Glasgow Surname Project

Individual research record

Adam Glasgow

c. 1853 – 1916-12-24

Glasgow-2419 · 1 mapped association

County Londonderry, Ireland, United KingdomInishrush, Claudy, Tamlaght O'Crilly, County Londonderry, Ireland, United Kingdom

At a glance

Identity & family

Tree links organise the family; documentary status still varies.

1Mapped records
3Close relations
5Evidence items
12Candidate leads
Birth
c. 1853 · County Londonderry, Ireland, United Kingdom
Death
1916-12-24 · Inishrush, Claudy, Tamlaght O'Crilly, County Londonderry, Ireland, United Kingdom
Parents
Not recorded
Spouses
Eliza (Unknown) Glasgow
Children
Adam D GlasgowHenry Glasgow
Gender
Male
WikiTree
Glasgow-2419
Research clusters
Ireland One-Tree profile leads
Mapped descendants
2

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 positionAdam D Glasgow (1879)
Maternal grandfather positionHenry Glasgow (1888)
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

Possible fathers5 leads

Automated fit50/100
Moderate Lead
Dates1815–1901Generation38 years age gapRecorded placesIreland, United Kingdom · Londonderry, Guernsey County, Ohio, United States · Ireland — exact locality unprovedIndependent clue breadth · 7Age · Broad Geography · Collateral Naming · Rare Branch-Name Recurrence · Spouse · Spouse-Specific Child Window · Two-GenerationSame-spouse child windowJane (Neill) GlasgowCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 38-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 64 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1879), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • known spouse Jane (Neill) Glasgow had a bounded, possibly plausible maternal age (37) at the subject's birth (+3)

candidate already has another child named Adam Glasgow (Glasgow-2387) without a documented death permitting name reuse (−4; check whether the child profiles duplicate or conflict)

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  • plausible 38-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 64 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1879), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • weak broad-area overlap: londonderry (+1; not a locality match)
  • subject's birth fits between children attributed to the same parental couple (1841–1861) (+6; other parent Jane (Neill) Glasgow)
  • known spouse Jane (Neill) Glasgow had a bounded, possibly plausible maternal age (37) at the subject's birth (+3)
  • uncommon given names recur in both otherwise distinct descendant branches: Adam +14 (15 public profiles; subject branch: Adam Glasgow, Adam D Glasgow; candidate branch: Adam Glasgow; +2 repetition bonus) (+14 total)
  • candidate's sibling and niece/nephew network repeats names in the subject's descendant line (three rarest at most): Henry +8 (24 public profiles; niece/nephew Henry McKeown) (+8 total)

Deductions and cautions: candidate already has another child named Adam Glasgow (Glasgow-2387) without a documented death permitting name reuse (−4; check whether the child profiles duplicate or conflict)

Automated fit39/100
Weak Lead
Dates1822–?Generation31 years age gapRecorded placesLocation not supplied — profile holding pointIndependent clue breadth · 5Age · Collateral Naming · Household · Spouse · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 31-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 57 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1879), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • a known child was born within 2 years of the subject (+3)

locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction); descendant-name recurrence has no independent household, record, migration or specific-locality anchor (score capped at 39)

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  • plausible 31-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 57 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1879), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • a known child was born within 2 years of the subject (+3)
  • known spouse Mary (McNeil) Glasgow had a bounded, possibly plausible maternal age (23) at the subject's birth (+3)
  • candidate's sibling and niece/nephew network repeats names in the subject's descendant line (three rarest at most): Adam +12 (15 public profiles; niece/nephew Adam Glasgow) (+12 total)

Deductions and cautions: locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction); descendant-name recurrence has no independent household, record, migration or specific-locality anchor (score capped at 39)

