Glasgow Surname Project

Individual research record

John Glasgow

1791-01-24 – ?

Glasgow-3051 · 1 mapped association

Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland→Death place unknown
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At a glance

Identity & family

Tree links organise the family; documentary status still varies.

1Mapped records
8Close relations
4Evidence items
2Candidate leads
Birth
1791-01-24 · Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
Death
Not recorded · Place not recorded
Parents
John GlasgowunmarkedMargaret (Wyllie) Glasgowunmarked
Spouses
Janet (Gemmill) Glasgow
Children
Alexander GlasgowIsabella GlasgowJanet (Glasgow) CampbellJohn GlasgowMargaret Glasgow
Gender
Male
WikiTree
Glasgow-3051
Research clusters
Scotland One-Tree profile leads
Mapped descendants
5

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 positionAlexander Glasgow (1806)
Maternal grandfather positionJohn Glasgow (1830)
Maternal grandmother positionIsabella Glasgow (1831)
Paternal grandmother positionJanet (Glasgow) Campbell (1840)

Known-position checks: 0 support · 1 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 candidate met the minimum age, location or family-naming threshold.

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 GlasgowGlasgow-3463

Automated fit54/100
Similar Person
Dates1808–?PlacesAyrshire, Scotland, United KingdomParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 17 (+2)
  • shared recorded place (+20)

No indexed conflict

Full comparison detail
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 17 (+2)
  • shared recorded place (+20)
  • matching child name: John Glasgow

Conflicts: No indexed conflict

Open side-by-side comparison

Same-name candidate

John GlasgowGlasgow-2721

Automated fit53/100
Similar Person
Dates1795–?PlacesPatrick, Lanarkshire, Scotland → Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United KingdomParent comparisonSame parent name; profile identity unproved
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 4 (+18)
  • same parent name without a shared profile ID: John Glasgow (+2)

unassessed father attachments differ (−5)

Full comparison detail
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 4 (+18)
  • same parent name without a shared profile ID: John Glasgow (+2)
  • matching child names: John Glasgow, Margaret Glasgow

Conflicts: unassessed father attachments differ (−5)

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. 1791

Profile-stated birthplace: Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Ayrshire — exact locality unproved

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-3051

No sufficiently specific citation match found.

Precision: County-level representative point

Evidence assessmentWhat is supported, uncertain or disputed in the current case model.17 claims
3Unknown
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.4 sources

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

  1. unknown "Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561–1910," Ancestry (accessed 17 Nov 2021). John Glasgow marriage to Janet Gemmill on 6 Mar 1829, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire.
  2. unknown "1851 Scotland Census," Parish: Kilmarnock, ED: 4, Page: 11, Roll: CSSCT1851_133. Ancestry (accessed 17 Nov 2021).
  3. unknown "Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561–1910," Ancestry (accessed 17 Nov 2021).
  4. tree_only WikiTree profile export for Glasgow-3051
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-3051 was captured 2026-08-07T09:54:35+00:00; WikiTree profile revision 2025-09-21.

Profile location claims

EventDateLocationStatus
birth—Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, ScotlandWikiTree profile field
marriage1829-03-06Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, ScotlandWikiTree relationship field

Immediate relationship snapshot

RelationshipPersonWikiTree IDDates and places returned
ParentsJohn GlasgowGlasgow-32981755-04-19 · Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland · 0000-00-00
ParentsMargaret GlasgowWyllie-12781760-00-00 · 0000-00-00
ChildrenAlexander GlasgowGlasgow-15771806-00-00 · Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland · 0000-00-00
ChildrenJohn GlasgowGlasgow-15791830-00-00 · Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland · 0000-00-00
ChildrenIsabella GlasgowGlasgow-15801831-00-00 · Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland · 0000-00-00
ChildrenJanet CampbellGlasgow-15811840-00-00 · Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland · 1891-00-00 · Cockermouth, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom
ChildrenMargaret GlasgowGlasgow-15821841-00-00 · 0000-00-00
SiblingsMargaret GlasgowGlasgow-33901789-03-29 · Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland · 1805-00-00
SiblingsHugh GlasgowGlasgow-33911792-12-06 · Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland · 1867-10-12 · Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
SiblingsWilliam GlasgowGlasgow-33921795-07-16 · Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland · 0000-00-00
SiblingsNinian GlasgowGlasgow-32971797-12-02 · Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland · 1867-09-20 · Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
SiblingsGeorge GlasgowGlasgow-33931800-03-23 · Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland · 1857-00-00 · Milton, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
SiblingsThomas GlasgowGlasgow-33941802-10-01 · Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom · 0000-00-00
SiblingsMargaret GlasgowGlasgow-33951805-02-09 · Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom · 0000-00-00
SiblingsJean GlasgowGlasgow-33961807-02-02 · Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom · 0000-00-00
SpousesJanet GlasgowGemmill-3631796-00-00 · Riccarton, Ayrshire, Scotland · 0000-00-00 · 1829-03-06 · Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

Profile categories

Chelsea Pensioners Chelsea_Pensioners Kilmarnock, Ayrshire Kilmarnock,_Ayrshire

Record-bearing passages

  • Biography John Glasgow was born about 1790 in Scotland. He served in the British Army and later received a pension as a Chelsea Pensioner. By trade he was a weaver, working in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire.
  • He married Janet Gemmill on 6 March 1829 in Kilmarnock. "Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561–1910," Ancestry (accessed 17 Nov 2021). John Glasgow marriage to Janet Gemmill on 6 Mar 1829, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. They raised their family in Kilmarnock where John balanced weaving with his pension income.

