Glasgow Surname Project

Individual research record

Robert James Glasgow

c. 1889 – c. 1970

Glasgow-2347 · 1 mapped association

Drury, Auckland, New ZealandNew Zealand

At a glance

Identity & family

Tree links organise the family; documentary status still varies.

1Mapped records
5Close relations
5Evidence items
12Candidate leads
Birth
c. 1889 · Drury, Auckland, New Zealand
Death
c. 1970 · New Zealand
Parents
William GlasgowconfidentAmy Alice (Gurney) Glasgowconfident
Spouses
Ida Margaret (Martin) Glasgow
Children
Gwen (Glasgow) AimLiving person (details withheld)
Gender
Male
WikiTree
Glasgow-2347
Research clusters
Worldwide 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 positionGwen (Glasgow) Aim (1917)
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

Possible fathers5 leads

Automated fit30/100
Competing Linked Parent
Dates1844–1941Generation45 years age gapRecorded placesMuntober, County Tyrone, Ireland, United Kingdom · Papakura, Auckland, New Zealand · Kildress civil parishIndependent clue breadth · 7Age · Birth-Order Gap · Local Same-Spouse Child Window · Spouse · Spouse-Specific Child Window · Two-Generation · Undated LocalitySame-spouse child windowMargaret (Dougall) GlasgowCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 45-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • known spouse Margaret (Dougall) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (40) at the subject's birth (+7)
  • candidate has only broad or undated birth-locality overlap: auckland (+6)

a different father is marked confident (−25; WikiTree: confident parent)

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  • plausible 45-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 73 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1917), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • candidate has only broad or undated birth-locality overlap: auckland (+6)
  • subject's birth fits between children attributed to the same parental couple (1876–1896) (+6; other parent Margaret (Dougall) Glasgow)
  • same-couple children Clara May (Glasgow) Sing (1887) and Ellen Elizabeth (Glasgow) Hancock (1891) bracket the subject in the same specific birth locality (+10; strong household-placement clue, not proof)
  • the subject fills a 4-year gap between those same-couple, same-locality children (+4; corroborated missing birth-order slot)
  • known spouse Margaret (Dougall) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (40) at the subject's birth (+7)

Deductions and cautions: a different father is marked confident (−25; WikiTree: confident parent)

Automated fit16/100
Competing Linked Parent
Dates1867–?Generation22 years age gapRecorded placesNew ZealandIndependent clue breadth · 5Age · Indirect Multi-Factor Convergence · Same-Sex Generational Naming · Two-Generation · Undated LocalityCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 22-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • same specific indexed locality despite wider place-label differences: new zealand (+10)
  • 3 independent unlinked-profile clue types converge (+5): household chronology, locality, naming

a different father is marked confident (−25; WikiTree: confident parent)

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  • plausible 22-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 50 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1917), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same specific indexed locality despite wider place-label differences: new zealand (+10)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • candidate and subject share the given name Robert (+4; weak direct parent-child name recurrence, 165 public profiles)
  • 3 independent unlinked-profile clue types converge (+5): household chronology, locality, naming

Deductions and cautions: a different father is marked confident (−25; WikiTree: confident parent)

Show 3 lower-scoring possible fathers
Automated fit10/100
Competing Linked Parent
Dates1866–1954Generation23 years age gapRecorded placesHampshire, England, United Kingdom · New Zealand · Hampshire, EnglandIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Household · Two-Generation · Undated LocalityCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 23-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • same specific indexed locality despite wider place-label differences: new zealand (+10)
  • candidate's birth is 51 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1917), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

a different father is marked confident (−25; WikiTree: confident parent)

Show complete scoring
  • plausible 23-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 51 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1917), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same specific indexed locality despite wider place-label differences: new zealand (+10)
  • a known child was born within 1 years of the subject (+3)

Deductions and cautions: a different father is marked confident (−25; WikiTree: confident parent)

