Glasgow Surname Project

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William George Glasgow

1868-06-05 – 1918-01-25

Glasgow-2135 · 1 mapped association

Cookstown, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland, United KingdomTullyniskey, County Down, Ireland, United Kingdom

At a glance

Identity & family

Tree links organise the family; documentary status still varies.

1Mapped records
6Close relations
9Evidence items
2Candidate leads
Birth
1868-06-05 · Cookstown, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland, United Kingdom
Death
1918-01-25 · Tullyniskey, County Down, Ireland, United Kingdom
Parents
Benjamin GlasgowunmarkedJane (Little) Glasgowunmarked
Spouses
Margaret Isabelle (Bertram) Glasgow
Children
Isabel Little GlasgowJeanette Newton GlasgowLiving person (details withheld)
Gender
Male
WikiTree
Glasgow-2135
Research clusters
Ireland One-Tree profile leads
Mapped descendants
3

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 positionJeanette Newton Glasgow (1898)
Paternal grandmother positionIsabel Little Glasgow (1901)

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 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

William GlasgowGlasgow-2470

Automated fit51/100
Similar Person
Dates1869–?PlacesBallynagilly, County Tyrone, Ireland, United KingdomParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 1 (+25)
  • overlapping locality (+8)

No indexed conflict

Full comparison detail
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 1 (+25)
  • overlapping locality (+8)

Conflicts: No indexed conflict

Same-name candidate

William GlasgowGlasgow-2471

Automated fit51/100
Similar Person
Dates1870–?PlacesKillycurragh, Derryloran, County Tyrone, Ireland, United KingdomParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 2 (+25)
  • overlapping locality (+8)

No indexed conflict

Full comparison detail
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 2 (+25)
  • overlapping locality (+8)

Conflicts: No indexed conflict

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. 1868

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

Cookstown

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-2135

No sufficiently specific citation match found.

Precision: Settlement centrepoint

Evidence assessmentWhat is supported, uncertain or disputed in the current case model.9 claims
4Unknown
3Original
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.9 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-2135 was captured 2026-08-07T09:54:35+00:00; WikiTree profile revision 2025-01-22.

Profile location claims

EventDateLocationStatus
birthCookstown, Cookstown, County Tyrone, IrelandWikiTree profile field
deathTullyniskey, County Down, IrelandWikiTree profile field
marriage1896-12-10Cork, County Cork, IrelandWikiTree relationship field

Immediate relationship snapshot

RelationshipPersonWikiTree IDDates and places returned
ParentsBenjamin GlasgowGlasgow-20591835-00-00 · Killycurragh, Derryloran, County Tyrone, Ireland · 1870-02-08 · Cookstown SRD, County Tyrone, Ireland
ParentsJane GlasgowLittle-179691825-09-00 · Craigs, Oritor, Derryloran, County Tyrone, Ireland · 1924-12-02 · Cookstown, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
ChildrenJeanette Newton GlasgowGlasgow-24431898-04-02 · Tullinisky, County Down, Ireland · 1927-05-09 · Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
ChildrenIsabel Little GlasgowGlasgow-24441901-05-13 · Tullinisky, County Down, Ireland · 0000-00-00
ChildrenWilliamGlasgow-24451906-12-23 · Tullinkisay, County Down, Ireland · 0000-00-00
SiblingsJohn GlasgowGlasgow-25421857-01-00 · Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland · 1857-08-04
SiblingsJohn GlasgowGlasgow-21361862-00-00 · Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland · 1957-04-07 · Cookstown, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
SiblingsHenry Little GlasgowGlasgow-21311866-03-06 · Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland · 1950-12-24 · Cookstown, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
SpousesMargaret Isabelle GlasgowBertram-13201871-09-28 · Garrananasig, County Cork, Ireland · 1920-06-23 · Belfast, Ireland · 1896-12-10 · Cork, County Cork, Ireland

Profile categories

Cookstown, County Tyrone Cookstown,_County_Tyrone Greer-6831 Newspaper Greer-6831_Newspaper Presbyterian Ministers Presbyterian_Ministers

