Glasgow Surname Project

Individual research record

John Albert Glasgow

c. 1839 – 1917-12-09

Glasgow-2446 · 1 mapped association

Winchester, Ontario→Stormont, Ontario
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Identity & family

Tree links organise the family; documentary status still varies.

1Mapped records
2Close relations
3Evidence items
12Candidate leads
Birth
c. 1839 · Winchester, Ontario
Death
1917-12-09 · Stormont, Ontario
Parents
Not recorded
Spouses
Esther Jane (McConnell) Glasgow
Children
Ernest John Glasgow
Gender
Male
WikiTree
Glasgow-2446
Research clusters
Worldwide One-Tree profile leads
Mapped descendants
1

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 positionErnest John Glasgow (1880)
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.

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
Dates1801–1866Generation38 years age gapRecorded placesIreland · Prescott, Ontario, Canada · Prescott OntarioIndependent clue breadth · 5Age · Household · Spouse · Time-Specific Locality · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • candidate has a supported 1835 Early shipbuilder; reported builder of Glasgow House in the subject's birth locality, 4 years from the subject's birth (+22)
  • plausible 38-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 79 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1880), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

No indexed conflict; documentary proof still required

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  • plausible 38-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 79 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1880), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • candidate has a supported 1835 Early shipbuilder; reported builder of Glasgow House in the subject's birth locality, 4 years from the subject's birth (+22)
  • a known child was born within 2 years of the subject (+3)
  • known spouse Mary E Glasgow had a bounded, possibly plausible maternal age (19) at the subject's birth (+3)

Deductions and cautions: No indexed conflict; documentary proof still required

Automated fit36/100
Weak Lead
Dates1813–?Generation26 years age gapRecorded placesIreland, United Kingdom · Ireland — exact locality unprovedIndependent clue breadth · 5Age · Household · Same-Sex Generational Naming · Spouse · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 26-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • known spouse Elizabeth (Fee) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (22) at the subject's birth (+7)
  • candidate's birth is 67 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1880), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction)

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  • plausible 26-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 67 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1880), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • a known child was born within 2 years of the subject (+3)
  • known spouse Elizabeth (Fee) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (22) at the subject's birth (+7)
  • candidate and subject share the given name John (+4; weak direct parent-child name recurrence, 278 public profiles)

Deductions and cautions: locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction)

Show 3 lower-scoring possible fathers
Automated fit34/100
Weak Lead
Dates1805–1858Generation34 years age gapRecorded placesHuntington Township, Ross, Ohio, United States · Adair County, Missouri, United StatesIndependent clue breadth · 5Age · Household · Same-Sex Generational Naming · Spouse · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 34-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • known spouse Isabella (Glenn) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (29) at the subject's birth (+7)
  • candidate's birth is 75 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1880), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction)

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  • plausible 34-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 75 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1880), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • a known child was born within 4 years of the subject (+1)
  • known spouse Isabella (Glenn) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (29) at the subject's birth (+7)
  • candidate and subject share the given name John (+4; weak direct parent-child name recurrence, 278 public profiles)

Deductions and cautions: locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction)

Automated fit34/100
Weak Lead
Dates1801–?Generation38 years age gapRecorded placesRasharkin, Kilconway, Antrim · RasharkinIndependent clue breadth · 6Age · Common Grandparent Birth-Order Naming · Household · Same-Sex Generational Naming · Spouse · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 38-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 79 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1880), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • known spouse Margaret (Garvin) Glasgow had a bounded, possibly plausible maternal age (18) at the subject's birth (+3)

locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction)

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  • plausible 38-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 79 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1880), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • subject's birth fits within the candidate's overall child-bearing span (1816–1852) (+3; children are not tied to one spouse)
  • known spouse Margaret (Garvin) Glasgow had a bounded, possibly plausible maternal age (18) at the subject's birth (+3)
  • candidate and subject share the given name John (+4; weak direct parent-child name recurrence, 278 public profiles)
  • the subject would fill the first son position among the candidate's dated children, and the candidate's linked father John Glasgow shares the subject's common given name (+2; Scottish grandparent-name pattern, John in 278 public profiles; Working; moderate; weak alone)

Deductions and cautions: locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction)

Automated fit33/100
Weak Lead
Dates1814–1893Generation25 years age gapRecorded placesCookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland, United Kingdom · Hillsdale, Michigan, United States · CookstownIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Same-Sex Generational Naming · Spouse · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 25-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • known spouse Elizabeth (Eddy) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (30) at the subject's birth (+7)
  • candidate's birth is 66 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1880), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction)

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  • plausible 25-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 66 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1880), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • known spouse Elizabeth (Eddy) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (30) at the subject's birth (+7)
  • candidate and subject share the given name John (+4; weak direct parent-child name recurrence, 278 public profiles)

Deductions and cautions: locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction)

Possible mothers5 leads

Automated fit47/100
Moderate Lead
Dates1820–?Generation19 years age gapRecorded placesUnited States · Prescott OntarioIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Household · Time-Specific Locality · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • candidate has a supported 1851 Married woman; age next birthday 32 in the subject's birth locality, 12 years from the subject's birth (+22)
  • plausible 19-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 60 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1880), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

No indexed conflict; documentary proof still required

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  • plausible 19-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 60 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1880), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • candidate has a supported 1851 Married woman; age next birthday 32 in the subject's birth locality, 12 years from the subject's birth (+22)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • a known child was born within 2 years of the subject (+3)

