Glasgow Surname Project

Individual research record

John Glasgow

before 1845 – ?

Glasgow-2882 · 1 mapped association

Birthplace unknown→Death place unknown
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At a glance

Identity & family

Tree links organise the family; documentary status still varies.

1Mapped records
2Close relations
2Evidence items
12Candidate leads
Birth
before 1845 · Place not recorded
Death
Not recorded · Place not recorded
Parents
Not recorded
Spouses
Bridget Powers
Children
Anastasia (Glasgow) Dunn
Gender
Male
WikiTree
Glasgow-2882
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 positionNot identifiable from dated child profiles
Maternal grandfather positionNot identifiable from dated child profiles
Maternal grandmother positionAnastasia (Glasgow) Dunn (1871)
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 fit26/100
Weak Lead
Dates1801–?Generationat most 44 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
  • candidate's birth is 70 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1871), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • known spouse Margaret (Garvin) Glasgow had a bounded, possibly plausible maternal age (24) at the subject's birth (+3)
  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 44 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)

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

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  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 44 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • candidate's birth is 70 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1871), 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 (24) 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 fit24/100
Weak Lead
Dates1824–1906Generationat most 21 years age gapRecorded placesIreland, United Kingdom · Ballynasollus, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland, United Kingdom · Kildress civil parishIndependent clue breadth · 5Age · Same-Sex Generational Naming · Spouse · Spouse-Specific Child Window · Two-GenerationSame-spouse child windowAnn Jane (Ferguson) GlasgowCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • candidate's birth is 47 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1871), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • known spouse Ann Jane (Ferguson) Glasgow had a bounded, possibly plausible maternal age (22) at the subject's birth (+3)
  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 21 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)

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

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  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 21 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • candidate's birth is 47 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1871), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • subject birth boundary overlaps children attributed to the same parental couple (1844–1866) (+3; other parent Ann Jane (Ferguson) Glasgow)
  • known spouse Ann Jane (Ferguson) Glasgow had a bounded, possibly plausible maternal age (22) at the subject's birth (+3)
  • 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 fit22/100
Weak Lead
Dates1813–?Generationat most 32 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
  • candidate's birth is 58 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1871), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • known spouse Elizabeth (Fee) Glasgow had a bounded, possibly plausible maternal age (28) at the subject's birth (+3)
  • a known child was born within 4 years of the subject (+1)

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

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  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 32 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • candidate's birth is 58 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1871), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • a known child was born within 4 years of the subject (+1)
  • known spouse Elizabeth (Fee) Glasgow had a bounded, possibly plausible maternal age (28) at the subject's birth (+3)
  • 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 fit21/100
Weak Lead
Dates1827–1887Generationat most 18 years age gapRecorded placesAthelstaneford, Haddingtonshire, Scotland, United Kingdom · Pencaitland, Haddingtonshire, Scotland, United KingdomIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Same-Sex Generational Naming · Spouse · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • candidate's birth is 44 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1871), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • known spouse Janet (Peffers) Glasgow had a bounded, possibly plausible maternal age (16) at the subject's birth (+3)
  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 18 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)

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

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  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 18 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • candidate's birth is 44 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1871), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • known spouse Janet (Peffers) Glasgow had a bounded, possibly plausible maternal age (16) at the subject's birth (+3)
  • 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 fit21/100
Weak Lead
Dates1824–1868Generationat most 21 years age gapRecorded placesNewberry, South Carolina, United StatesIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Same-Sex Generational Naming · Spouse · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • candidate's birth is 47 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1871), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • known spouse Sarah Elizabeth (Owens) Glasgow had a bounded, possibly plausible maternal age (21) at the subject's birth (+3)
  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 21 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)

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

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  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 21 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • candidate's birth is 47 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1871), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • known spouse Sarah Elizabeth (Owens) Glasgow had a bounded, possibly plausible maternal age (21) at the subject's birth (+3)
  • 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 fit17/100
Chronology-Only Fallback
Dates1830–1918Generationat most 15 years age gapRecorded placesRockbridge, Virginia, United StatesIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Household · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • candidate's birth is 41 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1871), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • a known child was born within 3 years of the subject (+3)
  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 15 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)

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

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  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 15 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • candidate's birth is 41 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1871), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • a known child was born within 3 years of the subject (+3)

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

Automated fit17/100
Chronology-Only Fallback
Dates1827–1851Generationat most 18 years age gapRecorded placesOhio, United StatesIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Household · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • candidate's birth is 44 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1871), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • a known child was born within 3 years of the subject (+3)
  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 18 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)

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

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  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 18 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • candidate's birth is 44 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1871), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • a known child was born within 3 years of the subject (+3)

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

Show 3 lower-scoring possible mothers
Automated fit17/100
Chronology-Only Fallback
Dates1824–1891Generationat most 21 years age gapRecorded placesPennsylvania, United StatesIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Household · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • candidate's birth is 47 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1871), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • a known child was born within 2 years of the subject (+3)
  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 21 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)

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

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  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 21 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • candidate's birth is 47 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1871), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • a known child was born within 2 years of the subject (+3)

