Glasgow Surname Project

Individual research record

Robert Glasgow

1867-08-21 – 1955-01-12

Glasgow-1822 · 1 mapped association

Killycurragh, Derryloran, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland, United KingdomQueensland, Australia

At a glance

Identity & family

Tree links organise the family; documentary status still varies.

1Mapped records
2Close relations
7Evidence items
2Candidate leads
Birth
1867-08-21 · Killycurragh, Derryloran, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland, United Kingdom
Death
1955-01-12 · Queensland, Australia
Parents
James GlasgowconfidentHannah (Ferguson) Glasgowconfident
Spouses
Not recorded
Children
Not recorded
Gender
Male
WikiTree
Glasgow-1822
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.

Same-name candidate

Robert GlasgowGlasgow-2145

Automated fit46/100
Similar Person
Dates1867–1940PlacesWarrnambool, Victoria, Australia → Koo-wee-rup, Victoria, AustraliaParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • same birth year (+30)
  • overlapping locality (+8)

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

Full comparison detail
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • same birth year (+30)
  • overlapping locality (+8)

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

Automated fit38/100
Similar Person
Dates1865–1952PlacesWaterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa, United States → Canton, Fulton, Illinois, 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 3 (+5)

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

Full comparison detail
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 2 (+25)
  • death years within 3 (+5)

Conflicts: 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. 1867

Profile-stated birthplace: Killycurragh, Derryloran, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland

Killycurragh townland — Oritor/Derryloran

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

One-Tree profile leadderivative
Source and mapping detail

"Ireland Births and Baptisms, 1620-1881", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F51L-96X : 15 February 2020), Robert Glasgow, 1867.

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

Precision: Exact townland centrepoint

Evidence assessmentWhat is supported, uncertain or disputed in the current case model.9 claims
4Unknown
1Derivative
1Original
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.

Next records to inspect

  1. research assessment — 9 (https://www.archivessearch.qld.gov.au/items/ITM18484) - have not searched this but it would be an option to check.
  2. research assessment — Queensland BDM search (https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/details/48db38ef5abf3401a4dd8902e9ba157b25095a7bd0c5d44ddb4abd69fa34a043) - 1896/C/661 Robert Glasgow / Ellen Constance Leadbeter
  3. research assessment — Queensland BDM search (https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/details/408039351ff390ffba121b29d106a06427d76822907b5a1d5e34257957f0a3a6) - 1955/B/8637, parents: James Glasgow & Hannah Ferguson.
Sources and provenanceStructured citations and source-quality classifications.7 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-1822 was captured 2026-08-07T09:54:35+00:00; WikiTree profile revision 2024-02-18.

Profile location claims

EventDateLocationStatus
birthKillycurragh, Derryloran, Cookstown, County Tyrone, IrelandWikiTree profile field
deathQueensland, AustraliaWikiTree profile field

Immediate relationship snapshot

RelationshipPersonWikiTree IDDates and places returned
ParentsJames GlasgowGlasgow-17111833-00-00 · Killycurragh, Derryloran, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland · 1897-02-12
ParentsHannah GlasgowFerguson-164981836-00-00 · Killycurragh, Derryloran, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland · 1918-12-15 · Montober, Kildress, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland
SiblingsJane GlasgowGlasgow-20111860-01-21 · Killycurragh, Derryloran, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland · 0000-00-00
SiblingsJames GlasgowGlasgow-17641862-00-00 · Ballynagilly, Lissan, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland · 1935-02-13 · Tulnacross, Kildress, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
SiblingsJohn GlasgowGlasgow-18211864-10-02 · Killycurragh, Derryloran, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland · 0000-00-00
SiblingsHenry GlasgowGlasgow-17671872-07-12 · Killycurragh, Derryloran, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland · 1956-10-09 · Cookstown SRD, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
SiblingsThomas GlasgowGlasgow-17311874-06-05 · Killycurragh, Derryloran, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland · 1946-04-07 · Killycurragh, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
SiblingsGeorge GlasgowGlasgow-18231878-06-03 · Killycurragh, Derryloran, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland · 0000-00-00

Profile categories

Killycurragh Townland, Derryloran Parish, County Tyrone Killycurragh_Townland,_Derryloran_Parish,_County_Tyrone Merkara, Arrived 18 Nov 1887 Merkara,_Arrived_18_Nov_1887 Migrants from County Tyrone to Queensland Migrants_from_County_Tyrone_to_Queensland

