Glasgow Surname Project

Individual research record

John Glasgow

c. 1820 – ?

Glasgow-1985 · 1 mapped association

Pennsylvania, United States→Death place unknown
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At a glance

Identity & family

Tree links organise the family; documentary status still varies.

1Mapped records
6Close relations
2Evidence items
12Candidate leads
Birth
c. 1820 · Pennsylvania, United States
Death
Not recorded · Place not recorded
Parents
Not recorded
Spouses
Not recorded
Children
Clay GlasgowJohn GlasgowMargaret GlasgowRichard GlasgowRussell GlasgowThomas Glasgow
Gender
Male
WikiTree
Glasgow-1985
Research clusters
Worldwide One-Tree profile leads
Mapped descendants
6

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 positionJohn Glasgow (1851)
Maternal grandfather positionRussell Glasgow (1854)
Maternal grandmother positionMargaret Glasgow (1856)
Paternal grandmother positionNot identifiable from dated child profiles

Known-position checks: 0 support · 1 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

Possible fathers5 leads

Automated fit44/100
Moderate Lead
Dates1780–1840Generation40 years age gapRecorded placesCounty Londonderry, Ireland · Bakerstown, West Deer Twp, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania, United States · Portglenone — regional family-tradition referenceIndependent clue breadth · 8Age · Broad Geography · Same-Sex Generational Naming · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Spouse · Spouse-Specific Child Window · Tradition Validation · Two-GenerationSame-spouse child windowPeninnah (Thomas) GlasgowCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 40-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • known spouse Peninnah (Thomas) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (42) at the subject's birth (+7)
  • candidate's birth is 71 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1851), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

No indexed conflict; documentary proof still required

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  • plausible 40-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 71 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1851), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • weak broad-area overlap: pennsylvania (+1; not a locality match)
  • subject's birth fits between children attributed to the same parental couple (1807–1821) (+6; other parent Peninnah (Thomas) Glasgow)
  • known spouse Peninnah (Thomas) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (42) at the subject's birth (+7)
  • candidate and subject share the given name John (+4; weak direct parent-child name recurrence, 278 public profiles)
  • candidate's name matches the first dated son John Glasgow, the expected father position for a male subject (+4; catalogue rarity 0, John in 278 profiles)
  • family naming controls: 0 supporting and 1 conflicting known positions (already reflected in naming weight)

Deductions and cautions: No indexed conflict; documentary proof still required

Automated fit39/100
Weak Lead
Dates1798–1889Generation22 years age gapRecorded placesAntis, Blair, Pennsylvania, United StatesIndependent clue breadth · 6Age · Broad Geography · Collateral Naming · Household · Spouse · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 22-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • known spouse Ann (Walker) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (17) at the subject's birth (+7)
  • candidate's birth is 53 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1851), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

descendant-name recurrence has no independent household, record, migration or specific-locality anchor (score capped at 39)

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  • plausible 22-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 53 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1851), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • weak broad-area overlap: pennsylvania (+1; not a locality match)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • a known child was born within 8 years of the subject (+1)
  • known spouse Ann (Walker) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (17) at the subject's birth (+7)
  • candidate's sibling and niece/nephew network repeats names in the subject's descendant line (three rarest at most): Richard +12 (14 public profiles; sibling Richard Glasgow) (+12 total)

Deductions and cautions: descendant-name recurrence has no independent household, record, migration or specific-locality anchor (score capped at 39)

Show 3 lower-scoring possible fathers
Automated fit38/100
Weak Lead
Dates1796–1878Generation24 years age gapRecorded placesPennsylvania, United States · Crocker, Pulaski, Missouri, United States · Pennsylvania, USAIndependent clue breadth · 5Age · Broad Geography · Household · Rare Branch-Name Recurrence · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 24-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 55 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1851), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • a known child was born within 1 years of the subject (+3)

No indexed conflict; documentary proof still required

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  • plausible 24-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 55 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1851), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same broad administrative area only (+1; not a locality match)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • a known child was born within 1 years of the subject (+3)
  • uncommon given names recur in both otherwise distinct descendant branches: Richard +12 (14 public profiles; subject branch: Richard Glasgow; candidate branch: Richard Glasgow) (+12 total)

