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Walter Glasgow

before 1762 – after 1818

Glasgow-2263 · 1 mapped association

Birthplace unknown→Antigonish, Nova Scotia
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1Mapped records
0Close relations
6Evidence items
11Candidate leads
Birth
before 1762 · Place not recorded
Death
after 1818 · Antigonish, Nova Scotia
Parents
Not recorded
Spouses
Not recorded
Children
Not recorded
Gender
Male
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Glasgow-2263
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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.

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Potential parents or duplicates

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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

Walter GlasgowGlasgow-1004

Automated fit18/100
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Dates?–?PlacesPlaces not recordedParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)

one birth year is unavailable

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

Conflicts: one birth year is unavailable

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Research & records

Life and record timelineChronological mapped occurrences and their underlying sources.1 record
b. 1762

Profile-stated death place: Antigonish, Nova Scotia

Antigonish, Nova Scotia

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Source and mapping detail

WikiTree profile export for Glasgow-2263

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Precision: Country-centre fallback for profile locality

Evidence assessmentWhat is supported, uncertain or disputed in the current case model.1 claim
5Unknown
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Research questionsOpen problems, missing bridges and the next records to inspect.0 open

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Sources and provenanceStructured citations and source-quality classifications.6 sources

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  1. unknown Private Walter Glasgow, missing, Third Maryland Regiment losses: https://www.losthistory.net/battleofcamden/1bdeloss.htm
  2. unknown Private Walter Glasco, in "Muster Roll of the Disbanded Officers and Privates with their wives, children & servants of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland's late Regiment settled at Chedebucto, 20 June 1784", National Archives of Canada: https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c9818/169
  3. unknown Private Walter Glasgow, in draft land grant, dated 1785, Public Archives of Nova Scotia: https://archives.novascotia.ca/land-papers/archives/?ID=529&Doc=document&Page=201105149
  4. unknown W. Glasgow, farmer, Antigonish, Antigonish County — 1793, in Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 vol. 444 no. 2: https://archives.novascotia.ca/census/polltax/returns/?ID=108
  5. unknown Walter Glasgow, Antigonish, Sydney County — 1817, Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 vol. 445 no. 15: https://archives.novascotia.ca/census/rg1v445/returns/?ID=1894
  6. tree_only WikiTree profile export for Glasgow-2263
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WikiTree profile information

Dataset: ONT_Glasco_2026-08-18T16_05.json · generated 2026-08-20

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WikiTree biography, citations and relationship snapshot

Glasgow-2263 was captured 2026-08-07T09:54:35+00:00; WikiTree profile revision 2022-11-18.

Profile location claims

EventDateLocationStatus
death—Antigonish, Nova ScotiaWikiTree profile field

Profile categories

3rd Maryland Regiment (1776), Continental Army, American Revolution 3rd_Maryland_Regiment_(1776),_Continental_Army,_American_Revolution Battle of Camden Battle_of_Camden Duke of Cumberland's Regiment, American Revolution Duke_of_Cumberland's_Regiment,_American_Revolution Nova Scotia United Empire Loyalists Nova_Scotia_United_Empire_Loyalists United_Empire_Loyalists

Record-bearing passages

  • Biography Walter was born before 1762. He served with the 3rd Maryland Regiment and was captured following the Battle of Camden in 1780 Private Walter Glasgow, missing, Third Maryland Regiment losses: https://www.losthistory.net/battleofcamden/1bdeloss.htm , and imprisoned at Charleston. In 1781, he was enlisted in the Duke of Cumberland's Regiment, made up of captured American prisoners of war, and sent to garrison duty at Jamaica. The regiment was disbanded at the end of the war, and the soldiers transported to Nova Scotia, where in 1784 they received grants of land in what is today Guysborough County. Walter was presumably not satisfied with this land, and relocated to Antigonish in Sydney County (today Antigonish County), where he had a farm and raised a family. He passed away after 1818. Sources

