Individual research record
Nelson Glasgow
c. 1848-05-01 – 1921-05-12
Glasgow-1797 · 1 mapped association
At a glance
Identity & family
Tree links organise the family; documentary status still varies.
- Birth
- c. 1848-05-01 · Ballynasollus, Kildress, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland, United Kingdom
- Death
- 1921-05-12 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- Parents
- John GlasgowconfidentAnn Jane (Ferguson) Glasgowconfident
- Spouses
- Not recorded
- Children
- Not recorded
- Gender
- Male
- WikiTree
- Glasgow-1797
- Research clusters
- Descendants of James Glasgow (c.1700)
- 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
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.
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.
Same-name candidate
Nelson GlasgowGlasgow-1733
- same first and last name (+18)
- overlapping locality (+8)
record-derived birth estimates differ by 42; retained without deduction; marked-confident fathers are different (−18); marked-confident mothers are different (−18)
Full comparison detail
- same first and last name (+18)
- overlapping locality (+8)
Conflicts: record-derived birth estimates differ by 42; retained without deduction; marked-confident fathers are different (−18); marked-confident mothers are different (−18)
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
Profile-stated birthplace: Ballynasollus, Kildress, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland
One-Tree export profile fields are search leads, not sources. Attached parent profile(s): Glasgow-1699, Ferguson-16492.
Source and mapping detail
WikiTree profile export for Glasgow-1797
No sufficiently specific citation match found.
Precision: Civil-parish representative point
Evidence assessmentWhat is supported, uncertain or disputed in the current case model.9 claims
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.6 sources
Source or provenance: quality describes the record layer, not every conclusion drawn from it.
- original Stated on his US death certificate -- although these are more often wrong than right for Irish immigrants from this time.
- original He is named in his father's will as being in Philadelphia; and his death certificate names his parents.
- derivative "New Jersey Marriages, 1678-1985", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZR6-29S : 27 August 2020), Nelson Glasgow, 1895.
- derivative Nelson Glasgow, 1921. Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, PA; Pennsylvania (State). Death Certificates, 1906-1968; Certificate Number Range: 050501-053500. Source Information: Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1967 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
- derivative "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch ( : accessed 17 May 2021), Nelson Glasgow, Philadelphia Ward 15, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 214, sheet 12B, family 194, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.:
- tree_only WikiTree profile export for Glasgow-1797
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WikiTree profile information
Glasgow-1797
Nelson Glasgow
Updated 2021-05-17
Dataset: ONT_Glasco_2026-08-18T16_05.json · generated 2026-08-20
WikiTree biography, citations and relationship snapshot
Glasgow-1797 was captured 2026-08-07T09:54:35+00:00; WikiTree profile revision 2021-05-17.
Profile location claims
| Event | Date | Location | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| birth | — | Ballynasollus, Kildress, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland | WikiTree profile field |
| death | — | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | WikiTree profile field |
Immediate relationship snapshot
| Relationship | Person | WikiTree ID | Dates and places returned |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parents | John Glasgow | Glasgow-1699 | 1824-00-00 · Ireland · 1906-05-06 · Ballynasollus, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland |
| Parents | Ann Jane Glasgow | Ferguson-16492 | 1823-00-00 · Ireland · 1912-05-24 · Ballynasollus, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland |
| Siblings | James Glasgow | Glasgow-1732 | 1844-00-00 · County Tyrone, Ireland · 1906-03-01 · Killycurragh, Derryloran, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland |
| Siblings | Jane Glasgow | Glasgow-1793 | 1855-00-00 · Ballynasollus, Kildress, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland · 1933-08-19 |
| Siblings | Sarah Glasgow | Glasgow-1736 | 1860-05-06 · Ballynasollus, Kildress, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland · 1890-08-30 |
| Siblings | Margaret Glasgow | Glasgow-1798 | 1864-00-00 · Ballynasollus, Kildress, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland · 0000-00-00 |
| Siblings | Martha Glasgow | Glasgow-1715 | 1864-00-00 · Ballynasollus, Kildress, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland · 1935-10-16 · Ballynasollus, Kildress, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom |
| Siblings | Elenor Glasgow | Glasgow-1713 | 1866-05-27 · Ballynasollus, Kildress, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland · 1927-12-08 · Ballynasollus, Kildress, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom |
Profile categories
Cedar Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Cedar_Hill_Cemetery,_Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania Migrants from County Tyrone to Pennsylvania Migrants_from_County_Tyrone_to_Pennsylvania
Record-bearing passages
- Biography Nelson was born about 1 May 1848. Stated on his US death certificate -- although these are more often wrong than right for Irish immigrants from this time. He was the son of John Glasgow and Ann Jane Ferguson. He is named in his father's will as being in Philadelphia; and his death certificate names his parents.
