Glasgow Surname Project

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James Alexander Glasgow

1867-01-11 – 1949

Glasgow-1673 · 1 mapped association

Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada→Death place unknown
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Identity & family

Tree links organise the family; documentary status still varies.

1Mapped records
2Close relations
2Evidence items
12Candidate leads
Birth
1867-01-11 · Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Death
1949 · Place not recorded
Parents
Not recorded
Spouses
Genette Mae (Grant) Glasgow
Children
Marion Luella (Glasgow) Bowden
Gender
Male
WikiTree
Glasgow-1673
Research clusters
Worldwide One-Tree profile leads
Mapped descendants
1

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 positionNot identifiable from dated child profiles
Maternal grandfather positionNot identifiable from dated child profiles
Maternal grandmother positionMarion Luella (Glasgow) Bowden (1915)
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 fit27/100
Weak Lead
Dates1847–?Generation20 years age gapRecorded placesCanada · Prescott OntarioIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Broad Geography · Same-Sex Generational Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 20-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 68 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1915), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • weak broad-area overlap: canada (+1; not a locality match)

No indexed conflict; documentary proof still required

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  • plausible 20-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 68 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1915), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • weak broad-area overlap: canada (+1; not a locality match)
  • 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)

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

Automated fit18/100
Weak Lead
Dates1816–?Generation51 years age gapRecorded placesCalliaqua, Saint George, Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Same-Sex Generational Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • possible 51-year parent-child age gap (+10)
  • candidate's birth is 99 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1915), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)

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

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  • possible 51-year parent-child age gap (+10)
  • candidate's birth is 99 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1915), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • 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)

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

Show 3 lower-scoring possible fathers
Automated fit13/100
Weak Lead
Dates1829–1910Generation38 years age gapRecorded placesWeakley County, Tennessee, United States · Clay County, Arkansas, United States · Weakley County, Tennessee, USAIndependent clue breadth · 5Age · Collateral Naming · Household · Spouse · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 38-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • known spouse Elizabeth (Smart) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (31) at the subject's birth (+7)
  • candidate's birth is 86 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1915), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

candidate is recorded only outside the subject's birth country (−25)

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  • plausible 38-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 86 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1915), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • a known child was born within 7 years of the subject (+1)
  • known spouse Elizabeth (Smart) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (31) at the subject's birth (+7)
  • candidate's sibling and niece/nephew network repeats names in the subject's descendant line (three rarest at most): Marion +8 (23 public profiles; niece/nephew Marion Columbus Glasgow) (+8 total)

Deductions and cautions: candidate is recorded only outside the subject's birth country (−25)

Automated fit12/100
Weak Lead
Dates1831–1898Generation36 years age gapRecorded placesNorth Carolina, United StatesIndependent clue breadth · 5Age · Local Sibling Birth · Spouse · Spouse-Specific Child Window · Two-GenerationSame-spouse child windowRebecca (Butts) GlasgowCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 36-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 84 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1915), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • known spouse Rebecca (Butts) Glasgow had a bounded, possibly plausible maternal age (29) at the subject's birth (+3)

candidate is recorded only outside the subject's birth country (−25)

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  • plausible 36-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 84 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1915), 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 (1857–1880) (+6; other parent Rebecca (Butts) Glasgow)
  • candidate has another child, Andrew Simeon Glasgow, born 1 years from the subject in the same specific birth locality (+6; possible sibling-household clue)
  • known spouse Rebecca (Butts) Glasgow had a bounded, possibly plausible maternal age (29) at the subject's birth (+3)

Deductions and cautions: candidate is recorded only outside the subject's birth country (−25)

Automated fit11/100
Weak Lead
Dates1846–1940Generation21 years age gapRecorded placesMonroe, Illinois, United StatesIndependent clue breadth · 6Age · Common Grandparent Birth-Order Naming · Household · Same-Sex Generational Naming · Spouse · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 21-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • known spouse Mary Ann (Laymons) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (18) at the subject's birth (+7)
  • candidate's birth is 69 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1915), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

candidate is recorded only outside the subject's birth country (−25)

