Glasgow Surname Project

Individual research record

Dorothy Stewart (Glasgow) Thwaites

1886-11-25 – 1979-08-31

Glasgow-2658 · 1 mapped association

Turakina, Manawatū-whanganui, New ZealandWhanganui, Manawatū-whanganui, New Zealand

At a glance

Identity & family

Tree links organise the family; documentary status still varies.

1Mapped records
1Close relations
8Evidence items
10Candidate leads
Birth
1886-11-25 · Turakina, Manawatū-whanganui, New Zealand
Death
1979-08-31 · Whanganui, Manawatū-whanganui, New Zealand
Parents
Not recorded
Spouses
Thompson Thwaites
Children
Not recorded
Gender
Female
WikiTree
Glasgow-2658
Research clusters
Worldwide 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

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.

Estimate and relationship notes
  • WikiTree marks this person as having children, but no named child profile is recoverable from this export.

Relationship comparison

Potential parents or duplicates

Compare scored leads with the subject details above—not proof.

Higher-signal leadReview carefullyWeak lead

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.

No sufficiently similar same-name person is currently indexed.

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. 1886

Profile-stated birthplace: Turakina, Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand

Turakina, Manawatū-Whanganui, 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 leadderivative
Source and mapping detail

New Zealand Death Registration 1979/44199 (Thwaites, Dorothy Stewart. DOB: 25 November 1886 ) 'Births, Deaths & Marriages Online', [digital index], New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs (http://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz)

Candidate matched on record type, year, place; 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.2 claims
4Unknown
2Derivative
2Tree 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. probate — 1979 Probate Record: THWAITES Dorothy Stewart Archives New Zealand; Collections Search: Wanganui probates [third sequence] https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R22958636/thwaites-dorothy-stewart?q=Dorothy+Stewart+Thwaites&source=aims-archive Sources see also:
  2. research assessment — Family Search https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/9S29-GBJ
Sources and provenanceStructured citations and source-quality classifications.8 sources
Technical profile and raw captureDataset metadata, machine dossier and captured WikiTree biography.Advanced

WikiTree profile information

Glasgow-2658

Dorothy Stewart (Glasgow) Thwaites

Updated 2023-08-26

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

Machine-readable dossier

WikiTree biography, citations and relationship snapshot

Glasgow-2658 was captured 2026-08-07T09:54:35+00:00; WikiTree profile revision 2023-08-26.

Profile location claims

EventDateLocationStatus
birthTurakina, Manawatū-Whanganui, New ZealandWikiTree profile field
deathWhanganui, Manawatū-Whanganui, New ZealandWikiTree profile field
marriage1919-00-00New ZealandWikiTree relationship field

Immediate relationship snapshot

RelationshipPersonWikiTree IDDates and places returned
ChildrenMargaretThwaites-7381923-02-13 · New Zealand · 1994-10-20 · Palmerston North, Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand
ChildrenJamesThwaites-7391924-07-28 · Whanganui, Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand · 2007-05-06 · Oeo, Taranaki, New Zealand
ChildrenStewartThwaites-7401929-11-24 · New Zealand · 2006-11-16
SpousesThompsonThwaites-7351895-09-30 · Southland, New Zealand · 1969-06-11 · Wanganui, Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand · 1919-00-00 · New Zealand

Profile categories

Aramoho Cemetery, Whanganui, Manawatū-Whanganui Aramoho_Cemetery,_Whanganui,_Manawatū-Whanganui New Zealand, Needs Profiles Created New_Zealand,_Needs_Profiles_Created

Record-bearing passages

Profile source citations

  1. New Zealand Birth Registration 1897/17865 (Glasgow, Dorothy Stewart. Parents: Ellen & James) 'Births, Deaths & Marriages Online', [digital index], New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs (http://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz) source link 1
  2. New Zealand Marriage Registration 1919/7168 (Bride: Dorothy Stewart Glasgow. Groom: Thompson Thwaites) 'Births, Deaths & Marriages Online', [digital index], New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs (http://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz) source link 1
  3. New Zealand Death Registration 1979/44199 (Thwaites, Dorothy Stewart. DOB: 25 November 1886 ) 'Births, Deaths & Marriages Online', [digital index], New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs (http://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz) source link 1
  4. Find A Grave Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/230058573/dorothy-stewart-thwaites: accessed 26 August 2023), memorial page for Dorothy Stewart Thwaites (25 Nov 1886–31 Aug 1979), Find a Grave Memorial ID 230058573, citing Aramoho Cemetery, Whanganui, Whanganui District, Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand; Maintained by Alison (contributor 48904369). source link 1
  5. Archives New Zealand; Collections Search: Wanganui probates [third sequence] https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R22958636/thwaites-dorothy-stewart?q=Dorothy+Stewart+Thwaites&source=aims-archive source link 1
  6. Family Search https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/9S29-GBJ source link 1
  7. Geni https://www.geni.com/people/Dorothy-Twaites/6000000004206129489 source link 1
  8. The Wilson Collection https://wilsoncollection.co.nz/related?surname=GLASGOW&forename=Dorothy%20Stewart source link 1
  9. The Wilson Collection' https://wilsoncollection.co.nz/related?surname=THWAITES&forename=Dorothy%20Stewart source link 1
Full captured biography text
Biography
When Dorothy Stewart Glasgow was born on 25 November 1886, in Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand, her father, James Glasgow, was 25 and her mother, Ellen Rider, was 21. New Zealand Birth Registration 1897/17865 (Glasgow, Dorothy Stewart. Parents: Ellen & James) 'Births, Deaths & Marriages Online', [digital index], New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs (http://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz) 