Deductions and cautions: No indexed conflict; documentary proof still required

Automated fit28/100
Chronology-Only Fallback
Dates1812–1862Generation27 years age gapRecorded placesEccles, Berwickshire, Scotland, United Kingdom · Egremont, Grey, Ontario, CanadaIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Two-Generation · Undated LocalityCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 27-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate has only broad or undated birth-locality overlap: ontario (+6)
  • candidate's birth is 68 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1880), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

No indexed conflict; documentary proof still required

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  • plausible 27-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 68 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1880), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • candidate has only broad or undated birth-locality overlap: ontario (+6)

Deductions and cautions: No indexed conflict; documentary proof still required

Show 3 lower-scoring possible mothers
Automated fit28/100
Chronology-Only Fallback
Dates1807–1854Generation32 years age gapRecorded placesOhio, USAIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Spouse-Specific Child Window · Two-GenerationSame-spouse child windowRobert Barclay GlasgowCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 32-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 73 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1880), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)

locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction)

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  • plausible 32-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 73 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1880), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • subject's birth fits between children attributed to the same parental couple (1827–1847) (+6; other parent Robert Barclay Glasgow)

Deductions and cautions: locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction)

Automated fit28/100
Chronology-Only Fallback
Dates1804–?Generation35 years age gapRecorded placesPennsylvania, United StatesIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Spouse-Specific Child Window · Two-GenerationSame-spouse child windowSamuel GlasgowCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 35-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 76 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1880), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)

locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction)

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  • plausible 35-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 76 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1880), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • subject's birth fits between children attributed to the same parental couple (1830–1846) (+6; other parent Samuel Glasgow)

Deductions and cautions: locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction)

Automated fit28/100
Chronology-Only Fallback
Dates1803–1890Generation36 years age gapRecorded placesBrackagh, Lissan, County Londonderry, Ireland · Belle Center, Logan, Ohio, United States · Lissan civil parish — Cookstown areaIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Spouse-Specific Child Window · Two-GenerationSame-spouse child windowWilliam GlasgowCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 36-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 77 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1880), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • subject's birth fits between children attributed to the same parental couple (1824–1844) (+6; other parent William Glasgow)

locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction)

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  • plausible 36-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 77 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1880), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • subject's birth fits between children attributed to the same parental couple (1824–1844) (+6; other parent William Glasgow)

Deductions and cautions: locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction)

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

John GlasgowGlasgow-2622

Automated fit48/100
Similar Person
Dates1839–?PlacesNew Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United KingdomParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • same birth year (+30)

No indexed conflict

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

Conflicts: No indexed conflict

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Same-name candidate

John GlasgowGlasgow-2800

Automated fit48/100
Similar Person
Dates1840–1922PlacesPlaces not recordedParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 1 (+25)
  • death years within 5 (+5)

No indexed conflict

Full comparison detail
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 1 (+25)
  • death years within 5 (+5)

Conflicts: No indexed conflict

Open side-by-side comparison
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. 1839

Profile-stated birthplace: Winchester, Ontario

Winchester, Ontario

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-2446

No sufficiently specific citation match found.

Precision: Country-centre fallback for profile locality

Evidence assessmentWhat is supported, uncertain or disputed in the current case model.3 claims
2Unknown
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.3 sources

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

  1. unknown Canada, World War I CEF Attestation Papers, 1914-1918 for John A Glasgow https://www.ancestry.ca/imageviewer/collections/1086/images/gpc005-351995a?pId=1666412
  2. unknown https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/191238858/john-albert-glasgow
  3. tree_only WikiTree profile export for Glasgow-2446
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-2446 was captured 2026-08-07T09:54:35+00:00; WikiTree profile revision 2024-07-13.

Profile location claims

EventDateLocationStatus
birth—Winchester, OntarioWikiTree profile field
death—Stormont, OntarioWikiTree profile field
marriage1862-01-22Stormont, OntarioWikiTree relationship field

Immediate relationship snapshot

RelationshipPersonWikiTree IDDates and places returned
ChildrenLieut Ernest John GlasgowGlasgow-24471880-03-16 · Finch Township, Stormont Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada · 1918-05-09 · Doullens, Somme, France
SpousesEsther Jane GlasgowMcConnell-64231842-00-00 · West Hawkesbury, Ontario · 1892-02-29 · Prescott, Ontario · 1862-01-22 · Stormont, Ontario

Record-bearing passages

Profile source citations

  1. Canada, World War I CEF Attestation Papers, 1914-1918 for John A Glasgow https://www.ancestry.ca/imageviewer/collections/1086/images/gpc005-351995a?pId=1666412 source link 1
  2. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/191238858/john-albert-glasgow source link 1
Full captured biography text
Biography
John was born about 1839. He passed away in 1917.
Sources
* Canada, World War I CEF Attestation Papers, 1914-1918 for John A Glasgow https://www.ancestry.ca/imageviewer/collections/1086/images/gpc005-351995a?pId=1666412

* https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/191238858/john-albert-glasgow
Raw WikiTree biography markup
== Biography ==

John was born about 1839.  He passed away in 1917.
== Sources ==
<references />
* Canada, World War I CEF Attestation Papers, 1914-1918 for John A Glasgow https://www.ancestry.ca/imageviewer/collections/1086/images/gpc005-351995a?pId=1666412

* https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/191238858/john-albert-glasgow