Automated fit10/100
Competing Linked Parent
Dates1857–1938Generation32 years age gapRecorded placesOldcourt, County Cork, Ireland, United Kingdom · New Zealand · County Cork — exact locality unprovedIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Spouse · Two-Generation · Undated LocalityCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 32-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • same specific indexed locality despite wider place-label differences: new zealand (+10)
  • candidate's birth is 60 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1917), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

a different father is marked confident (−25; WikiTree: confident parent)

Show complete scoring
  • plausible 32-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 60 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1917), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same specific indexed locality despite wider place-label differences: new zealand (+10)
  • known spouse Elizabeth Jane (Lane) Glasgow had a bounded, possibly plausible maternal age (33) at the subject's birth (+3)

Deductions and cautions: a different father is marked confident (−25; WikiTree: confident parent)

Automated fit7/100
Competing Linked Parent
Dates1869–?Generation20 years age gapRecorded placesNew ZealandIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Two-Generation · Undated LocalityCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 20-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • same specific indexed locality despite wider place-label differences: new zealand (+10)
  • candidate's birth is 48 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1917), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

a different father is marked confident (−25; WikiTree: confident parent)

Show complete scoring
  • plausible 20-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 48 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1917), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same specific indexed locality despite wider place-label differences: new zealand (+10)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)

Deductions and cautions: a different father is marked confident (−25; WikiTree: confident parent)

Possible mothers5 leads

Automated fit23/100
Competing Linked Parent
Dates1849–1944Generation40 years age gapRecorded placesKillycurragh , County Tyrone, Ireland · Papakura, Auckland, New Zealand · Killycurragh townland — Oritor/DerryloranIndependent clue breadth · 6Age · Birth-Order Gap · Local Same-Spouse Child Window · Spouse-Specific Child Window · Two-Generation · Undated LocalitySame-spouse child windowJames GlasgowCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 40-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate has only broad or undated birth-locality overlap: auckland (+6)
  • candidate's birth is 68 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1917), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

a different mother is marked confident (−25; WikiTree: confident parent)

Show complete scoring
  • plausible 40-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 68 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1917), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • candidate has only broad or undated birth-locality overlap: auckland (+6)
  • subject's birth fits between children attributed to the same parental couple (1876–1896) (+6; other parent James Glasgow)
  • same-couple children Clara May (Glasgow) Sing (1887) and Ellen Elizabeth (Glasgow) Hancock (1891) bracket the subject in the same specific birth locality (+10; strong household-placement clue, not proof)
  • the subject fills a 4-year gap between those same-couple, same-locality children (+4; corroborated missing birth-order slot)

Deductions and cautions: a different mother is marked confident (−25; WikiTree: confident parent)

Automated fit13/100
Competing Linked Parent
Dates1856–1896Generation33 years age gapRecorded placesStoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom · New ZealandIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Spouse-Specific Child Window · Two-Generation · Undated LocalitySame-spouse child windowWilliam Thompson GlasgowCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 33-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • same specific indexed locality despite wider place-label differences: new zealand (+10)
  • candidate's birth is 61 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1917), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

a different mother is marked confident (−25; WikiTree: confident parent)

Show complete scoring
  • plausible 33-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 61 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1917), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same specific indexed locality despite wider place-label differences: new zealand (+10)
  • subject's birth fits between children attributed to the same parental couple (1884–1894) (+6; other parent William Thompson Glasgow)

Deductions and cautions: a different mother is marked confident (−25; WikiTree: confident parent)

Show 3 lower-scoring possible mothers
Automated fit7/100
Competing Linked Parent
Dates1870–1954Generation19 years age gapRecorded placesNew Zealand · Taranaki, New ZealandIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Two-Generation · Undated LocalityCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 19-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • same specific indexed locality despite wider place-label differences: new zealand (+10)
  • candidate's birth is 47 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1917), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

a different mother is marked confident (−25; WikiTree: confident parent)