Show 3 lower-scoring possible fathers
Automated fit39/100
Weak Lead
Dates1815–1863Generation38 years age gapRecorded placesLisburn, County Antrim, Ireland, United Kingdom · Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand · Lisburn / LisnagarveyIndependent clue breadth · 6Age · Household · Same-Sex Generational Naming · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Spouse · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 38-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • known spouse Jane Fulton (Thompson) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (31) at the subject's birth (+7)
  • candidate's birth is 64 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1879), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10); descendant-name recurrence has no independent household, record, migration or specific-locality anchor (score capped at 39)

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  • plausible 38-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 64 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1879), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • a known child was born within 3 years of the subject (+3)
  • known spouse Jane Fulton (Thompson) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (31) at the subject's birth (+7)
  • candidate and subject share the given name Adam (+8; weak direct parent-child name recurrence, 15 public profiles)
  • candidate's name matches the first dated son Adam D Glasgow, the expected father position for a male subject (+12; catalogue rarity 5, Adam in 15 profiles)

Deductions and cautions: same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10); descendant-name recurrence has no independent household, record, migration or specific-locality anchor (score capped at 39)

Automated fit39/100
Weak Lead
Dates1810–?Generation43 years age gapRecorded placesCalliaqua, Saint George, Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Same-Sex Generational Naming · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 43-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 69 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1879), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • candidate and subject share the given name Adam (+8; weak direct parent-child name recurrence, 15 public profiles)

locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction); descendant-name recurrence has no independent household, record, migration or specific-locality anchor (score capped at 39)

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  • plausible 43-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 69 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1879), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • candidate and subject share the given name Adam (+8; weak direct parent-child name recurrence, 15 public profiles)
  • candidate's name matches the first dated son Adam D Glasgow, the expected father position for a male subject (+12; catalogue rarity 5, Adam in 15 profiles)

Deductions and cautions: locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction); descendant-name recurrence has no independent household, record, migration or specific-locality anchor (score capped at 39)

Automated fit39/100
Weak Lead
Dates1804–?Generation49 years age gapRecorded placesCounty Antrim — exact locality unprovedIndependent clue breadth · 5Age · Collateral Naming · Same-Sex Generational Naming · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • possible 49-year parent-child age gap (+10)
  • candidate's birth is 75 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1879), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)

same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10); descendant-name recurrence has no independent household, record, migration or specific-locality anchor (score capped at 39)

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  • possible 49-year parent-child age gap (+10)
  • candidate's birth is 75 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1879), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • candidate and subject share the given name Adam (+8; weak direct parent-child name recurrence, 15 public profiles)
  • candidate's name matches the first dated son Adam D Glasgow, the expected father position for a male subject (+12; catalogue rarity 5, Adam in 15 profiles)
  • candidate's sibling and niece/nephew network repeats names in the subject's descendant line (three rarest at most): Adam +14 (15 public profiles; niece/nephew Adam Glasgow, niece/nephew Adam McKeown; +2 repetition bonus); Henry +8 (24 public profiles; niece/nephew Henry McKeown) (+22 total)

Deductions and cautions: same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10); descendant-name recurrence has no independent household, record, migration or specific-locality anchor (score capped at 39)

Possible mothers5 leads

Automated fit39/100
Weak Lead
Dates1824–?Generation29 years age gapRecorded placesBrackagh, Lissan, County Londonderry, Ireland, United Kingdom · Lissan civil parish — Cookstown areaIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Broad Geography · Collateral Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 29-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 55 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1879), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • weak broad-area overlap: londonderry (+1; not a locality match)

descendant-name recurrence has no independent household, record, migration or specific-locality anchor (score capped at 39)

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  • plausible 29-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 55 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1879), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • weak broad-area overlap: londonderry (+1; not a locality match)
  • candidate's sibling and niece/nephew network repeats names in the subject's descendant line (three rarest at most): Adam +12 (15 public profiles; sibling Adam Glasgow); Henry +8 (24 public profiles; sibling Henry Cunningham Glasgow) (+20 total)

Deductions and cautions: descendant-name recurrence has no independent household, record, migration or specific-locality anchor (score capped at 39)