Record-bearing passages

Profile source citations

  1. "Ireland Births and Baptisms, 1620-1881", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F51L-96X : 15 February 2020), Robert Glasgow, 1867. source link 1
  2. Robert Glasgow, 1867, Cookstown (https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/details-civil/a691d87899722) at Irish Civil Registration - Births source link 1
  3. Robert Glasgow in the Queensland, Australia, Passenger Lists, 1848-1912. County Tyrone, Ireland, 1867
  4. Register of passengers on immigrant ships arriving in Queensland - No. 9 (https://www.archivessearch.qld.gov.au/items/ITM18484) - have not searched this but it would be an option to check. source link 1
  5. Queensland BDM search (https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/details/48db38ef5abf3401a4dd8902e9ba157b25095a7bd0c5d44ddb4abd69fa34a043) - 1896/C/661 Robert Glasgow / Ellen Constance Leadbeter source link 1
  6. Queensland BDM search (https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/details/408039351ff390ffba121b29d106a06427d76822907b5a1d5e34257957f0a3a6) - 1955/B/8637, parents: James Glasgow & Hannah Ferguson. source link 1
Full captured biography text
Biography
Robert was born 21 Aug 1867 at Killycurragh, County Tyrone. He is the son of James Glasgow and Hannah Ferguson. 
 "Ireland Births and Baptisms, 1620-1881", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F51L-96X : 15 February 2020), Robert Glasgow, 1867.
 
 Robert Glasgow, 1867, Cookstown (https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/details-civil/a691d87899722) at Irish Civil Registration - Births 

He arrived in Australia aboard the Merkara arrived 15 Nov 1887.
 Robert Glasgow
 in the Queensland, Australia, Passenger Lists, 1848-1912. County Tyrone, Ireland, 1867 
 Register of passengers on immigrant ships arriving in Queensland - No. 9 (https://www.archivessearch.qld.gov.au/items/ITM18484) - have not searched this but it would be an option to check. 

On 14 April 1896 in Queensland, Australia, he married Ellen Constance Leadbeter.
 Queensland BDM search (https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/details/48db38ef5abf3401a4dd8902e9ba157b25095a7bd0c5d44ddb4abd69fa34a043) - 1896/C/661 Robert Glasgow / Ellen Constance Leadbeter 

He passed away 12 July 1955 in Queensland, Australia.
 Queensland BDM search (https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/details/408039351ff390ffba121b29d106a06427d76822907b5a1d5e34257957f0a3a6) - 1955/B/8637, parents: James Glasgow & Hannah Ferguson.
Sources
Raw WikiTree biography markup
[[Category:Merkara, Arrived 18 Nov 1887]]
[[Category:Migrants from County Tyrone to Queensland]]
[[Category:Killycurragh Townland, Derryloran Parish, County Tyrone]]
== Biography ==
{{Ireland Native}}
{{Migrating Ancestor|origin= Ireland |destination= Australia|origin-flag= Flags-1.gif |destination-flag= Flags-5.png}}
Robert was born 21 Aug 1867 at Killycurragh, County Tyrone. He is the son of [[Glasgow-1711|James Glasgow]] and [[Ferguson-16498|Hannah Ferguson]]. 
<ref>"Ireland Births and Baptisms, 1620-1881", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F51L-96X : 15 February 2020), Robert Glasgow, 1867.
</ref>
<ref>[https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/details-civil/a691d87899722 Robert Glasgow, 1867, Cookstown] at Irish Civil Registration - Births</ref>

He arrived in Australia aboard the ''Merkara'' arrived 15 Nov 1887.
<ref>{{Ancestry Record|1856|179477}} Robert Glasgow
 in the Queensland, Australia, Passenger Lists, 1848-1912.  County Tyrone, Ireland, 1867</ref>
<ref>[https://www.archivessearch.qld.gov.au/items/ITM18484 Register of passengers on immigrant ships arriving in Queensland - No. 9] - have not searched this but it would be an option to check.</ref>

On 14 April 1896 in Queensland, Australia, he married Ellen Constance Leadbeter.
<ref>[https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/details/48db38ef5abf3401a4dd8902e9ba157b25095a7bd0c5d44ddb4abd69fa34a043 Queensland BDM search] - 1896/C/661 Robert Glasgow / Ellen Constance Leadbeter</ref>

He passed away 12 July 1955 in Queensland, Australia.
<ref>[https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/details/408039351ff390ffba121b29d106a06427d76822907b5a1d5e34257957f0a3a6 Queensland BDM search] - 1955/B/8637, parents: James Glasgow & Hannah Ferguson.
</ref>

== Sources ==
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