Profile source citations

  1. Private Walter Glasgow, missing, Third Maryland Regiment losses: https://www.losthistory.net/battleofcamden/1bdeloss.htm source link 1
  2. Private Walter Glasco, in "Muster Roll of the Disbanded Officers and Privates with their wives, children & servants of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland's late Regiment settled at Chedebucto, 20 June 1784", National Archives of Canada: https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c9818/169 source link 1
  3. Private Walter Glasgow, in draft land grant, dated 1785, Public Archives of Nova Scotia: https://archives.novascotia.ca/land-papers/archives/?ID=529&Doc=document&Page=201105149 source link 1
  4. W. Glasgow, farmer, Antigonish, Antigonish County — 1793, in Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 vol. 444 no. 2: https://archives.novascotia.ca/census/polltax/returns/?ID=108 source link 1
  5. Walter Glasgow, Antigonish, Sydney County — 1817, Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 vol. 445 no. 15: https://archives.novascotia.ca/census/rg1v445/returns/?ID=1894 source link 1
Full captured biography text
Biography
Walter was born before 1762. He served with the 3rd Maryland Regiment and was captured following the Battle of Camden in 1780 Private Walter Glasgow, missing, Third Maryland Regiment losses: https://www.losthistory.net/battleofcamden/1bdeloss.htm , and imprisoned at Charleston. In 1781, he was enlisted in the Duke of Cumberland's Regiment, made up of captured American prisoners of war, and sent to garrison duty at Jamaica. The regiment was disbanded at the end of the war, and the soldiers transported to Nova Scotia, where in 1784 they received grants of land in what is today Guysborough County. Walter was presumably not satisfied with this land, and relocated to Antigonish in Sydney County (today Antigonish County), where he had a farm and raised a family. He passed away after 1818.
Sources
* Private Walter Glasco, in "Muster Roll of the Disbanded Officers and Privates with their wives, children & servants of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland's late Regiment settled at Chedebucto, 20 June 1784", National Archives of Canada: https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c9818/169
* Private Walter Glasgow, in draft land grant, dated 1785, Public Archives of Nova Scotia: https://archives.novascotia.ca/land-papers/archives/?ID=529&Doc=document&Page=201105149
* W. Glasgow, farmer, Antigonish, Antigonish County — 1793, in Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 vol. 444 no. 2: https://archives.novascotia.ca/census/polltax/returns/?ID=108
* Walter Glasgow, Antigonish, Sydney County — 1817, Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 vol. 445 no. 15: https://archives.novascotia.ca/census/rg1v445/returns/?ID=1894
Raw WikiTree biography markup
[[Category: 3rd Maryland Regiment (1776), Continental Army, American Revolution]]
[[Category: Battle of Camden]]
[[Category: Duke of Cumberland's Regiment, American Revolution]]
[[Category: Nova Scotia United Empire Loyalists]]
== Biography ==
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|unit= 3rd Maryland Regiment (1776), Continental Army, American Revolution}}
{{1776 Sticker|image= Flags-2.gif|rank= Private|unit= Duke of Cumberland's Regiment, American Revolution}}
{{United Empire Loyalist }}

Walter was born before 1762.  He served with the 3rd Maryland Regiment and was captured following the Battle of Camden in 1780<ref>Private Walter Glasgow, missing, Third Maryland Regiment losses: https://www.losthistory.net/battleofcamden/1bdeloss.htm</ref>, and imprisoned at Charleston. In 1781, he was enlisted in the Duke of Cumberland's Regiment, made up of captured American prisoners of war, and sent to garrison duty at Jamaica. The regiment was disbanded at the end of the war, and the soldiers transported to Nova Scotia, where in 1784 they received grants of land in what is today Guysborough County. Walter was presumably not satisfied with this land, and relocated to Antigonish in Sydney County (today Antigonish County), where he had a farm and raised a family.  He passed away after 1818.

== Sources ==
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* Private Walter Glasco, in "Muster Roll of the Disbanded Officers and Privates with their wives, children & servants of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland's late Regiment settled at Chedebucto, 20 June 1784", National Archives of Canada: https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c9818/169
* Private Walter Glasgow, in draft land grant, dated 1785, Public Archives of Nova Scotia: https://archives.novascotia.ca/land-papers/archives/?ID=529&Doc=document&Page=201105149
* W. Glasgow, farmer, Antigonish, Antigonish County — 1793, in Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 vol. 444 no. 2: https://archives.novascotia.ca/census/polltax/returns/?ID=108
* Walter Glasgow, Antigonish, Sydney County — 1817, Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 vol. 445 no. 15: https://archives.novascotia.ca/census/rg1v445/returns/?ID=1894