Glasgow Surname Project

Individual research record

Silas Johnston Glasgow

1864-12-16 – ?

Glasgow-1705 · 1 mapped association

Drumnamalta, Kildress, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland, United KingdomDeath place unknown

At a glance

Identity & family

Tree links organise the family; documentary status still varies.

1Mapped records
3Close relations
5Evidence items
2Candidate leads
Birth
1864-12-16 · Drumnamalta, Kildress, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland, United Kingdom
Death
Not recorded · Place not recorded
Parents
Allen GlasgowconfidentEsther (Henry) Glasgowconfident
Spouses
Eliza (Reid) Glasgow
Children
Not recorded
Gender
Male
WikiTree
Glasgow-1705
Research clusters
Ireland One-Tree profile leads
Mapped descendants
0

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 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

No named children are recoverable, so child-naming analysis cannot be run.

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.

Automated fit34/100
Similar Person
Dates1867–1928PlacesKillycurragh, Derryloran, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland, United Kingdom → Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United StatesParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 3 (+18)
  • overlapping locality (+8)

unassessed father attachments differ (−5); unassessed mother attachments differ (−5)

Full comparison detail
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 3 (+18)
  • overlapping locality (+8)

Conflicts: unassessed father attachments differ (−5); unassessed mother attachments differ (−5)

Automated fit16/100
Similar Person
Dates1939–2000PlacesCookstown, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom → Cookstown, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United KingdomParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • overlapping locality (+8)

record-derived birth estimates differ by 75; retained without deduction; unassessed father attachments differ (−5); unassessed mother attachments differ (−5)

Full comparison detail
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • overlapping locality (+8)

Conflicts: record-derived birth estimates differ by 75; retained without deduction; unassessed father attachments differ (−5); unassessed mother attachments differ (−5)

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. 1864

Profile-stated birthplace: Drumnamalta, Kildress, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland

Kildress civil parish

One-Tree export profile fields are search leads, not sources; relationships are shown only where the export supplies parent links.

One-Tree profile leadoriginal
Source and mapping detail

Silas Glasgow, 1864, Cookstown (https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/details-civil/69db3b7713100) at Irish Civil Registration - Births

Candidate matched on record type, year, place; inspect before treating it as the underlying record.

Precision: Civil-parish representative point

Evidence assessmentWhat is supported, uncertain or disputed in the current case model.14 claims
3Original
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.5 sources
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-1705 was captured 2026-08-07T09:54:35+00:00; WikiTree profile revision 2022-05-17.

Profile location claims

EventDateLocationStatus
birthDrumnamalta, Kildress, Cookstown, County Tyrone, IrelandWikiTree profile field
marriage1892-08-02Cookstown, County Tyrone, IrelandWikiTree relationship field

Immediate relationship snapshot

RelationshipPersonWikiTree IDDates and places returned
ParentsAllen GlasgowGlasgow-17031839-00-00 · Killycurragh, Derryloran, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland · 1925-12-31 · Cookstown District, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
ParentsEsther GlasgowHenry-137221834-00-00 · Drumnamalta, Kildress, County Tyrone, Ireland · 1897-11-28 · Drumnamalta, Kildress, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland
SiblingsWilliam James GlasgowGlasgow-22621857-00-00 · Drumnamalta, Kildress, County Tyrone, Ireland · 0000-00-00
SiblingsMary HenryGlasgow-20021859-00-00 · Drumnamalta, Kildress, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland · 0000-00-00
SiblingsJoseph GlasgowGlasgow-23181862-00-00 · Drumnamalta, Kildress, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland · 0000-00-00
SiblingsAnnie GlasgowGlasgow-20051866-11-16 · Drumnamalta, Kildress, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland · 1891-09-28
SiblingsSarah Adelaide GlasgowGlasgow-20101868-06-21 · Drumnamalta, Kildress, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland · 1930-12-10 · Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
SiblingsJoanna GlasgowGlasgow-17041869-11-20 · Drumnamalta, Kildress, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland · 0000-00-00
SiblingsJohn Coryngham GlasgowGlasgow-20091872-04-07 · Drumnamalta, Kildress, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland · 0000-00-00
SiblingsGeorge Whitfield GlasgowGlasgow-20071874-01-10 · Drumnamalta, Kildress, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland · 1895-10-25
SiblingsCaroline BeyerGlasgow-20061876-10-14 · Drumnamalta, Kildress, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland · 1961-12-21 · Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
SiblingsThomas Hamilton GlasgowGlasgow-20081878-07-14 · Drumnamalta, Kildress, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland · 1923-06-18
SpousesEliza GlasgowReid-189201866-09-25 · Coolreaghs, Derryloran, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland · 1896-04-13 · Aughlish, Derryloran, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland · 1892-08-02 · Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland

