Individual research record
William James Glasgow
c. 1857 – ?
Glasgow-2262 · 1 mapped association
At a glance
Identity & family
Tree links organise the family; documentary status still varies.
- Birth
- c. 1857 · Drumnamalta, Kildress, County Tyrone, Ireland, United Kingdom
- Death
- Not recorded · Place not recorded
- Parents
- Allen GlasgowunmarkedEsther (Henry) Glasgowunmarked
- Spouses
- Rebecca Jane (Moore) Glasgow
- Children
- Not recorded
- Gender
- Male
- WikiTree
- Glasgow-2262
- 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
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 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
William GlasgowGlasgow-1776
- same first and last name (+18)
- birth years within 3 (+18)
- shared recorded place (+20)
unassessed father attachments differ (−5); unassessed mother attachments differ (−5)
Full comparison detail
- same first and last name (+18)
- birth years within 3 (+18)
- shared recorded place (+20)
Conflicts: unassessed father attachments differ (−5); unassessed mother attachments differ (−5)
Same-name candidate
William GlasgowGlasgow-3157
- same first and last name (+18)
- birth years within 3 (+18)
- overlapping locality (+8)
No indexed conflict
Full comparison detail
- same first and last name (+18)
- birth years within 3 (+18)
- 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.
Open only what you need
Research & records
Life and record timelineChronological mapped occurrences and their underlying sources.1 record
Profile-stated birthplace: Drumnamalta, Kildress, County Tyrone, 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
WikiTree profile export for Glasgow-2262
No sufficiently specific citation match found.
Precision: Civil-parish representative point
Evidence assessmentWhat is supported, uncertain or disputed in the current case model.14 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.5 sources
Source or provenance: quality describes the record layer, not every conclusion drawn from it.
- unknown He is age 34 on the marriage record and names his father as suck.
- unknown "Revision Sessions" (https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002006/18931007/075/0006), Mid-Ulster Mail - Saturday 07 October 1893, Page 4. * Presume that "his brother" refers to William James, also known to be a merchant of Cookstown.
- original Marriage Registration (https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1891/10666/5886479.pdf) of William James Glasgow, 34, merchant, Cookstown, father Allen Glasgow, farmer, to Rebecca Jane Moore, 30, post mistress, father Clarke Moore, clerk of ?, 6th April 1891, Derryloran Parish Church
- original 1901 Ireland census (http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Tyrone/Cookstown/James_s_St_/1728672/) - Residents of a house 36 in James's St. (Cookstown, Tyrone). Wm James Glasgow(43, clerk), Rebecca J G.(40, wife, postmistress), Allan P G.(9), Ernest Moore G.(7), Henry Macdonald G.(4), Margaret Patteson(81, boarder, ex-postmistress), Jane Acheson(82, servant), Annie Forde(14, servant).
- tree_only WikiTree profile export for Glasgow-2262
Technical profile and raw captureDataset metadata, machine dossier and captured WikiTree biography.Advanced
WikiTree profile information
Glasgow-2262
William James Glasgow
Updated 2022-06-17
Dataset: ONT_Glasco_2026-08-18T16_05.json · generated 2026-08-20
WikiTree biography, citations and relationship snapshot
Glasgow-2262 was captured 2026-08-07T09:54:35+00:00; WikiTree profile revision 2022-06-17.