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

Automated fit17/100
Chronology-Only Fallback
Dates1824–?Generationat most 21 years age gapRecorded placesIreland, United KingdomIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Spouse-Specific Child Window · Two-GenerationSame-spouse child windowAndrew GlasgowCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • candidate's birth is 47 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1871), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 21 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • subject birth boundary overlaps children attributed to the same parental couple (1842–1846) (+3; other parent Andrew Glasgow)

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

Show complete scoring
  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 21 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • candidate's birth is 47 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1871), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • subject birth boundary overlaps children attributed to the same parental couple (1842–1846) (+3; other parent Andrew Glasgow)

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

Automated fit17/100
Chronology-Only Fallback
Dates1823–1912Generationat most 22 years age gapRecorded placesIreland · Ballynasollus, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland · County Antrim — exact locality unprovedIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Spouse-Specific Child Window · Two-GenerationSame-spouse child windowJohn GlasgowCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • candidate's birth is 48 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1871), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 22 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • subject birth boundary overlaps children attributed to the same parental couple (1844–1866) (+3; other parent John Glasgow)

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

Show complete scoring
  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 22 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • candidate's birth is 48 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1871), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • subject birth boundary overlaps children attributed to the same parental couple (1844–1866) (+3; other parent John 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 G GlasgowGlasgow-1959

Automated fit43/100
Similar Person
Dates1844–?PlacesOhio, 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
Automated fit43/100
Similar Person
Dates1844–1913PlacesNew Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom → Minmi, New South Wales, AustraliaParent 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.

Open only what you need

Research & records

Life and record timelineChronological mapped occurrences and their underlying sources.1 record
b. 1845

Profile-stated marriage place: St. John's, Newfoundland Colony

St. John's, Newfoundland Colony

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-2882

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
1Tree Only
1Unknown

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. unknown Marriage: Ancestry.com, Newfoundland, Church Records, 1793-1899 (Lehi, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017), Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St Johns; Newfoundland, Canada.
  2. tree_only WikiTree profile export for Glasgow-2882
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-2882 was captured 2026-08-07T09:54:35+00:00; WikiTree profile revision 2024-03-15.

Profile location claims

EventDateLocationStatus
marriage1863-11-04St. John's, Newfoundland ColonyWikiTree relationship field

Immediate relationship snapshot

RelationshipPersonWikiTree IDDates and places returned
ChildrenAnastasia DunnGlasgow-28811871-03-21 · St. John's, Newfoundland Colony · 1941-00-00 · Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
SpousesBridgetPowers-108441845-00-00 · 0000-00-00 · 1863-11-04 · St. John's, Newfoundland Colony

Profile categories

Estimated_Birth_Date Glasgow_Name_Study St. John's, Newfoundland Colony St._John's,_Newfoundland_Colony

Record-bearing passages

  • Biography John Glasgow was born before 1845.
  • John and Bridget Powers were married on 4 Nov 1863 in St. John's, Newfoundland Colony. Marriage: Ancestry.com, Newfoundland, Church Records, 1793-1899 (Lehi, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017), Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St Johns; Newfoundland, Canada.
  • Their known daughter was Anastasia Glasgow, born about 1871. Research Notes #Name variants: While his marriage record records his surname as Glascow, the standardaized version Glasgow is used here. Records and Transcripts :Marriage: : . John Glascow married Bridget Power on November 4, 1863, in St John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Sources

Profile source citations

  1. Marriage: Ancestry.com, Newfoundland, Church Records, 1793-1899 (Lehi, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017), Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St Johns; Newfoundland, Canada.
Full captured biography text
Biography
John Glasgow was born before 1845.

John and Bridget Powers were married on 4 Nov 1863 in St. John's, Newfoundland Colony. Marriage: Ancestry.com, Newfoundland, Church Records, 1793-1899 (Lehi, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017), Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St Johns; Newfoundland, Canada. 

Their known daughter was Anastasia Glasgow, born about 1871.
Research Notes
#Name variants: While his marriage record records his surname as Glascow, the standardaized version Glasgow is used here.
Records and Transcripts
:Marriage: 
: . John Glascow married Bridget Power on November 4, 1863, in St John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Sources
Raw WikiTree biography markup
[[Category:St. John's, Newfoundland Colony]]
{{Estimated Date|Birth}}
== Biography ==
{{One Name Study|name=Glasgow}}
'''John Glasgow''' was born before 1845.

John and '''[[Powers-10844|Bridget Powers]]''' were married on 4 Nov 1863 in St. John's, Newfoundland Colony. <ref name="marriage">'''Marriage: '''Ancestry.com, Newfoundland, Church Records, 1793-1899 (Lehi, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017), Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St Johns; Newfoundland, Canada.</ref>

Their known daughter was [[Glasgow-2881|Anastasia Glasgow]], born about 1871.

==Research Notes==
#'''Name variants: '''While his marriage record records his surname as Glascow, the standardaized version Glasgow is used here.
===Records and Transcripts===
:'''Marriage: '''
:{{Ancestry Sharing|10869754|7b22746f6b656e223a227564586c436b6f4465702b75395479324d554b32397679762f5a317554392b3959773039596b326b5a46383d222c22746f6b656e5f76657273696f6e223a225632227d}}. John Glascow married Bridget Power on November 4, 1863, in St John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
== Sources ==
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