Glasgow Surname Project

Individual research record

James H Glasgow

1891 – ?

Glasgow-2828 · 1 mapped association

Iowa, United States→Death place unknown
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At a glance

Identity & family

Tree links organise the family; documentary status still varies.

1Mapped records
3Close relations
2Evidence items
12Candidate leads
Birth
1891 · Iowa, United States
Death
Not recorded · Place not recorded
Parents
Not recorded
Spouses
Verla I (Stevens) Glasgow
Children
Eugene Phillip GlasgowLiving person (details withheld)
Gender
Male
WikiTree
Glasgow-2828
Research clusters
Worldwide One-Tree profile leads
Mapped descendants
10

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 positionEugene Phillip Glasgow (1927)
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 fit37/100
Weak Lead
Dates1854–1904Generation37 years age gapRecorded placesLyon, Kentucky, United States · Lyon, Kentucky, USAIndependent clue breadth · 5Age · Rare Branch-Name Recurrence · Spouse · Spouse-Specific Child Window · Two-GenerationSame-spouse child windowMary Ellen (Colson) GlasgowCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 37-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • known spouse Mary Ellen (Colson) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (38) at the subject's birth (+7)
  • candidate's birth is 73 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1927), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10); candidate already has another child named James Bowman Glasgow (Glasgow-266) without a documented death permitting name reuse (−4; check whether the child profiles duplicate or conflict)

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  • plausible 37-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 73 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1927), 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 (1876–1893) (+6; other parent Mary Ellen (Colson) Glasgow)
  • known spouse Mary Ellen (Colson) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (38) at the subject's birth (+7)
  • uncommon given names recur in both otherwise distinct descendant branches: Eugene +16 (3 public profiles; subject branch: Eugene Phillip Glasgow; candidate branch: Eugene Glasgow) (+16 total)

Deductions and cautions: same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10); candidate already has another child named James Bowman Glasgow (Glasgow-266) without a documented death permitting name reuse (−4; check whether the child profiles duplicate or conflict)

Automated fit34/100
Weak Lead
Dates1865–1926Generation26 years age gapRecorded placesWashington, Washington County, Iowa, United States · Washington, Washington County, IowaIndependent clue breadth · 5Age · Broad Geography · Same-Sex Generational Naming · Spouse · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 26-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • known spouse Cora Alma (Rogers) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (25) at the subject's birth (+7)
  • candidate's birth is 62 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1927), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

No indexed conflict; documentary proof still required

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  • plausible 26-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 62 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1927), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • weak broad-area overlap: iowa (+1; not a locality match)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • known spouse Cora Alma (Rogers) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (25) at the subject's birth (+7)
  • candidate and subject share the given name James (+4; weak direct parent-child name recurrence, 224 public profiles)

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

Show 3 lower-scoring possible fathers
Automated fit32/100
Weak Lead
Dates1864–?Generation27 years age gapRecorded placesEddyville, Lyon, Kentucky, United States · Eddyville, Lyon, Kentucky, USAIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Collateral Naming · Same-Sex Generational Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 27-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 63 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1927), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)

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

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  • plausible 27-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 63 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1927), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • candidate and subject share the given name James (+4; weak direct parent-child name recurrence, 224 public profiles)
  • candidate's sibling and niece/nephew network repeats names in the subject's descendant line (three rarest at most): Eugene +16 (3 public profiles; niece/nephew Eugene Glasgow) (+16 total)

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

Automated fit29/100
Weak Lead
Dates1861–1941Generation30 years age gapRecorded placesKirksville, Adair, Missouri, United States · Kirksville, Adair, Missouri, USAIndependent clue breadth · 5Age · Same-Sex Generational Naming · Spouse · Spouse-Specific Child Window · Two-GenerationSame-spouse child windowNancy Jane (Denton) GlasgowCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 30-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • known spouse Nancy Jane (Denton) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (19) at the subject's birth (+7)
  • candidate's birth is 66 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1927), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

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

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  • plausible 30-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 66 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1927), 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 (1890–1904) (+6; other parent Nancy Jane (Denton) Glasgow)
  • known spouse Nancy Jane (Denton) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (19) at the subject's birth (+7)
  • candidate and subject share the given name James (+4; weak direct parent-child name recurrence, 224 public profiles)

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

Automated fit29/100
Weak Lead
Dates1856–?Generation35 years age gapRecorded placesKentucky, United States · Kentucky, USAIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Collateral Naming · Household · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 35-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 71 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1927), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • a known child was born within 7 years of the subject (+1)

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

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  • plausible 35-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 71 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1927), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • a known child was born within 7 years of the subject (+1)
  • candidate's sibling and niece/nephew network repeats names in the subject's descendant line (three rarest at most): Eugene +16 (3 public profiles; niece/nephew Eugene Glasgow) (+16 total)

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

Possible mothers5 leads

Automated fit30/100
Weak Lead
Dates1853–?Generation38 years age gapRecorded placesTennessee, USAIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Rare Branch-Name Recurrence · Spouse-Specific Child Window · Two-GenerationSame-spouse child windowCharles Colson GlasgowCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 38-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 74 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1927), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)

same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10); candidate already has another child named James Bowman Glasgow (Glasgow-266) 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 74 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1927), 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 (1876–1893) (+6; other parent Charles Colson Glasgow)
  • uncommon given names recur in both otherwise distinct descendant branches: Eugene +16 (3 public profiles; subject branch: Eugene Phillip Glasgow; candidate branch: Eugene Glasgow) (+16 total)

