Individual research record
Silas Henry Glasgow
1909-07-10 – 1986-10-30
Glasgow-1887 · 1 mapped association
At a glance
Identity & family
Tree links organise the family; documentary status still varies.
- Birth
- 1909-07-10 · Muff, Lissan, Magherafelt, County Londonderry, Ireland, United Kingdom
- Death
- 1986-10-30 · Cookstown, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
- Parents
- Henry McCaw GlasgowconfidentElizabeth (Riddle) Glasgowconfident
- Spouses
- Mary (Slaine) Glasgow
- Children
- Silas Henry Glasgow
- Gender
- Male
- WikiTree
- Glasgow-1887
- Research clusters
- Ireland 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
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 candidate met the minimum age, location or family-naming threshold.
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
Silas GlasgowGlasgow-2050
- same first and last name (+18)
- birth years within 18 (+2)
- overlapping locality (+8)
marked-confident fathers are different (−18); marked-confident mothers are different (−18)
Full comparison detail
- same first and last name (+18)
- birth years within 18 (+2)
- overlapping locality (+8)
Conflicts: 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: Muff, Lissan, Magherafelt, County Londonderry, Ireland
One-Tree export profile fields are search leads, not sources; relationships are shown only where the export supplies parent links.
Source and mapping detail
Candidate matched on record type, year, place; inspect before treating it as the underlying record.
Precision: Settlement centrepoint
Evidence assessmentWhat is supported, uncertain or disputed in the current case model.7 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 Silas Glasgow, 1909, Magherafelt, Riddall (https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/details-civil/abaa0b0832686) at Irish Civil Registration - Births
- unknown On 3 April 1936 he married Mary Slaine. GRONI search: M/1936/L1/1106/9/62 Silas Glasgow + Mary Slaine 3rd April 1936 Cookstown
- unknown Forthill Cemetery, Cookstown, Tyrone - OP/K/1149
- unknown "Obituary" (https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002006/19861113/235/0027), Mid-Ulster Mail - Thursday 13 November 1986, Page 27. Photo included.
- original 1911 Ireland census (http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Londonderry/Lissan_Upper/Glebe/614613/) - Residents of a house 1 in Glebe (Lissan Upper, Londonderry). Henry Glasgow(43), Lizzie(28), Robert(8), Fred(5), Silas(1). Note incorrect birth county given for Henry.
- tree_only WikiTree profile export for Glasgow-1887
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WikiTree profile information
Glasgow-1887
Silas Henry Glasgow
Updated 2026-07-25
Dataset: ONT_Glasco_2026-08-18T16_05.json · generated 2026-08-20
WikiTree biography, citations and relationship snapshot
Glasgow-1887 was captured 2026-08-07T09:54:35+00:00; WikiTree profile revision 2026-07-25.
Profile location claims
| Event | Date | Location | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| birth | — | Muff, Lissan, Magherafelt, County Londonderry, Ireland | WikiTree profile field |
| death | — | Cookstown, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom | WikiTree profile field |
| marriage | 1936-04-03 | Cookstown, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom | WikiTree relationship field |
Immediate relationship snapshot
| Relationship | Person | WikiTree ID | Dates and places returned |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parents | Henry McCaw Glasgow | Glasgow-1885 | 1867-12-03 · Killycurragh, Derryloran, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland · 0000-00-00 |
| Parents | Elizabeth Glasgow | Riddle-4065 | 1882-10-12 · Muff, Lissan, Magherafelt, County Londonderry, Ireland · 0000-00-00 |
