Glasgow Surname Project

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Silas Glasgow

1891-12-04 – ?

Glasgow-2050 · 1 mapped association

Gortin, Derryloran, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland, United Kingdom→Death place unknown
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Identity & family

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1Mapped records
2Close relations
9Evidence items
2Candidate leads
Birth
1891-12-04 · Gortin, Derryloran, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland, United Kingdom
Death
Not recorded · Place not recorded
Parents
James Robert GlasgowconfidentMary Jane (Hopper) Glasgowconfident
Spouses
Not recorded
Children
Not recorded
Gender
Male
WikiTree
Glasgow-2050
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.

Automated fit16/100
Similar Person
Dates1939–2000PlacesCookstown, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom → Cookstown, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United KingdomParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • overlapping locality (+8)

record-derived birth estimates differ by 48; retained without deduction; unassessed father attachments differ (−5); unassessed mother attachments differ (−5)

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

Conflicts: record-derived birth estimates differ by 48; retained without deduction; unassessed father attachments differ (−5); unassessed mother attachments differ (−5)

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Automated fit0/100
Similar Person
Dates1909–1986PlacesMuff, Lissan, Magherafelt, County Londonderry, Ireland, United Kingdom → Cookstown, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United KingdomParent comparisonDifferent marked-confident mothers
Why it may fit
  • 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)

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. 1891

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

Gortin 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 leadunknown
Source and mapping detail

WikiTree profile export for Glasgow-2050

No sufficiently specific citation match found.

Precision: Exact townland centrepoint

Evidence assessmentWhat is supported, uncertain or disputed in the current case model.12 claims
6Derivative
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.9 sources

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

  1. original Silas Glascow, 1892, Cookstown (https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/details-civil/a7102d10097819) at Irish Civil Registration - Births
  2. original 1901 Ireland census (http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Tyrone/Oritor/Gortin/1729649/) - Residents of a house 3 in Gortin (Oritor, Tyrone). James Glasgow(75), Mary J Glasgow (48, wife), Robert(19, son), Sarah(15), William G(11), Silas(9).
  3. derivative "New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JF5G-C5M : 2 March 2021), Silas Glasgow, 1903.
  4. derivative "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch ( : accessed 3 April 2022), Silas Glasgow in household of Thomas Glasgow, Passaic Ward 4, Passaic, New Jersey, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 79, sheet 2A, family 23, NARA microfilm publication T624 (W
  5. derivative "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K68W-FMG : 24 December 2021), Silas H Glasgow, 1917-1918.
  6. derivative "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNBL-KMB : 4 February 2021), Silas H Glasgow, 1920.
  7. derivative "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch ( : 11 January 2021), Silas Glasgow, East Orange, Essex, New Jersey, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 7-107, sheet 2A, line 33, family 32, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627
  8. derivative "New Jersey State Census, 1905," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMWG-4QD : 18 February 2021), Silas Glasgow in household of Henry Glasgow, , Essex, New Jersey, United States; citing p. 11, line 75, Department of State, Trenton; FHL microfilm 1,688,598.
  9. tree_only WikiTree profile export for Glasgow-2050
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-2050 was captured 2026-08-07T09:54:35+00:00; WikiTree profile revision 2022-08-11.

Profile location claims

EventDateLocationStatus
birth—Gortin, Derryloran, Cookstown, County Tyrone, IrelandWikiTree profile field

Immediate relationship snapshot

RelationshipPersonWikiTree IDDates and places returned
ParentsJames Robert GlasgowGlasgow-2121823-03-23 · Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland · 1903-01-27 · Gortin, Derryloran, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland
ParentsMary Jane GlasgowHopper-19791853-00-00 · Drumshanbo, Kildress, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland · 1901-09-27 · Gortin, Derryloran, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland
SiblingsJulia GlasgowGlasgow-20481874-02-24 · Gortin, Derryloran, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland · 1874-05-28
SiblingsUnknown GlasgowGlasgow-21691875-05-01 · Gortin, Derryloran, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland · 0000-00-00
SiblingsHenry GlasgowGlasgow-21701876-10-09 · Gortin, Derryloran, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland · 1940-00-00 · New Jersey, United States
SiblingsDr Thomas M GlasgowGlasgow-20471878-01-22 · Gortin, Derryloran, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland · 0000-00-00
SiblingsElizabeth Eleanor UrquhartGlasgow-20491880-01-01 · Gortin, Derryloran, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland · 0000-00-00
SiblingsRobert Hugh GlasgowGlasgow-20521881-12-04 · Gortin, Derryloran, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland · 1961-10-01 · Jenkins Township, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States
SiblingsMary Sloane ZehnderGlasgow-2111884-04-28 · Gortin, Derryloran, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland · 1945-08-30 · Newark, Essex, New Jersey, United States
SiblingsAnne Sarah PfefferGlasgow-20531885-11-01 · Gortin, Derryloran, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland · 1982-07-00
SiblingsWilliam George GlasgowGlasgow-20511889-12-24 · Gortin, Derryloran, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland · 1961-12-16 · Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States

