender:	Male
Where born:	Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Registration Number:	651/1
Registration District:	Airdrie
Civil Parish:	New Monkland
County:	Lanarkshire
Address:	McKinlay's Land
Occupation:	Coal Miner (Retired)
ED:	41
Household Schedule Number:	31
Line:	14
Roll:	CSSCT1891_315