| Children | Silas Henry Glasgow | Glasgow-2889 | 1939-00-00 · Cookstown, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom · 2000-08-29 |
| Children | Joy | Glasgow-3934 | 1951-00-00 · County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom · 1983-08-10 · Northern Ireland, United Kingdom |
| Siblings | Robert William Glasgow | Glasgow-1886 | 1903-02-05 · Muff, Lissan, Magherafelt, County Londonderry, Ireland · 0000-00-00 |
| Siblings | Frederick Glasgow | Glasgow-1888 | 1905-12-22 · Muff, Lissan, Magherafelt, County Londonderry, Ireland · 0000-00-00 |
| Siblings | Albert | Glasgow-1889 | 1912-01-24 · Muff, Lissan, Magherafelt, County Londonderry, Ireland · 0000-00-00 |
| Spouses | Mary Glasgow | Slaine-26 | 1918-10-05 · Derrinleagh, Kildress, County Tyrone, Ireland · 1999-01-14 · Cookstown, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom · 1936-04-03 |
Profile categories
Forthill Cemetery, Cookstown, Tyrone Forthill_Cemetery,_Cookstown,_Tyrone Muff Townland, Lissan Parish, County Londonderry Muff_Townland,_Lissan_Parish,_County_Londonderry Ulster Special Constabulary Ulster_Special_Constabulary
Record-bearing passages
- Biography Silas was born 10 Jul 1909 at Muff, Lissan. He was the son of Henry Glasgow and Lizzie Riddle. Silas Glasgow, 1909, Magherafelt, Riddall (https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/details-civil/abaa0b0832686) at Irish Civil Registration - Births
- On 3 April 1936 he married Mary Slaine. GRONI search: M/1936/L1/1106/9/62 Silas Glasgow + Mary Slaine 3rd April 1936 Cookstown
- He passed away 30 October 1986 at Thompson House. The funeral was to Cookstown Cemetery. The chief mourners were: Forthill Cemetery, Cookstown, Tyrone - OP/K/1149
"Obituary" (https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002006/19861113/235/0027), Mid-Ulster Mail - Thursday 13 November 1986, Page 27. Photo included.
- Mary (wife)
- Laurence, Silas, Mervyn, Dennis, George, Noel (sons)
- Lucinda, Hazel, Kathleen, Faith, Thelma (daughters)
- Fred Glasgow, Albert Glasgow (brothers)
- Sam Slaine (brother-in-law)
- Elizabeth Ford (sister-in-law)
- James Gibson, Bobby Sampson, Irwin Gillespie, Jim Robinson, Joe Bell, Ian Clare (sons-in-law) Research Notes 1965 Newspaper (https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002006/19650410/208/0012) - marriage of daughter Faith, to James Gibson of New Row, Coagh. Mid-Ulster Mail - Saturday 10 April 1965 Page 12 Sources
- 1911 Ireland census (http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Londonderry/Lissan_Upper/Glebe/614613/) - Residents of a house 1 in Glebe (Lissan Upper, Londonderry). Henry Glasgow(43), Lizzie(28), Robert(8), Fred(5), Silas(1). Note incorrect birth county given for Henry.
Profile source citations
- Silas Glasgow, 1909, Magherafelt, Riddall (https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/details-civil/abaa0b0832686) at Irish Civil Registration - Births source link 1
- On 3 April 1936 he married Mary Slaine. GRONI search: M/1936/L1/1106/9/62 Silas Glasgow + Mary Slaine 3rd April 1936 Cookstown
- Forthill Cemetery, Cookstown, Tyrone - OP/K/1149
- "Obituary" (https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002006/19861113/235/0027), Mid-Ulster Mail - Thursday 13 November 1986, Page 27. Photo included. source link 1
- 1911 Ireland census (http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Londonderry/Lissan_Upper/Glebe/614613/) - Residents of a house 1 in Glebe (Lissan Upper, Londonderry). Henry Glasgow(43), Lizzie(28), Robert(8), Fred(5), Silas(1). Note incorrect birth county given for Henry. source link 1
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Full captured biography text