Deductions and cautions: No indexed conflict; documentary proof still required

Automated fit36/100
Weak Lead
Dates1781–1853Generation39 years age gapRecorded placesAt sea, Atlantic Ocean · Pennsylvania, United StatesIndependent clue breadth · 5Age · Broad Geography · Collateral Naming · Household · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 39-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 70 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1851), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • a known child was born within 7 years of the subject (+1)

No indexed conflict; documentary proof still required

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  • plausible 39-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 70 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1851), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same broad administrative area only (+1; not a locality match)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • a known child was born within 7 years of the subject (+1)
  • candidate's sibling and niece/nephew network repeats names in the subject's descendant line (three rarest at most): Richard +12 (14 public profiles; sibling Richard Glasgow) (+12 total)

Deductions and cautions: No indexed conflict; documentary proof still required

Automated fit35/100
Weak Lead
Dates1794–1835Generation26 years age gapRecorded placesCurrituck, North Carolina, United States · Stewart, Tennessee, United States · Currituck, North Carolina, USAIndependent clue breadth · 7Age · Household · Rare Branch-Name Recurrence · Same-Sex Generational Naming · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Tradition Validation · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 26-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 57 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1851), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • a known child was born within 1 years of the subject (+3)

same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10)

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  • plausible 26-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 57 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1851), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • a known child was born within 1 years of the subject (+3)
  • candidate and subject share the given name John (+4; weak direct parent-child name recurrence, 278 public profiles)
  • candidate's name matches the first dated son John Glasgow, the expected father position for a male subject (+4; catalogue rarity 0, John in 278 profiles)
  • family naming controls: 0 supporting and 1 conflicting known positions (already reflected in naming weight)
  • uncommon given names recur in both otherwise distinct descendant branches: Richard +12 (14 public profiles; subject branch: Richard Glasgow; candidate branch: Richard Glasgow) (+12 total)

Deductions and cautions: same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10)

Possible mothers5 leads

Automated fit24/100
Weak Lead
Dates1778–1848Generation42 years age gapRecorded placesPennsylvania, United States · Bakerstown, West Deer Twp, Allegheny Co., PAIndependent clue breadth · 5Age · Broad Geography · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Spouse-Specific Child Window · Two-GenerationSame-spouse child windowJohn GlasgowCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • possible 42-year parent-child age gap (+10)
  • candidate's birth is 73 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1851), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same broad administrative area only (+1; not a locality match)

No indexed conflict; documentary proof still required

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  • possible 42-year parent-child age gap (+10)
  • candidate's birth is 73 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1851), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same broad administrative area only (+1; not a locality match)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • subject's birth fits between children attributed to the same parental couple (1807–1821) (+6; other parent John Glasgow)
  • a candidate spouse matches the first dated son John Glasgow, the expected father position (+3; John in 278 profiles)

Deductions and cautions: No indexed conflict; documentary proof still required

Automated fit23/100
Weak Lead
Dates1786–?Generation34 years age gapRecorded placesEdinburghIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Household · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 34-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 65 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1851), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • another recorded child shares the subject's birth year (+2; possible twins or date uncertainty)

locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction); candidate already has another child named John Glasgow (Glasgow-1464) without a documented death permitting name reuse (−4; check whether the child profiles duplicate or conflict)

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  • plausible 34-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 65 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1851), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • another recorded child shares the subject's birth year (+2; possible twins or date uncertainty)
  • a candidate spouse matches the first dated son John Glasgow, the expected father position (+3; John in 278 profiles)

Deductions and cautions: locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction); candidate already has another child named John Glasgow (Glasgow-1464) without a documented death permitting name reuse (−4; check whether the child profiles duplicate or conflict)

Show 3 lower-scoring possible mothers
Automated fit22/100
Weak Lead
Dates1783–1848Generation37 years age gapRecorded placesCookstownIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Household · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 37-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 68 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1851), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • a known child was born within 6 years of the subject (+1)

locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction); candidate already has another child named John B Glasgow Jr. (Glasgow-1967) without a documented death permitting name reuse (−4; check whether the child profiles duplicate or conflict)

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  • plausible 37-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 68 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1851), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • a known child was born within 6 years of the subject (+1)
  • a candidate spouse matches the first dated son John Glasgow, the expected father position (+3; John in 278 profiles)

