Glasgow Surname Project

Individual research record

Mary Josephine (Glasgow) Roberts

c. 1879 – 1933-02-05

Glasgow-2938 · 1 mapped association

Colony of VictoriaQueensland, Australia

At a glance

Identity & family

Tree links organise the family; documentary status still varies.

1Mapped records
2Close relations
4Evidence items
10Candidate leads
Birth
c. 1879 · Colony of Victoria
Death
1933-02-05 · Queensland, Australia
Parents
Not recorded
Spouses
Elias RobertsJohn Bury
Children
Not recorded
Gender
Female
WikiTree
Glasgow-2938
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. 1879

Profile-stated birthplace: Colony of Victoria

Colony of Victoria

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

Birth Registration: "Victoria Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages" Victoria Births Index; Registration number: 3426 / 1879 BDM Victoria (https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history) (accessed 18 July 2024) Mary Ann GLASGOW; Year: 1879; Place: HOTH; Father: James; Mother: Hanorah; Mother's LNAB: MORIARTY.

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.3 claims
2Derivative
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.

Next records to inspect

  1. marriage — Birth Registration: "Victoria Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages" Victoria Births Index; Registration number: 3426 / 1879 BDM Victoria (https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history) (accessed 18 July 2024) Mary Ann GLASGOW; Year: 1879; Place: HOTH; Father: James; Mother: Hanorah; Mother's LNAB: MORIARTY.
Sources and provenanceStructured citations and source-quality classifications.4 sources
Technical profile and raw captureDataset metadata, machine dossier and captured WikiTree biography.Advanced

WikiTree profile information

Glasgow-2938

Mary Josephine (Glasgow) Roberts

Updated 2024-11-29

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

Machine-readable dossier

WikiTree biography, citations and relationship snapshot

Glasgow-2938 was captured 2026-08-07T09:54:35+00:00; WikiTree profile revision 2024-11-29.

Profile location claims

EventDateLocationStatus
birthColony of VictoriaWikiTree profile field
deathQueensland, AustraliaWikiTree profile field
marriage1905-07-04Queensland, AustraliaWikiTree relationship field
marriage1916-04-24Brisbane, Queensland, AustraliaWikiTree relationship field

Immediate relationship snapshot

RelationshipPersonWikiTree IDDates and places returned
ChildrenGeorgeBury-7581906-03-31 · Queensland, Australia
ChildrenEllenBury-7591907-03-11 · Queensland, Australia · 1981-06-03
ChildrenGeorgeBury-7601912-10-09 · Queensland, Australia · 1977-04-05
SpousesJohnBury-3711882-07-07 · Colony of Queensland · 1914-12-13 · Queensland, Australia · 1905-07-04
SpousesEliasRoberts-23691865-12-06 · 1921-08-04 · Nambour, Queensland, Australia · 1916-04-24 · Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Profile categories

Nambour General Cemetery, Nambour, Queensland Nambour_General_Cemetery,_Nambour,_Queensland

Record-bearing passages

  • Biography Mary Josephine Glasgow was born about 1879 in Colony of Victoria. Birth Registration: "Victoria Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages" Victoria Births Index; Registration number: 3426 / 1879 BDM Victoria (https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history) (accessed 18 July 2024) Mary Ann GLASGOW; Year: 1879; Place: HOTH; Father: James; Mother: Hanorah; Mother's LNAB: MORIARTY.
  • Mary (25) married John Edward Bury (22) (born on July 7, 1882 in Queensland, Australia; son of George Land Bury and Jane Ann (Trail) Bury) on July 4, 1905 in Queensland, Australia. *Marriage Index (https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/ :The State of Queensland, Department of Justice and Attorney-General, Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages : accessed 18 Jul 2024), Index entry for Mary Josephine Glasgow & John Edward Bury; Marriage Date: 04/07/1905; Registration Number: 1905/C/280
  • Mary married Eli Perry Roberts in Queensland, Australia, 24 April 1916 *Marriage Index (https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/ :The State of Queensland, Department of Justice and Attorney-General, Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages : accessed 18 Jul 2024), Index entry for Mary Josephine Bury & Eli Perry Roberts; Marriage Date: 24/04/1916; Registration Number: 1916/B/18588
  • Mary died on February 5, 1933 in Queensland, Australia, aged about 53.