Biography Silas was born 10 Jul 1909 at Muff, Lissan. He was the son of Henry Glasgow and Lizzie Riddle. Silas Glasgow, 1909, Magherafelt, Riddall (https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/details-civil/abaa0b0832686) at Irish Civil Registration - Births He grew up in the Moneymore district and was a keen cyclist in his youth. He also served in the "B" specials. On 3 April 1936 he married Mary Slaine. GRONI search: M/1936/L1/1106/9/62 Silas Glasgow + Mary Slaine 3rd April 1936 Cookstown He passed away 30 October 1986 at Thompson House. The funeral was to Cookstown Cemetery. The chief mourners were: Forthill Cemetery, Cookstown, Tyrone - OP/K/1149 "Obituary" (https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002006/19861113/235/0027), Mid-Ulster Mail - Thursday 13 November 1986, Page 27. Photo included. * Mary (wife) * Laurence, Silas, Mervyn, Dennis, George, Noel (sons) * Lucinda, Hazel, Kathleen, Faith, Thelma (daughters) * Fred Glasgow, Albert Glasgow (brothers) * Sam Slaine (brother-in-law) * Elizabeth Ford (sister-in-law) * James Gibson, Bobby Sampson, Irwin Gillespie, Jim Robinson, Joe Bell, Ian Clare (sons-in-law) Research Notes 1965 Newspaper (https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002006/19650410/208/0012) - marriage of daughter Faith, to James Gibson of New Row, Coagh. Mid-Ulster Mail - Saturday 10 April 1965 Page 12 Sources * 1911 Ireland census (http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Londonderry/Lissan_Upper/Glebe/614613/) - Residents of a house 1 in Glebe (Lissan Upper, Londonderry). Henry Glasgow(43), Lizzie(28), Robert(8), Fred(5), Silas(1). Note incorrect birth county given for Henry.
Raw WikiTree biography markup
[[Category:Forthill Cemetery, Cookstown, Tyrone]]
[[Category:Ulster Special Constabulary]]
[[Category:Muff Townland, Lissan Parish, County Londonderry]]
== Biography ==
{{Ireland Native}}
Silas was born 10 Jul 1909 at Muff, Lissan. He was the son of [[Glasgow-1885|Henry Glasgow]] and [[Riddle-4065|Lizzie Riddle]].
<ref>[https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/details-civil/abaa0b0832686 Silas Glasgow, 1909, Magherafelt, Riddall] at Irish Civil Registration - Births</ref>
He grew up in the Moneymore district and was a keen cyclist in his youth. He also served in the [[:Category: Ulster Special Constabulary|"B" specials]].
<ref name="ob"/>
On 3 April 1936 he married Mary Slaine.
<ref>GRONI search: M/1936/L1/1106/9/62 Silas Glasgow + Mary Slaine 3rd April 1936 Cookstown</ref>
He passed away 30 October 1986 at Thompson House. The funeral was to Cookstown Cemetery. The chief mourners were:
<ref>[[Space:Forthill_Cemetery%2C_Cookstown%2C_Tyrone|Forthill Cemetery, Cookstown, Tyrone]] - OP/K/1149</ref>
<ref name="ob">
[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002006/19861113/235/0027 "Obituary"], ''Mid-Ulster Mail'' - Thursday 13 November 1986, Page 27. Photo included.</ref>
* Mary (wife)
* Laurence, Silas, Mervyn, Dennis, George, Noel (sons)
* Lucinda, Hazel, Kathleen, Faith, Thelma (daughters)
* [[Glasgow-1888|Fred Glasgow]], [[Glasgow-1880|Albert Glasgow]] (brothers)
* Sam Slaine (brother-in-law)
* Elizabeth Ford (sister-in-law)
* James Gibson, Bobby Sampson, Irwin Gillespie, Jim Robinson, Joe Bell, Ian Clare (sons-in-law)
== Research Notes ==
[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002006/19650410/208/0012 1965 Newspaper] - marriage of daughter Faith, to James Gibson of New Row, Coagh. Mid-Ulster Mail - Saturday 10 April 1965 Page 12
== Sources ==
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* [http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Londonderry/Lissan_Upper/Glebe/614613/ 1911 Ireland census] - Residents of a house 1 in Glebe (Lissan Upper, Londonderry). Henry Glasgow(43), Lizzie(28), Robert(8), Fred(5), Silas(1). Note incorrect birth county given for Henry.