Glasgow Surname Project

Individual research record

Nelson Glasgow

c. 1848-05-01 – 1921-05-12

Glasgow-1797 · 1 mapped association

Ballynasollus, Kildress, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland, United KingdomPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

At a glance

Identity & family

Tree links organise the family; documentary status still varies.

1Mapped records
2Close relations
6Evidence items
1Candidate leads
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

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.

Same-name candidate

Nelson GlasgowGlasgow-1733

Automated fit0/100
Similar Person
Dates1890–?PlacesKillycurragh, Derryloran, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland, United KingdomParent comparisonDifferent marked-confident mothers
Why it may fit
  • 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.

Open only what you need

Research & records

Life and record timelineChronological mapped occurrences and their underlying sources.1 record
b. 1848

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

Kildress civil parish

One-Tree export profile fields are search leads, not sources. Attached parent profile(s): Glasgow-1699, Ferguson-16492.

One-Tree profile leadunknown
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
3Derivative
2Original
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.6 sources

Source or provenance: quality describes the record layer, not every conclusion drawn from it.

  1. original Stated on his US death certificate -- although these are more often wrong than right for Irish immigrants from this time.
  2. original He is named in his father's will as being in Philadelphia; and his death certificate names his parents.
  3. derivative "New Jersey Marriages, 1678-1985", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZR6-29S : 27 August 2020), Nelson Glasgow, 1895.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.:
  6. tree_only WikiTree profile export for Glasgow-1797
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-1797 was captured 2026-08-07T09:54:35+00:00; WikiTree profile revision 2021-05-17.

Profile location claims

EventDateLocationStatus
birthBallynasollus, Kildress, Cookstown, County Tyrone, IrelandWikiTree profile field
deathPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, United StatesWikiTree profile field

Immediate relationship snapshot

RelationshipPersonWikiTree IDDates and places returned
ParentsJohn GlasgowGlasgow-16991824-00-00 · Ireland · 1906-05-06 · Ballynasollus, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland
ParentsAnn Jane GlasgowFerguson-164921823-00-00 · Ireland · 1912-05-24 · Ballynasollus, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland
SiblingsJames GlasgowGlasgow-17321844-00-00 · County Tyrone, Ireland · 1906-03-01 · Killycurragh, Derryloran, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland
SiblingsJane GlasgowGlasgow-17931855-00-00 · Ballynasollus, Kildress, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland · 1933-08-19
SiblingsSarah GlasgowGlasgow-17361860-05-06 · Ballynasollus, Kildress, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland · 1890-08-30
SiblingsMargaret GlasgowGlasgow-17981864-00-00 · Ballynasollus, Kildress, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland · 0000-00-00
SiblingsMartha GlasgowGlasgow-17151864-00-00 · Ballynasollus, Kildress, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland · 1935-10-16 · Ballynasollus, Kildress, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
SiblingsElenor GlasgowGlasgow-17131866-05-27 · 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

  1. Stated on his US death certificate -- although these are more often wrong than right for Irish immigrants from this time.
  2. He is named in his father's will as being in Philadelphia; and his death certificate names his parents.
  3. "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
  4. 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.
  5. "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.