Glasgow Surname Project

Individual research record

Andrew Glasgow

c. 1846 – before 1851

Glasgow-2985 · 2 mapped associations

County Antrim, Ireland, United KingdomDeath place unknown

At a glance

Identity & family

Tree links organise the family; documentary status still varies.

2Mapped records
2Close relations
4Evidence items
12Candidate leads
Birth
c. 1846 · County Antrim, Ireland, United Kingdom
Death
before 1851 · Place not recorded
Parents
James GlasgowconfidentPeggy (Hamilton) Glasgowuncertain
Spouses
Not recorded
Children
Not recorded
Gender
Male
WikiTree
Glasgow-2985
Research clusters
Dunaghy and Ballyboggy-Glenleslie cluster Unplaced Irish profile leads through 1850
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.

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.

Automated fit20/100
Similar Person
Dates1830–?PlacesPennsylvania, United StatesParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 16 (+2)

No indexed conflict

Full comparison detail
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 16 (+2)

Conflicts: No indexed conflict

Same-name candidate

Andrew GlasgowGlasgow-3400

Automated fit18/100
Similar Person
Dates1790–?PlacesBathgate, Linlithgowshire, ScotlandParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)

record-derived birth estimates differ by 56; retained without deduction; uncertain mother attachments differ (no deduction)

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

Conflicts: record-derived birth estimates differ by 56; retained without deduction; uncertain mother attachments differ (no deduction)

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

Latest case researchThe current conclusion from the durable research case file.Updated

Current conclusion

Glasgow-2985 · updated 2026-08-19

The 1851 Ballycregagh mortality return calls Andy Glasgow a deceased five-year- old son of [[Glasgow-2981|James Glasgow]]. This implies birth about 1845/46, not 1820. The return does not supply a death year, only that he had died by

  1. Peggy Hamilton married James in 1848, making a stepmother relationship

plausible, but the later marriage does not concretely exclude premarital maternity. Peggy is therefore retained as an uncertain mother; Mary of the 1847 workhouse family remains another leading candidate.

Life and record timelineChronological mapped occurrences and their underlying sources.2 records
1851

Andy; son of James; age 5; deceased; death year blank

Ballycregagh

Birth is about 1845/46 rather than 1820; death is only before 1851.

Documentedderivative
Source and mapping detail

1851 Irish Census Returns: Dunaghy, Ballycregagh, household 29

Candidate matched on record type, year, place; inspect before treating it as the underlying record.

Precision: Household townland

Case-file source findingsSource extracts and analysis regenerated from findings.md.1 section(s)
Evidence assessmentWhat is supported, uncertain or disputed in the current case model.10 claims
2Derivative
2Tree Only

Documented or strongly supported

Andrew Glasgow was recorded in Ballycregagh (1851).

proved1 linked evidence item

Andy; son of James; age 5; deceased; death year blank

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.

Case-file priorities and cautions

Suggested correction

Glasgow-2985 · updated 2026-08-19

Change birth to about 1846 and death to before 1851; retain James as confident father and [[Hamilton-25516|Peggy Hamilton]] as uncertain mother.

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

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

Machine-readable dossier

WikiTree biography, citations and relationship snapshot

Glasgow-2985 was captured 2026-08-19T14:01:18+00:00; WikiTree profile revision 2026-08-19.

Profile location claims

EventDateLocationStatus
birthCounty Antrim, IrelandWikiTree profile field

Immediate relationship snapshot

RelationshipPersonWikiTree IDDates and places returned
ParentsJames GlasgowGlasgow-29811801-00-00 · County Antrim, Ireland · 0000-00-00
ParentsPeggy GlasgowHamilton-255161811-00-00 · County Antrim, Ireland · 1851-00-00
SiblingsMargaret GlasgowGlasgow-29861831-00-00 · County Antrim, Ireland · 1850-00-00
SiblingsJohn GlasgowGlasgow-29821833-00-00 · County Antrim, Ireland · 0000-00-00
SiblingsBoyd GlasgowGlasgow-29841835-00-00 · County Antrim, Ireland · 1847-00-00
SiblingsWilliam James GlasgowGlasgow-29831836-00-00 · County Antrim, Ireland · 0000-00-00
SiblingsMary Jane McClearyGlasgow-13781840-00-00 · Dunaghy, County Antrim, Ireland, United Kingdom · 0000-00-00
SiblingsRobert GlasgowGlasgow-13791850-00-00 · County Antrim, Ireland · 0000-00-00