Profile categories

Drumnamalta Townland, Kildress Parish, County Tyrone Drumnamalta_Townland,_Kildress_Parish,_County_Tyrone

Record-bearing passages

Profile source citations

  1. Silas Glasgow, 1864, Cookstown (https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/details-civil/69db3b7713100) at Irish Civil Registration - Births source link 1
  2. Silas Glasgow, Lizzie Reid, 1892, Cookstown (https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/details-civil/68d5462179647) at Irish Civil Registration - Marriages source link 1
  3. 1901 Ireland census (http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Tyrone/Cookstown/Molesworth_St_/1728903/) - Residents of a house 11 in Molesworth St. (Cookstown, Tyrone). Richard Mason(57, provision merchant, b. Derry), John Mason(34, nephew), Sara Glasgow(28, niece), Silas Glasgow (36, servant), +servants. source link 1
  4. 1911 Ireland census (http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Tyrone/Cookstown_Urban/Molesworth_Street/858647/) - same situation. source link 1
Full captured biography text
Biography
Silas was born 16 Dec 1864 at Drumnamalta. He was the son of Allen Glasgow and Hessie Henry. 
 Silas Glasgow, 1864, Cookstown (https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/details-civil/69db3b7713100) at Irish Civil Registration - Births 

On 26 Aug 1892 at the Cookstown Gospel Hall, he married Lizzie Reid of Aughlish, Derryloran, daughter of Samuel Reid, farmer.
 Silas Glasgow, Lizzie Reid, 1892, Cookstown (https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/details-civil/68d5462179647) at Irish Civil Registration - Marriages 
She passed away in 1896.

On 1 Aug 1898 at the Cookstown registry office, he married Sarah Mason, daughter of William Mason, merchant. They lived at 24 Molesworth St, Cookstown.
Research Notes
He might be the person "Johnston Glasgow, nephew" in the funeral of Nancy Glasgow (abt.1836-1896); although he is called "Silas" in the censuses.
Sources
* 1901 Ireland census (http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Tyrone/Cookstown/Molesworth_St_/1728903/) - Residents of a house 11 in Molesworth St. (Cookstown, Tyrone). Richard Mason(57, provision merchant, b. Derry), John Mason(34, nephew), Sara Glasgow(28, niece), Silas Glasgow (36, servant), +servants.
* 1911 Ireland census (http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Tyrone/Cookstown_Urban/Molesworth_Street/858647/) - same situation.
Raw WikiTree biography markup
[[Category: Drumnamalta Townland, Kildress Parish, County Tyrone]]
== Biography ==
{{Ireland Native}}
Silas was born 16 Dec 1864 at Drumnamalta. He was the son of [[Glasgow-1703|Allen Glasgow]] and [[Henry-13722|Hessie Henry]]. 
<ref>[https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/details-civil/69db3b7713100 Silas Glasgow, 1864, Cookstown] at Irish Civil Registration - Births</ref>

On 26 Aug 1892 at the Cookstown Gospel Hall, he married Lizzie Reid of Aughlish, Derryloran, daughter of Samuel Reid, farmer.
<ref>[https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/details-civil/68d5462179647 Silas Glasgow, Lizzie Reid, 1892, Cookstown] at Irish Civil Registration - Marriages</ref>
She passed away in 1896.

On 1 Aug 1898 at the Cookstown registry office, he married Sarah Mason, daughter of William Mason, merchant. They lived at 24 Molesworth St, Cookstown.

== Research Notes ==
He might be the person "Johnston Glasgow, nephew" in the funeral of [[Glasgow-1707|Nancy Glasgow (abt.1836-1896)]]; although he is called "Silas" in the censuses.

== Sources ==
<references />
* [http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Tyrone/Cookstown/Molesworth_St_/1728903/ 1901 Ireland census] - Residents of a house 11 in Molesworth St. (Cookstown, Tyrone). Richard Mason(57, provision merchant, b. Derry), John Mason(34, nephew), Sara Glasgow(28, niece), Silas Glasgow (36, servant), +servants.
* [http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Tyrone/Cookstown_Urban/Molesworth_Street/858647/ 1911 Ireland census] - same situation.