Automated fit39/100
Weak Lead
Dates1822–?Generation31 years age gapRecorded placesInishrush, Tamlaght O’Crilly, County Londonderry · Inishrush · Tyanee townlandIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Broad Geography · Collateral Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 31-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 57 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1879), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • weak broad-area overlap: crilly, inishrush, londonderry (+1; not a locality match)

descendant-name recurrence has no independent household, record, migration or specific-locality anchor (score capped at 39)

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  • plausible 31-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 57 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1879), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • weak broad-area overlap: crilly, inishrush, londonderry (+1; not a locality match)
  • candidate's sibling and niece/nephew network repeats names in the subject's descendant line (three rarest at most): Adam +12 (15 public profiles; sibling Adam Glasgow); Henry +8 (24 public profiles; niece/nephew Henry Glasgow) (+20 total)

Deductions and cautions: descendant-name recurrence has no independent household, record, migration or specific-locality anchor (score capped at 39)

Show 3 lower-scoring possible mothers
Automated fit32/100
Weak Lead
Dates1828–1903Generation25 years age gapRecorded placesIreland, United Kingdom · Belle Center, Logan County, Ohio, United States · Ireland — exact locality unprovedIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Collateral Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 25-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 51 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1879), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • candidate's sibling and niece/nephew network repeats names in the subject's descendant line (three rarest at most): Adam +12 (15 public profiles; sibling Adam Glasgow); Henry +8 (24 public profiles; sibling Henry Cunningham Glasgow) (+20 total)

same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10)

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  • plausible 25-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 51 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1879), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • candidate's sibling and niece/nephew network repeats names in the subject's descendant line (three rarest at most): Adam +12 (15 public profiles; sibling Adam Glasgow); Henry +8 (24 public profiles; sibling Henry Cunningham Glasgow) (+20 total)

Deductions and cautions: same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10)

Automated fit32/100
Weak Lead
Dates1826–1898Generation27 years age gapRecorded placesIreland, United Kingdom · Silver Creek, Hardin, Ohio, United States · Ireland — exact locality unprovedIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Collateral Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 27-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 53 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1879), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • candidate's sibling and niece/nephew network repeats names in the subject's descendant line (three rarest at most): Adam +12 (15 public profiles; sibling Adam Glasgow); Henry +8 (24 public profiles; sibling Henry Cunningham Glasgow) (+20 total)

same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10)

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  • plausible 27-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 53 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1879), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • candidate's sibling and niece/nephew network repeats names in the subject's descendant line (three rarest at most): Adam +12 (15 public profiles; sibling Adam Glasgow); Henry +8 (24 public profiles; sibling Henry Cunningham Glasgow) (+20 total)

Deductions and cautions: same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10)

Automated fit29/100
Weak Lead
Dates1803–1890Generation50 years age gapRecorded placesBrackagh, Lissan, County Londonderry, Ireland · Belle Center, Logan, Ohio, United States · Lissan civil parish — Cookstown areaIndependent clue breadth · 5Age · Broad Geography · Rare Branch-Name Recurrence · Rare Name Bundle · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • candidate's birth is 76 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1879), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • less typical 50-year parent-child age gap (+2)
  • weak broad-area overlap: londonderry (+1; not a locality match)

candidate already has another child named Adam Glasgow (Glasgow-3151) without a documented death permitting name reuse (−4; check whether the child profiles duplicate or conflict)

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  • less typical 50-year parent-child age gap (+2)
  • candidate's birth is 76 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1879), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • weak broad-area overlap: londonderry (+1; not a locality match)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • uncommon given names recur in both otherwise distinct descendant branches: Adam +14 (15 public profiles; subject branch: Adam Glasgow, Adam D Glasgow; candidate branch: Adam Glasgow; +2 repetition bonus); Henry +8 (24 public profiles; subject branch: Henry Glasgow; candidate branch: Henry Cunningham Glasgow) (+26 total including +4 multi-name bonus)