    • Death Registration Index, (https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/ :The State of Queensland, Department of Justice and Attorney-General, Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages : accessed 18 Jul 2024), Index entry for Mary Josephine Roberts; Parents: James Glasgow & Norah Moriarty; Death Date: 05/02/1933; Registration Number: 1933/C/99
  • Mary was mentioned on a memorial in Old Nambour Cemetery, Nambour, Sunshine Coast Council, Queensland, Australia with a death date of 5 February 1933. Memorial: Find a Grave (has image) (accessed 18 July 2024) Memorial page for Mary Josephine Glasgow Bury Roberts (1879-5 Feb 1933), citing Old Nambour Cemetery, Nambour, Sunshine Coast Council, Queensland, Australia (plot: NA1-7-2); Maintained by "Shane" (contributor 49832326). Sources

Profile source citations

  1. Birth Registration: "Victoria Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages" Victoria Births Index; Registration number: 3426 / 1879 BDM Victoria (https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history) (accessed 18 July 2024) Mary Ann GLASGOW; Year: 1879; Place: HOTH; Father: James; Mother: Hanorah; Mother's LNAB: MORIARTY. source link 1
  2. *Marriage Index (https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/ :The State of Queensland, Department of Justice and Attorney-General, Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages : accessed 18 Jul 2024), Index entry for Mary Josephine Glasgow & John Edward Bury; Marriage Date: 04/07/1905; Registration Number: 1905/C/280 source link 1
  3. *Marriage Index (https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/ :The State of Queensland, Department of Justice and Attorney-General, Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages : accessed 18 Jul 2024), Index entry for Mary Josephine Bury & Eli Perry Roberts; Marriage Date: 24/04/1916; Registration Number: 1916/B/18588 source link 1
  4. * Death Registration Index, (https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/ :The State of Queensland, Department of Justice and Attorney-General, Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages : accessed 18 Jul 2024), Index entry for Mary Josephine Roberts; Parents: James Glasgow & Norah Moriarty; Death Date: 05/02/1933; Registration Number: 1933/C/99 source link 1
  5. Memorial: Find a Grave (has image) (accessed 18 July 2024) Memorial page for Mary Josephine Glasgow Bury Roberts (1879-5 Feb 1933), citing Old Nambour Cemetery, Nambour, Sunshine Coast Council, Queensland, Australia (plot: NA1-7-2); Maintained by "Shane" (contributor 49832326).
Full captured biography text
Biography
Mary Josephine Glasgow was born about 1879 in Colony of Victoria. Birth Registration:
"Victoria Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages" 
Victoria Births Index; Registration number: 3426 / 1879 
BDM Victoria (https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history) (accessed 18 July 2024) 
Mary Ann GLASGOW; Year: 1879; Place: HOTH; Father: James; Mother: Hanorah; Mother's LNAB: MORIARTY. 

Mary (25) married John Edward Bury (22) (born on July 7, 1882 in Queensland, Australia; son of George Land Bury and Jane Ann (Trail) Bury) on July 4, 1905 in Queensland, Australia. *Marriage Index (https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/ :The State of Queensland, Department of Justice and Attorney-General, Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages : accessed 18 Jul 2024), Index entry for Mary Josephine Glasgow & John Edward Bury; Marriage Date: 04/07/1905; Registration Number: 1905/C/280 