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  • plausible 21-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 69 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1915), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • a known child was born within 7 years of the subject (+1)
  • known spouse Mary Ann (Laymons) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (18) at the subject's birth (+7)
  • candidate and subject share the given name James (+4; weak direct parent-child name recurrence, 224 public profiles)
  • the subject would fill the first son position among the candidate's dated children, and the candidate's linked father James Polk Glasgow shares the subject's common given name (+2; Scottish grandparent-name pattern, James in 224 public profiles; WikiTree: relationship status unmarked; weak alone)

Deductions and cautions: candidate is recorded only outside the subject's birth country (−25)

Possible mothers5 leads

Automated fit9/100
Weak Lead
Dates1838–?Generation29 years age gapRecorded placesNorth Carolina, United StatesIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Local Sibling Birth · Spouse-Specific Child Window · Two-GenerationSame-spouse child windowSamuel Andrew Jackson GlasgowCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 29-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 77 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1915), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)

candidate is recorded only outside the subject's birth country (−25)

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  • plausible 29-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 77 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1915), 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 (1857–1880) (+6; other parent Samuel Andrew Jackson Glasgow)
  • candidate has another child, Andrew Simeon Glasgow, born 1 years from the subject in the same specific birth locality (+6; possible sibling-household clue)

Deductions and cautions: candidate is recorded only outside the subject's birth country (−25)

Automated fit8/100
Weak Lead
Dates1840–?Generation27 years age gapRecorded placesNew Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom · Lanarkshire — exact locality unprovedIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Child Naming · Collateral Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 27-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 75 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1915), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • candidate's given name recurs among another recorded child (+3; Marion occurs in 23 public profiles)

candidate is recorded only outside the subject's birth country (−25)

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  • plausible 27-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 75 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1915), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • candidate's given name recurs among another recorded child (+3; Marion occurs in 23 public profiles)
  • candidate's sibling and niece/nephew network repeats names in the subject's descendant line (three rarest at most): Marion +8 (23 public profiles; sibling Marion Glasgow) (+8 total)

Deductions and cautions: candidate is recorded only outside the subject's birth country (−25)

Show 3 lower-scoring possible mothers
Automated fit5/100
Weak Lead
Dates1848–1907Generation19 years age gapRecorded placesTennessee, United States · Tahaka, Texas, United States · TennesseeIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Collateral Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 19-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 67 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1915), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)

candidate is recorded only outside the subject's birth country (−25)

Show complete scoring
  • plausible 19-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 67 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1915), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • candidate's sibling and niece/nephew network repeats names in the subject's descendant line (three rarest at most): Marion +8 (23 public profiles; sibling Marion Columbus Glasgow) (+8 total)

Deductions and cautions: candidate is recorded only outside the subject's birth country (−25)

Automated fit5/100
Weak Lead
Dates1847–?Generation20 years age gapRecorded placesPlains, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom · Lanarkshire — exact locality unprovedIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Collateral Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 20-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 68 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1915), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • candidate's sibling and niece/nephew network repeats names in the subject's descendant line (three rarest at most): Marion +8 (23 public profiles; sibling Marion Glasgow) (+8 total)

candidate is recorded only outside the subject's birth country (−25)

Show complete scoring
  • plausible 20-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 68 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1915), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • candidate's sibling and niece/nephew network repeats names in the subject's descendant line (three rarest at most): Marion +8 (23 public profiles; sibling Marion Glasgow) (+8 total)

Deductions and cautions: candidate is recorded only outside the subject's birth country (−25)

Automated fit5/100
Weak Lead
Dates1842–?Generation25 years age gapRecorded placesHenry, Henry, Tennessee, United States · Mcgregor, Mclennan, Texas, United StatesIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Collateral Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 25-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 73 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1915), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)

candidate is recorded only outside the subject's birth country (−25)