Deductions and cautions: locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction); candidate already has another child named John B Glasgow Jr. (Glasgow-1967) without a documented death permitting name reuse (−4; check whether the child profiles duplicate or conflict)

Automated fit21/100
Weak Lead
Dates1796–1831Generation24 years age gapRecorded placesAdams, Ohio, United StatesIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Spouse-Specific Child Window · Two-GenerationSame-spouse child windowJohn M GlasgowCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 24-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 55 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1851), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)

same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10)

Show complete scoring
  • plausible 24-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 55 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1851), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • subject's birth fits between children attributed to the same parental couple (1817–1821) (+6; other parent John M Glasgow)
  • a candidate spouse matches the first dated son John Glasgow, the expected father position (+3; John in 278 profiles)

Deductions and cautions: same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10)

Automated fit17/100
Weak Lead
Dates1798–1865Generation22 years age gapRecorded placesRockbridge, Virginia, United StatesIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Household · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 22-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 53 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1851), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)

same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10)

Show complete scoring
  • plausible 22-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 53 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1851), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • another recorded child shares the subject's birth year (+2; possible twins or date uncertainty)
  • a candidate spouse matches the first dated son John Glasgow, the expected father position (+3; John in 278 profiles)

Deductions and cautions: same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10)

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

John GlasgowGlasgow-690

Automated fit63/100
Similar Person
Dates1819–1899PlacesPlaces not recordedParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 1 (+25)
  • matching child names: John Glasgow, Margaret Glasgow

No indexed conflict

Full comparison detail
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 1 (+25)
  • matching child names: John Glasgow, Margaret Glasgow

Conflicts: No indexed conflict

Open side-by-side comparison
Automated fit60/100
Similar Person
Dates1820–1901PlacesAllegheny, Pennsylvania, United States → West Deer Township, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United StatesParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • same birth year (+30)
  • overlapping locality (+8)

No indexed conflict

Full comparison detail
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • same birth year (+30)
  • overlapping locality (+8)
  • child given-name pattern overlaps: John, Margaret

Conflicts: No indexed conflict

Open side-by-side comparison
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
b. 1820

Profile-stated birthplace: Pennsylvania, United States

Pennsylvania, United States

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

One-Tree profile leadunknown
Source and mapping detail

WikiTree profile export for Glasgow-1985

No sufficiently specific citation match found.

Precision: Country-centre fallback for profile locality

Evidence assessmentWhat is supported, uncertain or disputed in the current case model.7 claims
1Derivative
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.2 sources

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

  1. derivative "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4X8-L1Q : 29 May 2021), John Glasgow, 1870.
  2. tree_only WikiTree profile export for Glasgow-1985
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-1985 was captured 2026-08-07T09:54:35+00:00; WikiTree profile revision 2021-09-07.

Profile location claims

EventDateLocationStatus
birth—Pennsylvania, United StatesWikiTree profile field

Immediate relationship snapshot

RelationshipPersonWikiTree IDDates and places returned
ChildrenJohn GlasgowGlasgow-19861851-00-00 · Missouri, United States · 0000-00-00
ChildrenRussell GlasgowGlasgow-19871854-00-00 · Missouri, United States · 0000-00-00
ChildrenMargaret GlasgowGlasgow-19881856-00-00 · Pennsylvania, United States · 0000-00-00
ChildrenClay GlasgowGlasgow-19891860-00-00 · Missouri, United States · 0000-00-00
ChildrenRichard GlasgowGlasgow-19901862-00-00 · Missouri, United States · 0000-00-00
ChildrenThomas GlasgowGlasgow-19911866-00-00 · Missouri, United States · 0000-00-00

Record-bearing passages

Profile source citations

  1. "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4X8-L1Q : 29 May 2021), John Glasgow, 1870. source link 1
Full captured biography text
Biography
Born in Pennsylvania. By 1870, he lived in Randol Township, Cape Girardeau, Missouri.
Sources
* "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4X8-L1Q : 29 May 2021), John Glasgow, 1870.
Raw WikiTree biography markup
== Biography ==
Born in Pennsylvania. By 1870, he lived in Randol Township, Cape Girardeau, Missouri.
== Sources ==
<references />
* "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4X8-L1Q : 29 May 2021), John Glasgow, 1870.