Show complete scoring
  • plausible 19-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 47 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1917), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same specific indexed locality despite wider place-label differences: new zealand (+10)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)

Deductions and cautions: a different mother is marked confident (−25; WikiTree: confident parent)

Automated fit7/100
Competing Linked Parent
Dates1857–1923Generation32 years age gapRecorded placesNew ZealandIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Two-Generation · Undated LocalityCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 32-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • same specific indexed locality despite wider place-label differences: new zealand (+10)
  • candidate's birth is 60 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1917), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

a different mother is marked confident (−25; WikiTree: confident parent)

Show complete scoring
  • plausible 32-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 60 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1917), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same specific indexed locality despite wider place-label differences: new zealand (+10)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)

Deductions and cautions: a different mother is marked confident (−25; WikiTree: confident parent)

Automated fit7/100
Competing Linked Parent
Dates1856–1939Generation33 years age gapRecorded placesNew ZealandIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Two-Generation · Undated LocalityCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 33-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • same specific indexed locality despite wider place-label differences: new zealand (+10)
  • candidate's birth is 61 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1917), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

a different mother is marked confident (−25; WikiTree: confident parent)

Show complete scoring
  • plausible 33-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 61 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1917), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same specific indexed locality despite wider place-label differences: new zealand (+10)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)

Deductions and cautions: a different mother is marked confident (−25; WikiTree: confident parent)

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 fit38/100
Similar Person
Dates1889–1981PlacesWeakley, Tennessee, United States → Weakley, Tennessee, United StatesParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • same birth year (+30)

unassessed father attachments differ (−5); unassessed mother attachments differ (−5)

Full comparison detail
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • same birth year (+30)

Conflicts: unassessed father attachments differ (−5); unassessed mother attachments differ (−5)

Automated fit36/100
Similar Person
Dates1883–1961PlacesKirknewton and East Calder, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom → Wanganui, Manawatu-wanganui, New ZealandParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 6 (+10)
  • overlapping locality (+8)

No indexed conflict

Full comparison detail
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 6 (+10)
  • 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
b. 1889

Profile-stated birthplace: Drury, Auckland, New Zealand

Drury, Auckland, New Zealand

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-2347

Candidate matched on record type, year; inspect before treating it as the underlying record.

Precision: Country-centre fallback for profile locality

Evidence assessmentWhat is supported, uncertain or disputed in the current case model.12 claims
4Unknown
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.

Next records to inspect

  1. marriage — NZ BDM Marriage search: 1912/6414 Ida Margaret Martin || Robert James Glasgow
  2. death — NZ BDM Death search: 1970/39883 Glasgow Robert James 80Y Sources
  3. will — NZ BDM Birth search: 1889/7800 Glasgow Robert James || Amy Alice || William
Sources and provenanceStructured citations and source-quality classifications.5 sources

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

  1. unknown NZ BDM Marriage search: 1912/6414 Ida Margaret Martin || Robert James Glasgow
  2. unknown Given in father's death notice.
  3. unknown NZ BDM Death search: 1970/39883 Glasgow Robert James 80Y
  4. unknown NZ BDM Birth search: 1889/7800 Glasgow Robert James || Amy Alice || William
  5. tree_only WikiTree profile export for Glasgow-2347
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-2347 was captured 2026-08-07T09:54:35+00:00; WikiTree profile revision 2022-07-17.

