Glasgow Surname Project

Individual research record

James Glasgow

c. 1820 – ?

Glasgow-3035 · 1 mapped association

Birthplace unknown→Alabama, United States
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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
c. 1820 · Place not recorded
Death
Not recorded · Alabama, United States
Parents
Not recorded
Spouses
Lizzie Antony
Children
Samuel Glasgow
Gender
Male
WikiTree
Glasgow-3035
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 positionSamuel Glasgow (1852)
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 fit39/100
Weak Lead
Dates1789–1831Generation31 years age gapRecorded placesSouth Carolina, United States · South CarolinaIndependent clue breadth · 5Age · Same-Sex Generational Naming · Spouse · Spouse-Specific Child Window · Two-GenerationSame-spouse child windowSarah GlasgowCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 31-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • known spouse Sarah Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (26) at the subject's birth (+7)
  • candidate's birth is 63 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1852), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

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

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  • plausible 31-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 63 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1852), 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 (1817–1855) (+6; other parent Sarah Glasgow)
  • known spouse Sarah Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (26) 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: locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction)

Automated fit36/100
Weak Lead
Dates1788–1849Generation32 years age gapRecorded placesNewberry County, South Carolina, United States · Abbeville County, South Carolina, United States · Newberry County, South Carolina, USAIndependent clue breadth · 5Age · Household · Same-Sex Generational Naming · Spouse · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 32-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • known spouse Margaret (Morrow) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (27) at the subject's birth (+7)
  • candidate's birth is 64 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1852), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

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

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  • plausible 32-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 64 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1852), 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)
  • known spouse Margaret (Morrow) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (27) 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: locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction)

Show 3 lower-scoring possible fathers
Automated fit35/100
Weak Lead
Dates1799–1875Generation21 years age gapRecorded placesRockbridge, Virginia, United States · Promise City, Wayne, Iowa, United StatesIndependent clue breadth · 5Age · Same-Sex Generational Naming · Spouse · Spouse-Specific Child Window · Two-GenerationSame-spouse child windowMary (McNeil) GlasgowCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 21-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • known spouse Mary (McNeil) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (21) at the subject's birth (+7)
  • candidate's birth is 53 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1852), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction); candidate already has another child named James W Glasgow (Glasgow-2183) without a documented death permitting name reuse (−4; check whether the child profiles duplicate or conflict)

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  • plausible 21-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 53 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1852), 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 (1818–1834) (+6; other parent Mary (McNeil) Glasgow)
  • known spouse Mary (McNeil) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (21) 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: locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction); candidate already has another child named James W Glasgow (Glasgow-2183) without a documented death permitting name reuse (−4; check whether the child profiles duplicate or conflict)

Automated fit35/100
Weak Lead
Dates1795–?Generation25 years age gapRecorded placesIreland · Henry, Ohio, United States · Ireland — exact locality unprovedIndependent clue breadth · 5Age · Household · Same-Sex Generational Naming · Spouse · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 25-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • known spouse Betsy A (Sleator) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (25) at the subject's birth (+7)
  • candidate's birth is 57 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1852), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

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

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  • plausible 25-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 57 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1852), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • another recorded child shares the subject's birth year (+2; possible twins or date uncertainty)
  • known spouse Betsy A (Sleator) 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: locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction)

Automated fit34/100
Weak Lead
Dates1777–1869Generation43 years age gapRecorded placesMaryland · Salt Creek Township, Davis, Iowa, United StatesIndependent clue breadth · 5Age · Household · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Spouse · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 43-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • known spouse Margaret (Jameson) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (42) at the subject's birth (+7)
  • candidate's birth is 75 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1852), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

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

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  • plausible 43-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 75 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1852), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • a known child was born within 5 years of the subject (+1)
  • known spouse Margaret (Jameson) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (42) at the subject's birth (+7)
  • candidate's name matches the first dated son Samuel Glasgow, the expected father position for a male subject (+4; catalogue rarity 0, Samuel in 79 profiles)

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

Possible mothers5 leads

Automated fit27/100
Weak Lead
Dates1795–1847Generation25 years age gapRecorded placesCookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland · Gortin, Derryloran, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland · CookstownIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Spouse-Specific Child Window · Two-GenerationSame-spouse child windowSamuel GlasgowCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 25-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 57 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1852), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • subject's birth fits between children attributed to the same parental couple (1815–1837) (+6; other parent Samuel Glasgow)

locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction); candidate already has another child named James Robert Glasgow (Glasgow-212) without a documented death permitting name reuse (−4; check whether the child profiles duplicate or conflict)