Record-bearing passages

  • Biography William was born in 1868. He is the son of Benjamin Glasgow and Jane Little. He was a Presbyterian minister.
  • GLASGOW — BERTRAM — December Street Presbyterian Church, Cork, the Rev. Glasgow B.A., Dromara, Co. Down Margaret Isabella, only daughter of James S. Bertram, Grananasig, Co. Cork. ... Published: Saturday 12 December 1896 Newspaper: Mid-Ulster Mail
  • In 1911 William George Glasgow was living with his family in Tullinissky, Garvaghy, Co Down. William 42, was a Presbyterian Minister, his wife Margaret Isabella 39, and their children Jeanette Newton 13, Isabel Lillie 9, William Benjamin 4, together with their governess Agnes Elizabeth White and a domestic servant. William and Margaret had been married 14 years and had 3 children, all alive. http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Down/Garvaghy/Tullinisky/214126/
  • William of Tullyniskey, died in 1918, aged 49, married, clergyman, due to pernicious anaemia. His daughter Isabel L. Glasgow registered the death. Banbridge SR District https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1918/05197/4435767.pdf
  • OBITUARY. Rev; W. G. Glasgow, BA. Rev. W. G, Glasgow, B.A., minister of First Presbyterian Church, died yesterday at the Manse after lengthened period ill-health. Deceased was youngest son the late Mr. B. Glasgow, Published: Saturday 26 January 1918 Newspaper: Northern Whig
  • mourners were— *Mrs. Glasgow (widow), *Master Bertram Glasgow (son), Miss Janet and Miss Isobel Glasgow (daughters). *John Glasgow, J.P., and : Henry L. Glasgow (brothers), *Mrs. John ... Published: Saturday 02 February 1918 Newspaper: Mid-Ulster Mail Research Notes Information on the church and manse at Kinallen (https://apps.communities-ni.gov.uk/Buildings/buildview.aspx?id=9229&js=true). Sources

Profile source citations

  1. Published: Saturday 12 December 1896 Newspaper: Mid-Ulster Mail
  2. http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Down/Garvaghy/Tullinisky/214126/ source link 1
  3. Banbridge SR District https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1918/05197/4435767.pdf source link 1
  4. Published: Saturday 26 January 1918 Newspaper: Northern Whig
  5. Published: Saturday 02 February 1918 Newspaper: Mid-Ulster Mail
  6. Birth Registration (https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1868/03445/2264846.pdf) of William George Glasgow, Cookstown, parents, Benjamin Glasgow, merchant, and Jane formerly Lyttle source link 1
  7. Marriage Registration (https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1896/10511/5828566.pdf) of William George Glasgow, Minister, Kinallen Manse, Co Down, father Benjamin Glasgow, farmer, to Margaret I Betram, Landsdown Park, Cork, father James S. Betram, farmer, 10 Dec 1896, Queen Street Presbyterian Church, parish of Holy Trinity, Cork, witnesses Henry Little Glasgow and Maggie Taylor source link 1
  8. "Ireland Births and Baptisms, 1620-1881", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F5V5-PPT : 15 February 2020), William George Glasgow, . source link 1

Other external links in the profile

Full captured biography text
Biography
William was born in 1868. He is the son of Benjamin Glasgow and Jane Little. He was a Presbyterian minister.

GLASGOW — BERTRAM — December Street Presbyterian Church, Cork, the Rev. Glasgow B.A., Dromara, Co. Down Margaret Isabella, only daughter of James S. Bertram, Grananasig, Co. Cork. ... 
Published: Saturday 12 December 1896 
Newspaper: Mid-Ulster Mail 

In 1911 William George Glasgow was living with his family in Tullinissky, Garvaghy, Co Down. William 42, was a Presbyterian Minister, his wife Margaret Isabella 39, and their children Jeanette Newton 13, Isabel Lillie 9, William Benjamin 4, together with their governess Agnes Elizabeth White and a domestic servant. William and Margaret had been married 14 years and had 3 children, all alive. http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Down/Garvaghy/Tullinisky/214126/ 

William of Tullyniskey, died in 1918, aged 49, married, clergyman, due to pernicious anaemia. His daughter Isabel L. Glasgow registered the death. Banbridge SR District https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1918/05197/4435767.pdf 