Profile location claims

EventDateLocationStatus
birthDrury, Auckland, New ZealandWikiTree profile field
deathNew ZealandWikiTree profile field
marriage1912-00-00New ZealandWikiTree relationship field

Immediate relationship snapshot

RelationshipPersonWikiTree IDDates and places returned
ParentsWilliam GlasgowGlasgow-17761860-00-00 · Montober, Kildress, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland · 1947-08-05 · New Zealand
ParentsAmy Alice GlasgowGurney-14391867-00-00 · Thames, Waikato, New Zealand · 1939-08-22 · Tuakau, Waikato, New Zealand
ChildrenRaymondGlasgow-23521913-00-00 · New Zealand · 0000-00-00
ChildrenEvanGlasgow-23531914-00-00 · New Zealand · 0000-00-00
ChildrenGwen AimGlasgow-23541917-00-00 · New Zealand · 1966-00-00
SiblingsAmy Ethel BovillGlasgow-23451887-03-24 · Drury, Auckland, New Zealand · 1975-00-00 · New Zealand
SiblingsWilliam Charles Stewart GlasgowGlasgow-23461888-00-00 · Drury, Auckland, New Zealand · 0000-00-00
SiblingsAlfred Aiken Hamilton GlasgowGlasgow-23481891-00-00 · Awhitu, Auckland, New Zealand · 1896-00-00 · New Zealand
SiblingsWallace Neville GlasgowGlasgow-23491892-00-00 · Drury, Auckland, New Zealand · 0000-00-00
SiblingsDaisy Frances Sarah Lyra GlasgowGlasgow-23501894-00-00 · Drury, Auckland, New Zealand · 1945-00-00 · New Zealand
SiblingsLily Elizabeth Gurney McKeeGlasgow-23511898-00-00 · Drury, Auckland, New Zealand · 0000-00-00
SiblingsMalcolm Bruce GlasgowGlasgow-17771902-08-19 · Rangiriri, Waikato, New Zealand · 1983-00-00 · New Zealand
SpousesIda Margaret GlasgowMartin-770271887-00-00 · New Zealand · 1952-00-00 · 1912-00-00

Profile categories

Onewhero,_Waikato

Record-bearing passages

  • Biography Robert was born in 1889. He is the son of William Glasgow and Amy Gurney.
  • In 1912 he married Ida Margaret Martin. NZ BDM Marriage search: 1912/6414 Ida Margaret Martin || Robert James Glasgow
  • As of 1947 he lived at Onewhero. Given in father's death notice.
  • He passed away in 1970. NZ BDM Death search: 1970/39883 Glasgow Robert James 80Y Sources

    • NZ BDM Birth search: 1889/7800 Glasgow Robert James || Amy Alice || William

Profile source citations

  1. NZ BDM Marriage search: 1912/6414 Ida Margaret Martin || Robert James Glasgow
  2. Given in father's death notice.
  3. NZ BDM Death search: 1970/39883 Glasgow Robert James 80Y
  4. NZ BDM Birth search: 1889/7800 Glasgow Robert James || Amy Alice || William
Full captured biography text
Biography
Robert was born in 1889. He is the son of William Glasgow and Amy Gurney.

In 1912 he married Ida Margaret Martin.
 NZ BDM Marriage search: 1912/6414 Ida Margaret Martin || Robert James Glasgow 

As of 1947 he lived at Onewhero.
 Given in father's death notice. 

He passed away in 1970.
 NZ BDM Death search: 1970/39883 Glasgow Robert James 80Y 
Sources
* NZ BDM Birth search: 1889/7800 Glasgow Robert James || Amy Alice || William
Raw WikiTree biography markup
== Biography ==
{{Irish Clans}}
{{New Zealand Sticker | region=Waikato | place=Onewhero}}
Robert was born in 1889. He is the son of [[Glasgow-1776|William Glasgow]] and [[Gurney-1439|Amy Gurney]].

In 1912 he married Ida Margaret Martin.
<ref>NZ BDM Marriage search: 1912/6414	Ida Margaret	Martin	|| Robert James	Glasgow</ref>

As of 1947 he lived at Onewhero.
<ref>Given in father's death notice.</ref>

He passed away in 1970.
<ref>NZ BDM Death search: 1970/39883	Glasgow	Robert James	80Y</ref>

== Sources ==
<references />
* NZ BDM Birth search: 1889/7800	Glasgow	Robert James	|| Amy Alice	|| William