She married Thompson Thwaites in 1919, in New Zealand. New Zealand Marriage Registration 1919/7168 (Bride: Dorothy Stewart Glasgow. Groom: Thompson Thwaites) 'Births, Deaths & Marriages Online', [digital index], New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs (http://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz) 

They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. 1923/5141 - Margaret Ellen Thwaites 1924/23620 - James Thompson Thwaites 1930/11012 - Stewart Joseph Thwaites 

She died on 31 August 1979, in Whanganui, Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand, at the age of 81. New Zealand Death Registration 1979/44199 (Thwaites, Dorothy Stewart. DOB: 25 November 1886 ) 'Births, Deaths & Marriages Online', [digital index], New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs (http://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz) 

She was buried in the Aramoho Cemetery - Whanganui, Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand, RSA Lawn A, Plot 210. Find A Grave Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/230058573/dorothy-stewart-thwaites: accessed 26 August 2023), memorial page for Dorothy Stewart Thwaites (25 Nov 1886–31 Aug 1979), Find a Grave Memorial ID 230058573, citing Aramoho Cemetery, Whanganui, Whanganui District, Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand; Maintained by Alison (contributor 48904369). 

1979 Probate Record: THWAITES Dorothy Stewart Archives New Zealand; Collections Search: Wanganui probates [third sequence] https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R22958636/thwaites-dorothy-stewart?q=Dorothy+Stewart+Thwaites&source=aims-archive 
Sources
see also:
* Family Search https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/9S29-GBJ
* Geni https://www.geni.com/people/Dorothy-Twaites/6000000004206129489
* The Wilson Collection https://wilsoncollection.co.nz/related?surname=GLASGOW&forename=Dorothy%20Stewart
* The Wilson Collection' https://wilsoncollection.co.nz/related?surname=THWAITES&forename=Dorothy%20Stewart
Raw WikiTree biography markup
[[Category:Aramoho Cemetery, Whanganui, Manawatū-Whanganui]]
[[Category:New Zealand, Needs Profiles Created]]
== Biography ==
When Dorothy Stewart Glasgow was born on 25 November 1886, in Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand, her father, James Glasgow, was 25 and her mother, Ellen Rider, was 21.<ref>''New Zealand '''Birth''' Registration'' '''1897/17865 (Glasgow, Dorothy Stewart. ''Parents: '' Ellen & James)''' 'Births, Deaths & Marriages Online', [digital index], New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs (http://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz)</ref> 

She married Thompson Thwaites in 1919, in New Zealand.<ref>''New Zealand '''Marriage''' Registration'' '''1919/7168 (''Bride: '' Dorothy Stewart Glasgow. ''Groom: '' Thompson Thwaites)''' 'Births, Deaths & Marriages Online', [digital index], New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs (http://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz)</ref> 

They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter.<br>1923/5141 - Margaret Ellen Thwaites<br>1924/23620 - James Thompson Thwaites<br>1930/11012 - Stewart Joseph Thwaites 

She died on 31 August 1979, in Whanganui, Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand, at the age of 81.<ref>''New Zealand '''Death''' Registration'' '''1979/44199 (Thwaites, Dorothy Stewart. ''DOB: '' 25 November 1886	)''' 'Births, Deaths & Marriages Online', [digital index], New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs (http://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz)</ref>

She was buried in the Aramoho Cemetery - Whanganui, Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand, RSA Lawn A, Plot 210.<ref>'''''Find A Grave''''' Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/230058573/dorothy-stewart-thwaites: accessed 26 August 2023), memorial page for Dorothy Stewart Thwaites (25 Nov 1886–31 Aug 1979), Find a Grave Memorial ID 230058573, citing Aramoho Cemetery, Whanganui, Whanganui District, Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand; Maintained by Alison (contributor 48904369).</ref>

1979 Probate Record: THWAITES Dorothy Stewart<ref>'''Archives New Zealand; Collections Search:''' ''Wanganui probates [third sequence]'' https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R22958636/thwaites-dorothy-stewart?q=Dorothy+Stewart+Thwaites&source=aims-archive</ref>
== Sources ==
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see also:
* '''''Family Search''''' https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/9S29-GBJ
* '''''Geni''''' https://www.geni.com/people/Dorothy-Twaites/6000000004206129489
* '''''The Wilson Collection''''' https://wilsoncollection.co.nz/related?surname=GLASGOW&forename=Dorothy%20Stewart
* '''''The Wilson Collection'''''' https://wilsoncollection.co.nz/related?surname=THWAITES&forename=Dorothy%20Stewart