Profile location claims
| Event | Date | Location | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| birth | — | Drumnamalta, Kildress, County Tyrone, Ireland | WikiTree profile field |
| marriage | 1891-04-06 | Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland | WikiTree relationship field |
Immediate relationship snapshot
| Relationship | Person | WikiTree ID | Dates and places returned |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parents | Allen Glasgow | Glasgow-1703 | 1839-00-00 · Killycurragh, Derryloran, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland · 1925-12-31 · Cookstown District, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom |
| Parents | Esther Glasgow | Henry-13722 | 1834-00-00 · Drumnamalta, Kildress, County Tyrone, Ireland · 1897-11-28 · Drumnamalta, Kildress, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland |
| Siblings | Mary Henry | Glasgow-2002 | 1859-00-00 · Drumnamalta, Kildress, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland · 0000-00-00 |
| Siblings | Joseph Glasgow | Glasgow-2318 | 1862-00-00 · Drumnamalta, Kildress, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland · 0000-00-00 |
| Siblings | Silas Johnston Glasgow | Glasgow-1705 | 1864-12-16 · Drumnamalta, Kildress, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland · 0000-00-00 |
| Siblings | Annie Glasgow | Glasgow-2005 | 1866-11-16 · Drumnamalta, Kildress, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland · 1891-09-28 |
| Siblings | Sarah Adelaide Glasgow | Glasgow-2010 | 1868-06-21 · Drumnamalta, Kildress, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland · 1930-12-10 · Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom |
| Siblings | Joanna Glasgow | Glasgow-1704 | 1869-11-20 · Drumnamalta, Kildress, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland · 0000-00-00 |
| Siblings | John Coryngham Glasgow | Glasgow-2009 | 1872-04-07 · Drumnamalta, Kildress, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland · 0000-00-00 |
| Siblings | George Whitfield Glasgow | Glasgow-2007 | 1874-01-10 · Drumnamalta, Kildress, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland · 1895-10-25 |
| Siblings | Caroline Beyer | Glasgow-2006 | 1876-10-14 · Drumnamalta, Kildress, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland · 1961-12-21 · Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland |
| Siblings | Thomas Hamilton Glasgow | Glasgow-2008 | 1878-07-14 · Drumnamalta, Kildress, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland · 1923-06-18 |
| Spouses | Rebecca Jane Glasgow | Moore-73322 | 1861-00-00 · County Tyrone, Ireland · 0000-00-00 · 1891-04-06 · Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland |
Profile categories
Cookstown, County Tyrone Cookstown,_County_Tyrone Drumnamalta Townland, Kildress Parish, County Tyrone Drumnamalta_Townland,_Kildress_Parish,_County_Tyrone
Record-bearing passages
- Biography William James was born about 1857. He was the son of Allen Glasgow, farmer, and probably Esther Henry of Drumnamalta, Kildress, County Tyrone. He is age 34 on the marriage record and names his father as suck.
- By 1891 he was a merchant and living in Cookstown; but by 1901 was a clerk at James's Street.
His brother Joseph was a grocer and rented an adjoining shop to William's on William Street, Cookstown. "Revision Sessions" (https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002006/18931007/075/0006), Mid-Ulster Mail - Saturday 07 October 1893, Page 4.
- Presume that "his brother" refers to William James, also known to be a merchant of Cookstown.
In 1895 he attended the funeral of younger brother George Whitfield Glasgow (1874-1895). Sources
- Marriage Registration (https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1891/10666/5886479.pdf) of William James Glasgow, 34, merchant, Cookstown, father Allen Glasgow, farmer, to Rebecca Jane Moore, 30, post mistress, father Clarke Moore, clerk of ?, 6th April 1891, Derryloran Parish Church
- 1901 Ireland census (http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Tyrone/Cookstown/James_s_St_/1728672/) - Residents of a house 36 in James's St. (Cookstown, Tyrone). Wm James Glasgow(43, clerk), Rebecca J G.(40, wife, postmistress), Allan P G.(9), Ernest Moore G.(7), Henry Macdonald G.(4), Margaret Patteson(81, boarder, ex-postmistress), Jane Acheson(82, servant), Annie Forde(14, servant).
Profile source citations
- He is age 34 on the marriage record and names his father as suck.