Deductions and cautions: same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10); candidate already has another child named James Bowman Glasgow (Glasgow-266) without a documented death permitting name reuse (−4; check whether the child profiles duplicate or conflict)

Automated fit28/100
Weak Lead
Dates1863–1904Generation28 years age gapRecorded placesEddyville, Lyon, Kentucky, United States · Poinsett, Arkansas, United States · Eddyville, Lyon, Kentucky, USAIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Collateral Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 28-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 64 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1927), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)

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

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  • plausible 28-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 64 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1927), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • candidate's sibling and niece/nephew network repeats names in the subject's descendant line (three rarest at most): Eugene +16 (3 public profiles; niece/nephew Eugene Glasgow) (+16 total)

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

Show 3 lower-scoring possible mothers
Automated fit28/100
Weak Lead
Dates1861–1927Generation30 years age gapRecorded placesEddyville, Lyon, Kentucky, United States · Eddyville, Lyon, Kentucky, USAIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Collateral Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 30-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 66 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1927), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)

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

Show complete scoring
  • plausible 30-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 66 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1927), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • candidate's sibling and niece/nephew network repeats names in the subject's descendant line (three rarest at most): Eugene +16 (3 public profiles; niece/nephew Eugene Glasgow) (+16 total)

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

Automated fit28/100
Weak Lead
Dates1858–?Generation33 years age gapRecorded placesLyon, Kentucky, United States · Lyon, Kentucky, USAIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Collateral Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 33-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 69 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1927), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)

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

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  • plausible 33-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 69 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1927), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • candidate's sibling and niece/nephew network repeats names in the subject's descendant line (three rarest at most): Eugene +16 (3 public profiles; niece/nephew Eugene Glasgow) (+16 total)

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

Automated fit29/100
Chronology-Only Fallback
Dates1865–1959Generation26 years age gapRecorded placesOttumwa, Wapello, Iowa, United States · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United StatesIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Broad Geography · Spouse-Specific Child Window · Two-GenerationSame-spouse child windowEdwin Lyle GlasgowCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 26-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 62 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1927), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • weak broad-area overlap: iowa (+1; not a locality match)

No indexed conflict; documentary proof still required

Show complete scoring
  • plausible 26-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 62 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1927), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • weak broad-area overlap: iowa (+1; not a locality match)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • subject's birth fits between children attributed to the same parental couple (1881–1903) (+6; other parent Edwin Lyle Glasgow)

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

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

James GlasgowGlasgow-3384

Automated fit48/100
Similar Person
Dates1891–?PlacesGlasgow, 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

Open side-by-side comparison
Automated fit43/100
Similar Person
Dates1892–1952PlacesPittsfield, Pike, Illinois, United States → Hines, Cook, Illinois, United StatesParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 1 (+25)

No indexed conflict

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

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. 1891

Profile-stated birthplace: Iowa, United States

Iowa, United States

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-2828

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
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.2 sources

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

  1. derivative "United States Census, 1930", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMNH-3CW : Thu Oct 05 22:17:51 UTC 2023), Entry for James H Glasgow and Verla I Glasgow, 1930.
  2. tree_only WikiTree profile export for Glasgow-2828
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-2828 was captured 2026-08-07T09:54:35+00:00; WikiTree profile revision 2024-03-03.

Profile location claims

EventDateLocationStatus
birth—Iowa, United StatesWikiTree profile field

Immediate relationship snapshot

RelationshipPersonWikiTree IDDates and places returned
ChildrenJohnGlasgow-28341910-00-00 · Iowa, United States · 0000-00-00
ChildrenJamesGlasgow-28351912-00-00 · Iowa, United States · 0000-00-00
ChildrenLeslieGlasgow-28291915-00-00 · Iowa, United States · 0000-00-00
ChildrenNancyGlasgow-28301917-00-00 · Iowa, United States · 0000-00-00
ChildrenGeorgeGlasgow-28361919-09-12 · Douglas Township, Appanoose, Iowa, United States · 0000-00-00
ChildrenTheodoreGlasgow-28331922-00-00 · Iowa, United States · 0000-00-00
ChildrenPearlGlasgow-28311925-00-00 · Iowa, United States · 0000-00-00
ChildrenEugene Phillip GlasgowGlasgow-28271927-03-29 · 2009-11-16
ChildrenHowardGlasgow-28321930-00-00 · Iowa, United States · 0000-00-00
ChildrenLeroyGlasgow-28371933-08-20 · Centerville, Appanoose, Iowa, United States · 0000-00-00
SpousesVerla I GlasgowStevens-315931891-00-00 · Iowa, United States · 0000-00-00

Record-bearing passages

Profile source citations

  1. "United States Census, 1930", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMNH-3CW : Thu Oct 05 22:17:51 UTC 2023), Entry for James H Glasgow and Verla I Glasgow, 1930. source link 1
Full captured biography text
BiographySources
*"United States Census, 1930", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMNH-3CW : Thu Oct 05 22:17:51 UTC 2023), Entry for James H Glasgow and Verla I Glasgow, 1930.
Raw WikiTree biography markup
== Biography ==

== Sources ==
<references />
*"United States Census, 1930", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMNH-3CW : Thu Oct 05 22:17:51 UTC 2023), Entry for James H Glasgow and Verla I Glasgow, 1930.