Profile categories

Gortin Townland, Derryloran Parish, County Tyrone Gortin_Townland,_Derryloran_Parish,_County_Tyrone

Record-bearing passages

  • Biography Silas was born 4 Dec 1891 at Gortin, Cookstown, County Tyrone. He was the son of James Glasgow and Jane Hopper. Silas Glascow, 1892, Cookstown (https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/details-civil/a7102d10097819) at Irish Civil Registration - Births He emigrated to America arriving 6th May 1903, with his siblings, Lizzie (20), Sarah (18), William G (11), Silas (10), their destination was Orange, where Henry Glasgow their brother lived Harrison Avenue, West Orange, N.J. By the time of the 1910 census he was living with his brother Thomas and was employed as a shipping clerk. And in 1920 census he is now living with his brother William and both are painters. Research There are references to a Silas H Glasgow, and I suspect the H is for Hopper Sources

    • 1901 Ireland census (http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Tyrone/Oritor/Gortin/1729649/) - Residents of a house 3 in Gortin (Oritor, Tyrone). James Glasgow(75), Mary J Glasgow (48, wife), Robert(19, son), Sarah(15), William G(11), Silas(9).
    • "New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JF5G-C5M : 2 March 2021), Silas Glasgow, 1903. *"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKB2-M8R : accessed 3 April 2022), Silas Glasgow in household of Thomas Glasgow, Passaic Ward 4, Passaic, New Jersey, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 79, sheet 2A, family 23, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 905; FHL microfilm 1,374,918.
    • "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K68W-FMG : 24 December 2021), Silas H Glasgow, 1917-1918.
    • "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNBL-KMB : 4 February 2021), Silas H Glasgow, 1920.
    • "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K45R-W8S : 11 January 2021), Silas Glasgow, East Orange, Essex, New Jersey, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 7-107, sheet 2A, line 33, family 32, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2332.
    • "New Jersey State Census, 1905," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMWG-4QD : 18 February 2021), Silas Glasgow in household of Henry Glasgow, , Essex, New Jersey, United States; citing p. 11, line 75, Department of State, Trenton; FHL microfilm 1,688,598.