Show complete scoring
  • plausible 25-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 73 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1915), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • candidate's sibling and niece/nephew network repeats names in the subject's descendant line (three rarest at most): Marion +8 (23 public profiles; sibling Marion Columbus Glasgow) (+8 total)

Deductions and cautions: candidate is recorded only outside the subject's birth country (−25)

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-2783

Automated fit51/100
Similar Person
Dates1865–1938PlacesIreland, United Kingdom → Kent, Ontario, CanadaParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 2 (+25)
  • overlapping locality (+8)

No indexed conflict

Full comparison detail
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 2 (+25)
  • overlapping locality (+8)

Conflicts: No indexed conflict

Open side-by-side comparison
Automated fit48/100
Similar Person
Dates1865–1945PlacesStewart County, Tennessee, United States → Stewart County, Tennessee, United StatesParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 2 (+25)
  • death years within 4 (+5)

No indexed conflict

Full comparison detail
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 2 (+25)
  • death years within 4 (+5)

Conflicts: No indexed conflict

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. 1867

Profile-stated birthplace: Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

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-1673

No sufficiently specific citation match found.

Precision: Country-centre fallback for profile locality

Evidence assessmentWhat is supported, uncertain or disputed in the current case model.3 claims
1Derivative
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 Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 23 March 2021), memorial page for James Alexander Glasgow Sr. (11 Jan 1867–1949), Find a Grave Memorial no. 122392988, citing Lawndale Cemetery, Old Town, Penobscot County, Maine, USA ; Maintained by Dale & Patti (contributor 46937639) .
  2. tree_only WikiTree profile export for Glasgow-1673
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-1673 was captured 2026-08-07T09:54:35+00:00; WikiTree profile revision 2021-03-23.

Profile location claims

EventDateLocationStatus
birth—Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, CanadaWikiTree profile field

Immediate relationship snapshot

RelationshipPersonWikiTree IDDates and places returned
ChildrenMarion Luella BowdenGlasgow-16721915-01-12 · Milford, Penobscot, Maine, United States · 2000-02-20 · Bangor, Penobscot, Maine, United States
SpousesGenette Mae GlasgowGrant-175431877-01-02 · Bradley, Penobscot, Maine, United States · 1956-07-09 · Bangor, Penobscot, Maine, United States · 0000-00-00

Record-bearing passages

  • Biography James was born in 1867. He passed away in 1949. Sources

    • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 23 March 2021), memorial page for James Alexander Glasgow Sr. (11 Jan 1867–1949), Find a Grave Memorial no. 122392988, citing Lawndale Cemetery, Old Town, Penobscot County, Maine, USA ; Maintained by Dale & Patti (contributor 46937639) .

Profile source citations

  1. Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 23 March 2021), memorial page for James Alexander Glasgow Sr. (11 Jan 1867–1949), Find a Grave Memorial no. 122392988, citing Lawndale Cemetery, Old Town, Penobscot County, Maine, USA ; Maintained by Dale & Patti (contributor 46937639) . source link 1
Full captured biography text
Biography
James was born in 1867. He passed away in 1949. 
Sources
* Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 23 March 2021), memorial page for James Alexander Glasgow Sr. (11 Jan 1867–1949), Find a Grave Memorial no. 122392988, citing Lawndale Cemetery, Old Town, Penobscot County, Maine, USA ; Maintained by Dale & Patti (contributor 46937639) .
Raw WikiTree biography markup
== Biography ==
James was born in 1867. He passed away in 1949. 
== Sources ==
<references />
* Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 23 March 2021), memorial page for James Alexander Glasgow Sr. (11 Jan 1867–1949), Find a Grave Memorial no. 122392988, citing Lawndale Cemetery, Old Town, Penobscot County, Maine, USA ; Maintained by Dale & Patti (contributor 46937639) .