Glasgow Surname Project

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James G Glasgow

1833-11-06 – ?

Glasgow-3128 · 1 mapped association

Birthplace unknown→Death place unknown
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Identity & family

Tree links organise the family; documentary status still varies.

1Mapped records
2Close relations
2Evidence items
7Candidate leads
Birth
1833-11-06 · Place not recorded
Death
Not recorded · Place not recorded
Parents
James Glasgowunmarked
Spouses
Not recorded
Children
William H Glasgow
Gender
Male
WikiTree
Glasgow-3128
Research clusters
Ireland 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 positionWilliam H Glasgow (1863)
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 mothers5 leads

Automated fit31/100
Weak Lead
Dates1803–1890Generation30 years age gapRecorded placesBrackagh, Lissan, County Londonderry, Ireland · Belle Center, Logan, Ohio, United States · Lissan civil parish — Cookstown areaIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Spouse-Specific Child Window · Two-GenerationSame-spouse child windowWilliam GlasgowCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 30-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 60 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1863), 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)

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  • plausible 30-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 60 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1863), 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 (1824–1844) (+6; other parent William Glasgow)
  • a candidate spouse matches the first dated son William H Glasgow, the expected father position (+3; William in 223 profiles)

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

Automated fit28/100
Weak Lead
Dates1811–1874Generation22 years age gapRecorded placesMartinsburg, Lewis, New York, United StatesIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Household · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 22-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 52 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1863), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • a known child was born within 2 years of the subject (+3)

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

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  • plausible 22-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 52 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1863), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • a known child was born within 2 years of the subject (+3)
  • a candidate spouse matches the first dated son William H Glasgow, the expected father position (+3; William in 223 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 fit27/100
Weak Lead
Dates1802–1888Generation31 years age gapRecorded placesDerryloran, Cookstown Co Tyrone, Ireland · Montober, County Tyrone, Ireland · CookstownIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Spouse-Specific Child Window · Two-GenerationSame-spouse child windowWilliam GlasgowCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 31-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 61 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1863), 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); candidate already has another child named James Glasgow (Glasgow-574) without a documented death permitting name reuse (−4; check whether the child profiles duplicate or conflict)

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  • plausible 31-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 61 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1863), 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 (1827–1844) (+6; other parent William Glasgow)
  • a candidate spouse matches the first dated son William H Glasgow, the expected father position (+3; William in 223 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 Glasgow (Glasgow-574) without a documented death permitting name reuse (−4; check whether the child profiles duplicate or conflict)

Automated fit25/100
Weak Lead
Dates1815–1889Generation18 years age gapRecorded placesVirginia, United States · Warren, Iowa, United StatesIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 18-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 48 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1863), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • a candidate spouse matches the first dated son William H Glasgow, the expected father position (+3; William in 223 profiles)

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

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  • plausible 18-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 48 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1863), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • a candidate spouse matches the first dated son William H Glasgow, the expected father position (+3; William in 223 profiles)

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

Automated fit25/100
Weak Lead
Dates1814–1887Generation19 years age gapRecorded placesCounty Tyrone, Ireland · County Tyrone — exact locality unprovedIndependent 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 49 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1863), 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 19-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 49 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1863), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • a candidate spouse matches the first dated son William H Glasgow, the expected father position (+3; William in 223 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-1711

Automated fit48/100
Similar Person
Dates1833–1897PlacesKillycurragh, Derryloran, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland, United Kingdom → Killycurragh, Derryloran, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland, United KingdomParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • same birth year (+30)

uncertain father attachments differ (no deduction)

Full comparison detail
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • same birth year (+30)

Conflicts: uncertain father attachments differ (no deduction)

Open side-by-side comparison
Automated fit43/100
Similar Person
Dates1835–?PlacesPlaces not recordedParent 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. 1833

Kin-inferred from father James Glasgow’s birthplace: Ireland, United Kingdom

Ireland, United Kingdom

One-Tree export profile fields are search leads, not sources; relationships are shown only where the export supplies parent links. This map placement is an estimate from kin and is not a directly recorded location for this person.

Kin-inferred One-Tree profile leadunknown
Source and mapping detail

WikiTree profile export for Glasgow-3128

No sufficiently specific citation match found.

Precision: Kin-inferred relationship 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 Historical encyclopedia of Illinois
  2. tree_only WikiTree profile export for Glasgow-3128
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-3128 was captured 2026-08-07T09:54:35+00:00; WikiTree profile revision 2025-04-05.