Profile source citations

  1. Silas Glascow, 1892, Cookstown (https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/details-civil/a7102d10097819) at Irish Civil Registration - Births source link 1
  2. 1901 Ireland census (http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Tyrone/Oritor/Gortin/1729649/) - Residents of a house 3 in Gortin (Oritor, Tyrone). James Glasgow(75), Mary J Glasgow (48, wife), Robert(19, son), Sarah(15), William G(11), Silas(9). source link 1
  3. "New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JF5G-C5M : 2 March 2021), Silas Glasgow, 1903. source link 1
  4. "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKB2-M8R : accessed 3 April 2022), Silas Glasgow in household of Thomas Glasgow, Passaic Ward 4, Passaic, New Jersey, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 79, sheet 2A, family 23, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 905; FHL microfilm 1,374,918. source link 1
  5. "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K68W-FMG : 24 December 2021), Silas H Glasgow, 1917-1918. source link 1
  6. "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNBL-KMB : 4 February 2021), Silas H Glasgow, 1920. source link 1
  7. "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K45R-W8S : 11 January 2021), Silas Glasgow, East Orange, Essex, New Jersey, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 7-107, sheet 2A, line 33, family 32, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2332. source link 1
  8. "New Jersey State Census, 1905," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMWG-4QD : 18 February 2021), Silas Glasgow in household of Henry Glasgow, , Essex, New Jersey, United States; citing p. 11, line 75, Department of State, Trenton; FHL microfilm 1,688,598. source link 1
Full captured biography text
Biography
Silas was born 4 Dec 1891 at Gortin, Cookstown, County Tyrone. He was the son of James Glasgow and Jane Hopper. 
 Silas Glascow, 1892, Cookstown (https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/details-civil/a7102d10097819) at Irish Civil Registration - Births 
He emigrated to America arriving 6th May 1903, with his siblings, Lizzie (20), Sarah (18), William G (11), Silas (10), their destination was Orange, where Henry Glasgow their brother lived Harrison Avenue, West Orange, N.J.
By the time of the 1910 census he was living with his brother Thomas and was employed as a shipping clerk. And in 1920 census he is now living with his brother William and both are painters.
Research
There are references to a Silas H Glasgow, and I suspect the H is for Hopper
Sources
* 1901 Ireland census (http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Tyrone/Oritor/Gortin/1729649/) - Residents of a house 3 in Gortin (Oritor, Tyrone). James Glasgow(75), Mary J Glasgow (48, wife), Robert(19, son), Sarah(15), William G(11), Silas(9).
* "New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JF5G-C5M : 2 March 2021), Silas Glasgow, 1903. 
*"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKB2-M8R : accessed 3 April 2022), Silas Glasgow in household of Thomas Glasgow, Passaic Ward 4, Passaic, New Jersey, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 79, sheet 2A, family 23, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 905; FHL microfilm 1,374,918.
* "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K68W-FMG : 24 December 2021), Silas H Glasgow, 1917-1918.
* "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNBL-KMB : 4 February 2021), Silas H Glasgow, 1920.
* "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K45R-W8S : 11 January 2021), Silas Glasgow, East Orange, Essex, New Jersey, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 7-107, sheet 2A, line 33, family 32, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2332.
* "New Jersey State Census, 1905," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMWG-4QD : 18 February 2021), Silas Glasgow in household of Henry Glasgow, , Essex, New Jersey, United States; citing p. 11, line 75, Department of State, Trenton; FHL microfilm 1,688,598.
Raw WikiTree biography markup
[[Category:Gortin Townland, Derryloran Parish, County Tyrone]]
== Biography ==
{{Ireland Native}}
Silas was born 4 Dec 1891 at Gortin, Cookstown, County Tyrone. He was the son of [[Glasgow-212|James Glasgow]] and [[Hopper-1979|Jane Hopper]]. 
<ref>[https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/details-civil/a7102d10097819 Silas Glascow, 1892, Cookstown] at Irish Civil Registration - Births</ref>
He emigrated to America arriving 6th May 1903, with his siblings, Lizzie (20), Sarah (18), William G (11), Silas (10), their destination was Orange, where Henry Glasgow their brother lived Harrison Avenue, West Orange, N.J.
By the time of the 1910 census he was living with his brother Thomas and was employed as a shipping clerk. And in 1920 census he is now living with his brother William and both are painters.
== Research ==
There are references to a Silas H Glasgow, and I suspect the H is for Hopper

== Sources ==
<references />
* [http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Tyrone/Oritor/Gortin/1729649/ 1901 Ireland census] - Residents of a house 3 in Gortin (Oritor, Tyrone). James Glasgow(75), Mary J Glasgow (48, wife), Robert(19, son), Sarah(15), William G(11), Silas(9).
* "New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JF5G-C5M : 2 March 2021), Silas Glasgow, 1903. 
*"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKB2-M8R : accessed 3 April 2022), Silas Glasgow in household of Thomas Glasgow, Passaic Ward 4, Passaic, New Jersey, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 79, sheet 2A, family 23, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 905; FHL microfilm 1,374,918.
* "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K68W-FMG : 24 December 2021), Silas H Glasgow, 1917-1918.
* "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNBL-KMB : 4 February 2021), Silas H Glasgow, 1920.
* "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K45R-W8S : 11 January 2021), Silas Glasgow, East Orange, Essex, New Jersey, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 7-107, sheet 2A, line 33, family 32, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627.  Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2332.
* "New Jersey State Census, 1905," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMWG-4QD : 18 February 2021), Silas Glasgow in household of Henry Glasgow, , Essex, New Jersey, United States; citing p. 11, line 75, Department of State, Trenton; FHL microfilm 1,688,598.