- On 11 Jun 1895 in Camden, New Jersey, USA, he married Mary E Linton. "New Jersey Marriages, 1678-1985", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZR6-29S : 27 August 2020), Nelson Glasgow, 1895. She was born in Ireland and age 37 as of 1910. They had children John, Thomas James, Robert, and William Alexander.
He passed away 12 May 1921 at Philadelphia due to spinal sclerosis of 5 years. He had been an employee of P R J Co. Witnessed by Thomas J Glasgow of same address, 1512 Melon St. He was buried at Cedar Hill. Nelson Glasgow, 1921. Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, PA; Pennsylvania (State). Death Certificates, 1906-1968; Certificate Number Range: 050501-053500. Source Information: Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1967 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Sources
- "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGD5-GY5 : accessed 17 May 2021), Nelson Glasgow, Philadelphia Ward 15, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 214, sheet 12B, family 194, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1391; FHL microfilm 1,375,404.
Profile source citations
- Stated on his US death certificate -- although these are more often wrong than right for Irish immigrants from this time.
- He is named in his father's will as being in Philadelphia; and his death certificate names his parents.
- "New Jersey Marriages, 1678-1985", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZR6-29S : 27 August 2020), Nelson Glasgow, 1895. source link 1
- Nelson Glasgow, 1921. Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, PA; Pennsylvania (State). Death Certificates, 1906-1968; Certificate Number Range: 050501-053500. Source Information: Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1967 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
- "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGD5-GY5 : accessed 17 May 2021), Nelson Glasgow, Philadelphia Ward 15, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 214, sheet 12B, family 194, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1391; FHL microfilm 1,375,404. source link 1
Full captured biography text
Biography Nelson was born about 1 May 1848. Stated on his US death certificate -- although these are more often wrong than right for Irish immigrants from this time. He was the son of John Glasgow and Ann Jane Ferguson. He is named in his father's will as being in Philadelphia; and his death certificate names his parents. On 11 Jun 1895 in Camden, New Jersey, USA, he married Mary E Linton. "New Jersey Marriages, 1678-1985", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZR6-29S : 27 August 2020), Nelson Glasgow, 1895. She was born in Ireland and age 37 as of 1910. They had children John, Thomas James, Robert, and William Alexander. He passed away 12 May 1921 at Philadelphia due to spinal sclerosis of 5 years. He had been an employee of P R J Co. Witnessed by Thomas J Glasgow of same address, 1512 Melon St. He was buried at Cedar Hill. Nelson Glasgow, 1921. Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, PA; Pennsylvania (State). Death Certificates, 1906-1968; Certificate Number Range: 050501-053500. Source Information: Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1967 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Sources * "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGD5-GY5 : accessed 17 May 2021), Nelson Glasgow, Philadelphia Ward 15, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 214, sheet 12B, family 194, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1391; FHL microfilm 1,375,404.
Raw WikiTree biography markup
[[Category:Migrants from County Tyrone to Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:Cedar Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]
== Biography ==
{{Ireland Native}}
{{Migrating Ancestor | origin = Ireland | destination = United States | origin-flag = Flags-1.gif | destination-flag = US_Flags-1.png}}
{{Pennsylvania Sticker}}
Nelson was born about 1 May 1848.
<ref>Stated on his US death certificate -- although these are more often wrong than right for Irish immigrants from this time.</ref>
He was the son of [[Glasgow-1699|John Glasgow]] and [[Ferguson-16492|Ann Jane Ferguson]].
<ref>He is named in his father's will as being in Philadelphia; and his death certificate names his parents.</ref>
On 11 Jun 1895 in Camden, New Jersey, USA, he married Mary E Linton.
<ref>"New Jersey Marriages, 1678-1985", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZR6-29S : 27 August 2020), Nelson Glasgow, 1895.</ref>
She was born in Ireland and age 37 as of 1910. They had children John, Thomas James, Robert, and William Alexander.
He passed away 12 May 1921 at Philadelphia due to spinal sclerosis of 5 years. He had been an employee of P R J Co. Witnessed by Thomas J Glasgow of same address, 1512 Melon St. He was buried at Cedar Hill.
<ref>{{Ancestry Record|PADeathCollection|1561564}} Nelson Glasgow, 1921. Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, PA; Pennsylvania (State). Death Certificates, 1906-1968; Certificate Number Range: 050501-053500. Source Information: Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1967 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.</ref>
== Sources ==
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* "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGD5-GY5 : accessed 17 May 2021), Nelson Glasgow, Philadelphia Ward 15, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 214, sheet 12B, family 194, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1391; FHL microfilm 1,375,404.