OBITUARY. Rev; W. G. Glasgow, BA. Rev. W. G, Glasgow, B.A., minister of First Presbyterian Church, died yesterday at the Manse after lengthened period ill-health. Deceased was youngest son the late Mr. B. Glasgow, 
Published: Saturday 26 January 1918 
Newspaper: Northern Whig 

mourners were—
*Mrs. Glasgow (widow), 
*Master Bertram Glasgow (son), Miss Janet and Miss Isobel Glasgow (daughters). 
*John Glasgow, J.P., and : Henry L. Glasgow (brothers), 
*Mrs. John ... 
Published: Saturday 02 February 1918 
Newspaper: Mid-Ulster Mail 
Research Notes
Information on the church and manse at Kinallen (https://apps.communities-ni.gov.uk/Buildings/buildview.aspx?id=9229&js=true).
Sources
* *Birth Registration (https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1868/03445/2264846.pdf) of William George Glasgow, Cookstown, parents, Benjamin Glasgow, merchant, and Jane formerly Lyttle
*Marriage Registration (https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1896/10511/5828566.pdf) of William George Glasgow, Minister, Kinallen Manse, Co Down, father Benjamin Glasgow, farmer, to Margaret I Betram, Landsdown Park, Cork, father James S. Betram, farmer, 10 Dec 1896, Queen Street Presbyterian Church, parish of Holy Trinity, Cork, witnesses Henry Little Glasgow and Maggie Taylor
* "Ireland Births and Baptisms, 1620-1881", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F5V5-PPT : 15 February 2020), William George Glasgow, .
Raw WikiTree biography markup
[[Category:Greer-6831 Newspaper]]
[[Category:Presbyterian Ministers]]
[[Category:Cookstown, County Tyrone]]
== Biography ==
William was born in 1868. He is the son of [[Glasgow-2059|Benjamin Glasgow]] and [[Little-17969|Jane Little]]. He was a Presbyterian minister.

GLASGOW — BERTRAM — December Street Presbyterian Church, Cork, the Rev. Glasgow  B.A., Dromara, Co. Down Margaret Isabella, only daughter of  James S. Bertram, Grananasig, Co. Cork. ... <ref> 
Published: Saturday 12 December 1896 
Newspaper: Mid-Ulster Mail </ref> 

In 1911 William George Glasgow was living with his family in Tullinissky, Garvaghy, Co Down. William 42, was a Presbyterian Minister, his wife Margaret Isabella 39, and their children Jeanette Newton 13, Isabel Lillie 9, William Benjamin 4, together with their governess Agnes Elizabeth White and a domestic servant. William and Margaret had been married 14 years and had 3 children, all alive.<ref> http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Down/Garvaghy/Tullinisky/214126/ </ref>

William of Tullyniskey, died in 1918, aged 49, married, clergyman, due to pernicious anaemia. His daughter Isabel L. Glasgow registered the death. <ref>Banbridge SR District  https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1918/05197/4435767.pdf </ref> 

OBITUARY. Rev; W. G. Glasgow, BA. <Br>Rev. W. G, Glasgow, B.A., minister of First Presbyterian Church, died yesterday at the Manse after lengthened period ill-health. Deceased was youngest son the late Mr. B. Glasgow, <ref> 
Published: Saturday 26 January 1918 
Newspaper: Northern Whig </ref> 

mourners were—
*Mrs. Glasgow (widow), 
*Master Bertram Glasgow (son), Miss Janet and Miss Isobel Glasgow (daughters). 
*John Glasgow, J.P., and : Henry L. Glasgow (brothers), 
*Mrs. John ...<ref> 
Published: Saturday 02 February 1918 
Newspaper: Mid-Ulster Mail </ref> 

== Research Notes == 
Information on the church and manse at [https://apps.communities-ni.gov.uk/Buildings/buildview.aspx?id=9229&js=true Kinallen].
== Sources ==
<references />
* *[https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1868/03445/2264846.pdf Birth Registration] of William George Glasgow, Cookstown, parents, Benjamin Glasgow, merchant, and Jane formerly Lyttle
*[https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1896/10511/5828566.pdf Marriage Registration] of William George Glasgow, Minister, Kinallen Manse, Co Down, father Benjamin Glasgow, farmer, to Margaret I Betram, Landsdown Park, Cork, father James S. Betram, farmer, 10 Dec 1896, Queen Street Presbyterian Church, parish of Holy Trinity, Cork, witnesses Henry Little Glasgow and Maggie Taylor
* "Ireland Births and Baptisms, 1620-1881", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F5V5-PPT : 15 February 2020), William George Glasgow, .