Immediate relationship snapshot

RelationshipPersonWikiTree IDDates and places returned
ParentsJames GlasgowGlasgow-31291810-00-00 · Ireland · 0000-00-00
ChildrenWilliam H GlasgowGlasgow-31311863-10-15 · Illinois, United States · 1912-03-07 · Jo Daviess, Illinois, United States

Record-bearing passages

  • Biography James G. Glasgow was born on June 11, 1833, in Ireland, the son of James Glasgow and Jane Ramsey. His father was of Irish descent, while his mother, Jane Ramsey, was a native of County Tyrone, Ireland. His paternal grandparents, James Glasgow and Peggy Slowne, were both natives of Scotland, and his maternal grandparents, John Ramsey and Jane Patterson, were born in Ireland.
  • James G. Glasgow received his education in the local common schools. In 1851, he emigrated to the United States, first settling in New York for seven years. In 1858, he moved to Galena, Illinois, where he purchased a 160-acre farm in Guilford Township, Jo Daviess County, which became his permanent residence.

  • James was married twice. His first marriage was to Eliza Pratt in 1860 in Galena. Sadly, Eliza passed away in 1863, leaving behind one son:

    • William H. Glasgow, who later became a practicing lawyer in Warren, Illinois.

  • In 1864, James married Sarah Mayow, a native of Berkshire, England, and the daughter of John Mayow and Elizabeth Macbeth, also of England. James and Sarah were married in Galena, Illinois, and continued to live on their farm in Guilford Township. Sources

    • Historical encyclopedia of Illinois Author : Bateman, Newton, 1822-1897, ed Published in 1904

Profile source citations

  1. Historical encyclopedia of Illinois
Full captured biography text
Biography
James G. Glasgow was born on June 11, 1833, in Ireland, the son of James Glasgow and Jane Ramsey. His father was of Irish descent, while his mother, Jane Ramsey, was a native of County Tyrone, Ireland. His paternal grandparents, James Glasgow and Peggy Slowne, were both natives of Scotland, and his maternal grandparents, John Ramsey and Jane Patterson, were born in Ireland.

James G. Glasgow received his education in the local common schools. In 1851, he emigrated to the United States, first settling in New York for seven years. In 1858, he moved to Galena, Illinois, where he purchased a 160-acre farm in Guilford Township, Jo Daviess County, which became his permanent residence.

James was married twice. His first marriage was to Eliza Pratt in 1860 in Galena. Sadly, Eliza passed away in 1863, leaving behind one son:
* William H. Glasgow, who later became a practicing lawyer in Warren, Illinois.

In 1864, James married Sarah Mayow, a native of Berkshire, England, and the daughter of John Mayow and Elizabeth Macbeth, also of England. James and Sarah were married in Galena, Illinois, and continued to live on their farm in Guilford Township.
Sources
* Historical encyclopedia of Illinois
Author : Bateman, Newton, 1822-1897, ed
Published in 1904
Raw WikiTree biography markup
== Biography ==
'''James G. Glasgow''' was born on '''June 11, 1833''', in '''Ireland''', the son of '''James Glasgow''' and '''Jane Ramsey'''. His father was of Irish descent, while his mother, '''Jane Ramsey''', was a native of '''County Tyrone, Ireland'''. His paternal grandparents, '''James Glasgow''' and '''Peggy Slowne''', were both natives of '''Scotland''', and his maternal grandparents, '''John Ramsey''' and '''Jane Patterson''', were born in '''Ireland'''.

James G. Glasgow received his education in the local common schools. In '''1851''', he emigrated to the '''United States''', first settling in '''New York''' for seven years. In '''1858''', he moved to '''Galena, Illinois''', where he purchased a '''160-acre farm''' in '''Guilford Township, Jo Daviess County''', which became his permanent residence.

James was married twice. His first marriage was to '''Eliza Pratt''' in '''1860''' in '''Galena'''. Sadly, Eliza passed away in '''1863''', leaving behind one son:
* '''William H. Glasgow''', who later became a practicing lawyer in '''Warren, Illinois'''.

In '''1864''', James married '''Sarah Mayow''', a native of '''Berkshire, England''', and the daughter of '''John Mayow''' and '''Elizabeth Macbeth''', also of '''England'''. James and Sarah were married in '''Galena, Illinois''', and continued to live on their farm in '''Guilford Township'''.


== Sources ==
<references />
* Historical encyclopedia of Illinois
Author : Bateman, Newton, 1822-1897, ed
Published in 1904