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  • plausible 25-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 57 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1852), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • subject's birth fits between children attributed to the same parental couple (1815–1837) (+6; other parent Samuel Glasgow)
  • a candidate spouse matches the first dated son Samuel Glasgow, the expected father position (+3; Samuel in 79 profiles)

Deductions and cautions: locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction); candidate already has another child named James Robert Glasgow (Glasgow-212) without a documented death permitting name reuse (−4; check whether the child profiles duplicate or conflict)

Automated fit26/100
Weak Lead
Dates1801–1867Generation19 years age gapRecorded placesCounty Tyrone, Ireland · Killycurragh, Derryloran, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland · County Tyrone — exact locality unprovedIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Household · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 19-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 51 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1852), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • a known child was born within 5 years of the subject (+1)

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

Show complete scoring
  • plausible 19-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 51 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1852), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • a known child was born within 5 years of the subject (+1)
  • a candidate spouse matches the first dated son Samuel Glasgow, the expected father position (+3; Samuel in 79 profiles)

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 fit25/100
Weak Lead
Dates1801–?Generation19 years age gapRecorded placesDunaghy, Kilconway, Antrim · Dunaghy civil parish — County Antrim · Glenleslie townlandIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 19-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 51 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1852), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • a candidate spouse matches the first dated son Samuel Glasgow, the expected father position (+3; Samuel in 79 profiles)

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

Show complete scoring
  • plausible 19-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 51 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1852), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • a candidate spouse matches the first dated son Samuel Glasgow, the expected father position (+3; Samuel in 79 profiles)

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

Automated fit25/100
Weak Lead
Dates1795–?Generation25 years age gapRecorded placesNicholas, Kentucky, United StatesIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 25-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 57 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1852), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)

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

Show complete scoring
  • plausible 25-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 57 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1852), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • a candidate spouse matches the first dated son Samuel Glasgow, the expected father position (+3; Samuel in 79 profiles)

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

Automated fit18/100
Weak Lead
Dates1778–1862Generation42 years age gapRecorded placesFranklin County, Virginia, United States · Davis County, Iowa, United StatesIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Household · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • possible 42-year parent-child age gap (+10)
  • candidate's birth is 74 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1852), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • a known child was born within 5 years of the subject (+1)

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

Show complete scoring
  • possible 42-year parent-child age gap (+10)
  • candidate's birth is 74 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1852), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • a known child was born within 5 years of the subject (+1)
  • a candidate spouse matches the first dated son Samuel Glasgow, the expected father position (+3; Samuel in 79 profiles)

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

James GlasgowGlasgow-2995

Automated fit50/100
Similar Person
Dates1823–?PlacesCounty Tyrone, Ireland, United KingdomParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 3 (+18)
  • matching child name: Samuel Glasgow

No indexed conflict

Full comparison detail
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 3 (+18)
  • matching child name: Samuel Glasgow

Conflicts: No indexed conflict

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Same-name candidate

James GlasgowGlasgow-2107

Automated fit43/100
Similar Person
Dates1818–1887PlacesHarford, Maryland, United StatesParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 2 (+25)

No indexed conflict

Full comparison detail
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 2 (+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. 1820

Profile-stated death place: Alabama, United States

Alabama, 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-3035

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 https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/58173/?offset=5&return=1#page=10&viewer=picture&o=download&n=0&q=Glasgow
  2. tree_only WikiTree profile export for Glasgow-3035
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-3035 was captured 2026-08-07T09:54:35+00:00; WikiTree profile revision 2024-09-19.

Profile location claims

EventDateLocationStatus
death—Alabama, United StatesWikiTree profile field

Immediate relationship snapshot

RelationshipPersonWikiTree IDDates and places returned
ChildrenSamuel GlasgowGlasgow-30361852-00-00 · Alabama, United States · 1933-00-00
SpousesLizzieAntony-1341830-00-00 · 0000-00-00

Record-bearing passages

Profile source citations

  1. https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/58173/?offset=5&return=1#page=10&viewer=picture&o=download&n=0&q=Glasgow source link 1
Full captured biography text
Biography
James was born about 1820. 
Sources
* https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/58173/?offset=5&return=1#page=10&viewer=picture&o=download&n=0&q=Glasgow
Raw WikiTree biography markup
== Biography ==

James was born about 1820. 
== Sources ==
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* https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/58173/?offset=5&return=1#page=10&viewer=picture&o=download&n=0&q=Glasgow