Profile categories

Estimated_Birth_Date Glasgow Name Study Glasgow_Name_Study

Record-bearing passages

Profile source citations

  1. "1851 Irish Census Returns: comma-delimited transcription" (https://durrushistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/1851irishcensusreturnscommadelimitedtextfilejul24_071.pdf), Dunaghy, Ballycregagh, household 29, Andy Glasgow mortality entry (accessed 13 August 2026). source link 1
  2. "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org: modified 20 May 2020, 23:23), entry for Andrew Glasgow (PID MQ57-197); contributed by various users. source link 1

Other external links in the profile

Full captured biography text
Biography
Andrew “Andy” Glasgow was born about 1845 or 1846 in County Antrim, Ireland. The mortality portion of the surviving 1851 Ballycregagh census calls him a five-year-old son of James Glasgow. He had died before the return was made, but no death year was entered. "1851 Irish Census Returns: comma-delimited transcription" (https://durrushistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/1851irishcensusreturnscommadelimitedtextfilejul24_071.pdf), Dunaghy, Ballycregagh, household 29, Andy Glasgow mortality entry (accessed 13 August 2026). 
Research Notes
The birth estimate of 1820 and death year 1846 are not supported by the census. An age of five in 1851 implies birth about 1845/46; the blank death-year field proves only that Andy died before the census.

Peggy Hamilton married James in 1848, after Andy's probable birth, and cannot safely be identified as his mother. Mary Glasgow of the 1847 Glenleslie workhouse family is the leading candidate, but Andy is not named in that admission group.

The derivative FamilySearch family-tree entry for Andrew Glasgow (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:MQ57-197) is retained as a research lead. Its earlier beta link (https://beta.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:MQ57-197) and the FamilySearch database home page (http://familysearch.org) were also cited. The National Archives of Ireland household link (http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1851/Antrim/Kilconway/Dunaghy/Ballycregagh/29/) cited on the profile is preserved.
Sources
* "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org: modified 20 May 2020, 23:23), entry for Andrew Glasgow (PID MQ57-197); contributed by various users.
Raw WikiTree biography markup
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[[Category:Glasgow Name Study]]
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== Biography ==

'''Andrew “Andy” Glasgow''' was born about 1845 or 1846 in County Antrim, Ireland. The mortality portion of the surviving 1851 Ballycregagh census calls him a five-year-old son of [[Glasgow-2981|James Glasgow]]. He had died before the return was made, but no death year was entered.<ref name="Census1851">[https://durrushistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/1851irishcensusreturnscommadelimitedtextfilejul24_071.pdf "1851 Irish Census Returns: comma-delimited transcription"], Dunaghy, Ballycregagh, household 29, Andy Glasgow mortality entry (accessed 13 August 2026).</ref>

== Research Notes ==

The birth estimate of 1820 and death year 1846 are not supported by the census. An age of five in 1851 implies birth about 1845/46; the blank death-year field proves only that Andy died before the census.

[[Hamilton-25516|Peggy Hamilton]] married James in 1848, after Andy's probable birth, and cannot safely be identified as his mother. Mary Glasgow of the 1847 Glenleslie workhouse family is the leading candidate, but Andy is not named in that admission group.

The derivative [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:MQ57-197 FamilySearch family-tree entry for Andrew Glasgow] is retained as a research lead. Its [https://beta.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:MQ57-197 earlier beta link] and the [http://familysearch.org FamilySearch database home page] were also cited. The [http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1851/Antrim/Kilconway/Dunaghy/Ballycregagh/29/ National Archives of Ireland household link] cited on the profile is preserved.

== Sources ==
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* "Family Tree," database, ''FamilySearch'' (http://familysearch.org: modified 20 May 2020, 23:23), entry for Andrew Glasgow (PID MQ57-197); contributed by various users.