Mary married Eli Perry Roberts in Queensland, Australia, 24 April 1916 *Marriage Index (https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/ :The State of Queensland, Department of Justice and Attorney-General, Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages : accessed 18 Jul 2024), Index entry for Mary Josephine Bury & Eli Perry Roberts; Marriage Date: 24/04/1916; Registration Number: 1916/B/18588 

Mary died on February 5, 1933 in Queensland, Australia, aged about 53. * Death Registration Index, (https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/ :The State of Queensland, Department of Justice and Attorney-General, Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages : accessed 18 Jul 2024), Index entry for Mary Josephine Roberts; Parents: James Glasgow & Norah Moriarty; Death Date: 05/02/1933; Registration Number: 1933/C/99 

Mary was mentioned on a memorial in Old Nambour Cemetery, Nambour, Sunshine Coast Council, Queensland, Australia with a death date of 5 February 1933. Memorial:
Find a Grave (has image) 
 (accessed 18 July 2024) 
Memorial page for Mary Josephine Glasgow Bury Roberts (1879-5 Feb 1933), citing Old Nambour Cemetery, Nambour, Sunshine Coast Council, Queensland, Australia (plot: NA1-7-2); Maintained by "Shane" (contributor 49832326). 
Sources
Raw WikiTree biography markup
[[Category:Nambour General Cemetery, Nambour, Queensland]]
== Biography ==
{{Australia Born in Colony|colony=Colony of Victoria}}
'''Mary Josephine Glasgow''' was born about 1879 in Colony of Victoria.<ref name="Birth_1">Birth Registration:
"Victoria Registry of Births, Deaths &amp; Marriages"<br>
Victoria Births Index; Registration number: 3426 / 1879<br>
[https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history BDM Victoria] (accessed 18 July 2024)<br>
Mary Ann GLASGOW; Year: 1879; Place: HOTH; Father: James; Mother: Hanorah; Mother's LNAB: MORIARTY.</ref> 

Mary (25) married '''[[Bury-371|John Edward Bury]]''' (22) (born on July 7, 1882 in Queensland, Australia; son of [[Bury-370|George Land Bury]] and [[Trail-687|Jane Ann (Trail) Bury]]) on July 4, 1905 in Queensland, Australia.<ref name=MARRIAGES1905_C_280> *Marriage Index (https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/ :The State of Queensland, Department of Justice and Attorney-General, Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages : accessed 18 Jul 2024), Index entry for Mary Josephine Glasgow & John Edward Bury; Marriage Date: 04/07/1905; Registration Number: 1905/C/280</ref>

Mary married Eli Perry Roberts in Queensland, Australia, 24 April 1916<ref name=MARRIAGES1916_B_18588> *Marriage Index (https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/ :The State of Queensland, Department of Justice and Attorney-General, Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages : accessed 18 Jul 2024), Index entry for Mary Josephine Bury & Eli Perry Roberts; Marriage Date: 24/04/1916; Registration Number: 1916/B/18588</ref>

Mary died on February 5, 1933 in Queensland, Australia, aged about 53.<ref name=DEATHS1933_C_99>* Death Registration Index, (https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/ :The State of Queensland, Department of Justice and Attorney-General, Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages : accessed 18 Jul 2024), Index entry for Mary Josephine Roberts; Parents: James Glasgow & Norah Moriarty; Death Date: 05/02/1933; Registration Number: 1933/C/99</ref>

Mary was mentioned on a memorial in Old Nambour Cemetery, Nambour, Sunshine Coast Council, Queensland, Australia with a death date of 5 February 1933.<ref>Memorial:
Find a Grave (has image)<br/>
{{FindAGrave|161046032}} (accessed 18 July 2024)<br/>
Memorial page for Mary Josephine ''Glasgow'' Bury Roberts (1879-5 Feb 1933), citing Old Nambour Cemetery, Nambour, Sunshine Coast Council, Queensland, Australia (plot: NA1-7-2); Maintained by "Shane" (contributor 49832326).</ref>

== Sources ==
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