Deductions and cautions: candidate already has another child named Adam Glasgow (Glasgow-3151) without a documented death permitting name reuse (−4; check whether the child profiles duplicate or conflict)

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

Adam GlasgowGlasgow-1405

Automated fit36/100
Similar Person
Dates1849–?PlacesAntrimParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 4 (+18)

No indexed conflict

Full comparison detail
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 4 (+18)

Conflicts: No indexed conflict

Same-name candidate

Adam GlasgowGlasgow-1395

Automated fit28/100
Similar Person
Dates1847–?PlacesDunaghy, County Antrim, Ireland, United KingdomParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 6 (+10)

No indexed conflict

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

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
Evidence assessmentWhat is supported, uncertain or disputed in the current case model.4 claims
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.5 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-2419 was captured 2026-08-07T09:54:35+00:00; WikiTree profile revision 2022-09-18.

Profile location claims

EventDateLocationStatus
birthCounty Londonderry, IrelandWikiTree profile field
deathInishrush, Claudy, Tamlaght O'Crilly, County Londonderry, IrelandWikiTree profile field

Immediate relationship snapshot

RelationshipPersonWikiTree IDDates and places returned
ChildrenAdam D GlasgowGlasgow-24201879-00-00 · United States · 0000-00-00
ChildrenHenry GlasgowGlasgow-24181888-08-27 · Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States · 0000-00-00
SpousesEliza GlasgowUnknown-6188721854-00-00 · County Londonderry, Ireland · 0000-00-00

Record-bearing passages

Profile source citations

  1. Census of Ireland, 1901, Londonderry, Claudy, Innishrush, House 24 [http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Londonderry/Claudy/Innishrush/1542525/] source link 1
  2. Census of Ireland, 1911, Londonderry, Clady, Inishrush, House 35 [http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Londonderry/Clady/Inishrush/608787/] source link 1
  3. Death record, Adam Glasgow, 1917, Ireland, County Londonderry, Magherafelt SR District, Group Registration ID 3632269 [https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1917/05226/4446719.pdf] source link 1
  4. "Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Births, 1860-1906," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VB1W-PFP : 8 March 2021), Adam Glassgow in entry for Henry Glassgow, 27 Aug 1888; citing Birth, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, City of Philadelphia, Department of Records, Pennsylvania. source link 1
Full captured biography text
BiographySources
* Census of Ireland, 1901, Londonderry, Claudy, Innishrush, House 24 * Census of Ireland, 1911, Londonderry, Clady, Inishrush, House 35 [http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Londonderry/Clady/Inishrush/608787/ (http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Londonderry/Claudy/Innishrush/1542525/])
* * Death record, Adam Glasgow, 1917, Ireland, County Londonderry, Magherafelt SR District, Group Registration ID 3632269 [https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1917/05226/4446719.pdf]
* "Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Births, 1860-1906," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VB1W-PFP : 8 March 2021), Adam Glassgow in entry for Henry Glassgow, 27 Aug 1888; citing Birth, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, City of Philadelphia, Department of Records, Pennsylvania.
Raw WikiTree biography markup
== Biography ==

== Sources ==
<references />
* Census of Ireland, 1901, Londonderry, Claudy, Innishrush, House 24 [http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Londonderry/Claudy/Innishrush/1542525/]
* Census of Ireland, 1911, Londonderry, Clady, Inishrush, House 35  [http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Londonderry/Clady/Inishrush/608787/]
* * Death record, Adam Glasgow, 1917, Ireland, County Londonderry, Magherafelt SR District, Group Registration ID 3632269  [https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1917/05226/4446719.pdf]
* "Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Births, 1860-1906," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VB1W-PFP : 8 March 2021), Adam Glassgow in entry for Henry Glassgow, 27 Aug 1888; citing Birth, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, City of Philadelphia, Department of Records, Pennsylvania.