- "Revision Sessions" (https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002006/18931007/075/0006), Mid-Ulster Mail - Saturday 07 October 1893, Page 4. * Presume that "his brother" refers to William James, also known to be a merchant of Cookstown. source link 1
- Marriage Registration (https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1891/10666/5886479.pdf) of William James Glasgow, 34, merchant, Cookstown, father Allen Glasgow, farmer, to Rebecca Jane Moore, 30, post mistress, father Clarke Moore, clerk of ?, 6th April 1891, Derryloran Parish Church source link 1
- 1901 Ireland census (http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Tyrone/Cookstown/James_s_St_/1728672/) - Residents of a house 36 in James's St. (Cookstown, Tyrone). Wm James Glasgow(43, clerk), Rebecca J G.(40, wife, postmistress), Allan P G.(9), Ernest Moore G.(7), Henry Macdonald G.(4), Margaret Patteson(81, boarder, ex-postmistress), Jane Acheson(82, servant), Annie Forde(14, servant). source link 1
Full captured biography text
Biography William James was born about 1857. He was the son of Allen Glasgow, farmer, and probably Esther Henry of Drumnamalta, Kildress, County Tyrone. He is age 34 on the marriage record and names his father as suck. By 1891 he was a merchant and living in Cookstown; but by 1901 was a clerk at James's Street. His brother Joseph was a grocer and rented an adjoining shop to William's on William Street, Cookstown. "Revision Sessions" (https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002006/18931007/075/0006), Mid-Ulster Mail - Saturday 07 October 1893, Page 4. * Presume that "his brother" refers to William James, also known to be a merchant of Cookstown. In 1895 he attended the funeral of younger brother George Whitfield Glasgow (1874-1895). Sources * Marriage Registration (https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1891/10666/5886479.pdf) of William James Glasgow, 34, merchant, Cookstown, father Allen Glasgow, farmer, to Rebecca Jane Moore, 30, post mistress, father Clarke Moore, clerk of ?, 6th April 1891, Derryloran Parish Church * 1901 Ireland census (http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Tyrone/Cookstown/James_s_St_/1728672/) - Residents of a house 36 in James's St. (Cookstown, Tyrone). Wm James Glasgow(43, clerk), Rebecca J G.(40, wife, postmistress), Allan P G.(9), Ernest Moore G.(7), Henry Macdonald G.(4), Margaret Patteson(81, boarder, ex-postmistress), Jane Acheson(82, servant), Annie Forde(14, servant).
Raw WikiTree biography markup
[[Category:Drumnamalta Townland, Kildress Parish, County Tyrone]] [[Category:Cookstown, County Tyrone]] == Biography == William James was born about 1857. He was the son of [[Glasgow-1703|Allen Glasgow]], farmer, and probably [[Henry-13722|Esther Henry]] of Drumnamalta, Kildress, County Tyrone. <ref>He is age 34 on the marriage record and names his father as suck.</ref> By 1891 he was a merchant and living in Cookstown; but by 1901 was a clerk at James's Street. His brother Joseph was a grocer and rented an adjoining shop to William's on William Street, Cookstown. <ref>[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002006/18931007/075/0006 "Revision Sessions"], ''Mid-Ulster Mail'' - Saturday 07 October 1893, Page 4. * Presume that "his brother" refers to William James, also known to be a merchant of Cookstown. </ref> In 1895 he attended the funeral of younger brother [[Glasgow-2007|George Whitfield Glasgow (1874-1895)]]. == Sources == <references /> * [https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1891/10666/5886479.pdf Marriage Registration] of William James Glasgow, 34, merchant, Cookstown, father Allen Glasgow, farmer, to Rebecca Jane Moore, 30, post mistress, father Clarke Moore, clerk of ?, 6th April 1891, Derryloran Parish Church * [http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Tyrone/Cookstown/James_s_St_/1728672/ 1901 Ireland census] - Residents of a house 36 in James's St. (Cookstown, Tyrone). Wm James Glasgow(43, clerk), Rebecca J G.(40, wife, postmistress), Allan P G.(9), Ernest Moore G.(7), Henry Macdonald G.(4), Margaret Patteson(81, boarder, ex-postmistress), Jane Acheson(82, servant), Annie Forde(14, servant).