  • By the 1851 census the family lived in Mitchell’s Land, Kilmarnock, where John was head of household, age 60, recorded as a weaver and Chelsea Pensioner. "1851 Scotland Census," Parish: Kilmarnock, ED: 4, Page: 11, Roll: CSSCT1851_133. Ancestry (accessed 17 Nov 2021). Their household included wife Janet (55), son John (21), daughter Isabella (20), daughter Janet (11), and Margaret (10). A 45-year-old Alexander Glasgow was also present, likely an elder son or relative. Research Notes

    • Some researchers note a possible earlier marriage to Janet Jackson in January 1825 at New Monkland, Lanarkshire, but this may represent a different John Glasgow. "Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561–1910," Ancestry (accessed 17 Nov 2021).
    • Do not confuse this profile with John Glasgow (bef.1790–1856) of New Monkland who married Marion Anderson in 1810. Sources

Profile source citations

  1. "Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561–1910," Ancestry (accessed 17 Nov 2021). John Glasgow marriage to Janet Gemmill on 6 Mar 1829, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire.
  2. "1851 Scotland Census," Parish: Kilmarnock, ED: 4, Page: 11, Roll: CSSCT1851_133. Ancestry (accessed 17 Nov 2021).
  3. "Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561–1910," Ancestry (accessed 17 Nov 2021).
Full captured biography text
Biography
John Glasgow was born about 1790 in Scotland. He served in the British Army and later received a pension as a Chelsea Pensioner. By trade he was a weaver, working in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire.

He married Janet Gemmill on 6 March 1829 in Kilmarnock. "Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561–1910," Ancestry (accessed 17 Nov 2021). John Glasgow marriage to Janet Gemmill on 6 Mar 1829, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. They raised their family in Kilmarnock where John balanced weaving with his pension income.

By the 1851 census the family lived in Mitchell’s Land, Kilmarnock, where John was head of household, age 60, recorded as a weaver and Chelsea Pensioner. "1851 Scotland Census," Parish: Kilmarnock, ED: 4, Page: 11, Roll: CSSCT1851_133. Ancestry (accessed 17 Nov 2021). Their household included wife Janet (55), son John (21), daughter Isabella (20), daughter Janet (11), and Margaret (10). A 45-year-old Alexander Glasgow was also present, likely an elder son or relative.
Research Notes
* Some researchers note a possible earlier marriage to Janet Jackson in January 1825 at New Monkland, Lanarkshire, but this may represent a different John Glasgow. "Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561–1910," Ancestry (accessed 17 Nov 2021). 
* Do not confuse this profile with John Glasgow (bef.1790–1856) of New Monkland who married Marion Anderson in 1810.
Sources
Raw WikiTree biography markup
[[Category:Kilmarnock, Ayrshire]]
[[Category:Chelsea Pensioners]]

== Biography ==

John Glasgow was born about 1790 in Scotland. He served in the British Army and later received a pension as a Chelsea Pensioner. By trade he was a weaver, working in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire.

He married [[Gemmill-363|Janet Gemmill]] on 6 March 1829 in Kilmarnock.<ref>"Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561–1910," Ancestry (accessed 17 Nov 2021). John Glasgow marriage to Janet Gemmill on 6 Mar 1829, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire.</ref> They raised their family in Kilmarnock where John balanced weaving with his pension income.

By the 1851 census the family lived in Mitchell’s Land, Kilmarnock, where John was head of household, age 60, recorded as a weaver and Chelsea Pensioner.<ref>"1851 Scotland Census," Parish: Kilmarnock, ED: 4, Page: 11, Roll: CSSCT1851_133. Ancestry (accessed 17 Nov 2021).</ref> Their household included wife Janet (55), son [[Glasgow-1579|John]] (21), daughter [[Glasgow-1580|Isabella]] (20), daughter [[Glasgow-1581|Janet]] (11), and [[Glasgow-1582|Margaret]] (10). A 45-year-old [[Glasgow-1577|Alexander Glasgow]] was also present, likely an elder son or relative.



== Research Notes ==

* Some researchers note a possible earlier marriage to Janet Jackson in January 1825 at New Monkland, Lanarkshire, but this may represent a different John Glasgow.<ref>"Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561–1910," Ancestry (accessed 17 Nov 2021).</ref>
* Do not confuse this profile with [[Glasgow-427|John Glasgow (bef.1790–1856)]] of New Monkland who married Marion Anderson in 1810.

== Sources ==
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