Glasgow Surname Project

Individual research record

William Glasgow

before 1860 – ?

Glasgow-3157 · 1 mapped association

Derrynoose, County Armagh, Ireland, United Kingdom→Death place unknown
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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
before 1860 · Derrynoose, County Armagh, Ireland, United Kingdom
Death
Not recorded · Place not recorded
Parents
Not recorded
Spouses
Helen Hewitt
Children
Unknown Glasgow
Gender
Male
WikiTree
Glasgow-3157
Research clusters
Ireland One-Tree profile leads
Mapped descendants
2

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 positionUnknown Glasgow (1880)
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 fit21/100
Weak Lead
Dates1840–?Generationat most 20 years age gapRecorded placesKirkurdIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Same-Sex Generational Naming · Spouse · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • candidate's birth is 40 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1880), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • known spouse Jean (Watson) Glasgow had a bounded, possibly plausible maternal age (19) at the subject's birth (+3)
  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 20 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)

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

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  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 20 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • candidate's birth is 40 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1880), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • known spouse Jean (Watson) Glasgow had a bounded, possibly plausible maternal age (19) at the subject's birth (+3)
  • candidate and subject share the given name William (+4; weak direct parent-child name recurrence, 223 public profiles)

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

Automated fit18/100
Weak Lead
Dates1839–?Generationat most 21 years age gapRecorded placesCloghgaldanagh townland (estimated) · Cloghgaldanagh townlandIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Same-Sex Generational Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • candidate's birth is 41 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1880), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 21 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • candidate and subject share the given name William (+4; weak direct parent-child name recurrence, 223 public profiles)

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

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  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 21 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • candidate's birth is 41 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1880), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • candidate and subject share the given name William (+4; weak direct parent-child name recurrence, 223 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 fit18/100
Weak Lead
Dates1811–?Generationat most 49 years age gapRecorded placesDunaghy, Killcondray, Antrim · Cloghgaldanagh townland · Dunaghy civil parish — County AntrimIndependent clue breadth · 5Age · Broad Geography · Same-Sex Generational Naming · Spouse · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • candidate's birth is 69 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1880), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • known spouse Ellin (Unknown) Glasgow had a bounded, possibly plausible maternal age (49) at the subject's birth (+3)
  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 49 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)

candidate already has another child named William Glasgow (Glasgow-1390) without a documented death permitting name reuse (−4; check whether the child profiles duplicate or conflict)

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  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 49 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • candidate's birth is 69 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1880), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • weak broad-area overlap: civil (+1; not a locality match)
  • known spouse Ellin (Unknown) Glasgow had a bounded, possibly plausible maternal age (49) at the subject's birth (+3)
  • candidate and subject share the given name William (+4; weak direct parent-child name recurrence, 223 public profiles)

Deductions and cautions: candidate already has another child named William Glasgow (Glasgow-1390) without a documented death permitting name reuse (−4; check whether the child profiles duplicate or conflict)

Automated fit14/100
Weak Lead
Dates1822–1879Generationat most 38 years age gapRecorded placesIreland, United Kingdom · Middletown, Richmond, New York, United States · Ireland — exact locality unprovedIndependent clue breadth · 5Age · Household · Same-Sex Generational Naming · Spouse · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • candidate's birth is 58 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1880), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • known spouse Sarah Jane (Gormley) Glasgow had a bounded, possibly plausible maternal age (31) at the subject's birth (+3)
  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 38 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)

same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10)

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  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 38 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • candidate's birth is 58 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1880), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • subject's birth fits within the candidate's overall child-bearing span (1853–1878) (+3; children are not tied to one spouse)
  • known spouse Sarah Jane (Gormley) Glasgow had a bounded, possibly plausible maternal age (31) at the subject's birth (+3)
  • candidate and subject share the given name William (+4; weak direct parent-child name recurrence, 223 public profiles)

Deductions and cautions: same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10)

Automated fit12/100
Weak Lead
Dates1816–1894Generationat most 44 years age gapRecorded placesTennessee · Union County, IllinoisIndependent clue breadth · 7Age · Common Grandparent Birth-Order Naming · Contemporaneous Household Conflict · Household · Same-Sex Generational Naming · Spouse · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • candidate's birth is 64 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1880), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • known spouse Lucretia Evaline (Watkins) Glasgow had a bounded, possibly plausible maternal age (25) at the subject's birth (+3)
  • 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); candidate's household recorded Jerome Glasco in Cobden, Illinois, United States within 5 years of the subject (−12; no contemporaneous child is indexed in the subject's locality)

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  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 44 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • candidate's birth is 64 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1880), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • a known child was born within 5 years of the subject (+1)
  • known spouse Lucretia Evaline (Watkins) Glasgow had a bounded, possibly plausible maternal age (25) at the subject's birth (+3)
  • candidate and subject share the given name William (+4; weak direct parent-child name recurrence, 223 public profiles)
  • the subject would fill the first son position among the candidate's dated children, and the candidate's linked father William Glasgow shares the subject's common given name (+2; Scottish grandparent-name pattern, William in 223 public profiles; WikiTree: relationship status unmarked; weak alone)

Deductions and cautions: locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction); candidate's household recorded Jerome Glasco in Cobden, Illinois, United States within 5 years of the subject (−12; no contemporaneous child is indexed in the subject's locality)

Possible mothers5 leads

Automated fit24/100
Chronology-Only Fallback
Dates1834–1882Generationat most 26 years age gapRecorded placesDerrynoose, Armagh, Ireland, United Kingdom · Finnard, Down, Ireland, United Kingdom · Derrynoose civil parish — County ArmaghIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Two-Generation · Undated LocalityCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • same specific indexed locality despite wider place-label differences: derrynoose civil parish county armagh (+10)
  • candidate's birth is 46 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1880), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 26 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)

No indexed conflict; documentary proof still required

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  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 26 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • candidate's birth is 46 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1880), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same specific indexed locality despite wider place-label differences: derrynoose civil parish county armagh (+10)

Deductions and cautions: No indexed conflict; documentary proof still required

Automated fit24/100
Chronology-Only Fallback
Dates1833–?Generationat most 27 years age gapRecorded placesDerrynoose, Armagh, Ireland, United Kingdom · Derrynoose civil parish — County ArmaghIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Two-Generation · Undated LocalityCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • same specific indexed locality despite wider place-label differences: derrynoose civil parish county armagh (+10)
  • candidate's birth is 47 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1880), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 27 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)

No indexed conflict; documentary proof still required

Show complete scoring
  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 27 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • candidate's birth is 47 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1880), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same specific indexed locality despite wider place-label differences: derrynoose civil parish county armagh (+10)

Deductions and cautions: No indexed conflict; documentary proof still required

Show 3 lower-scoring possible mothers
Automated fit17/100
Chronology-Only Fallback
Dates1820–1896Generationat most 40 years age gapRecorded placesWashington, Washington County, IowaIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Spouse-Specific Child Window · Two-GenerationSame-spouse child windowRobert Barclay GlasgowCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • candidate's birth is 60 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1880), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 40 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • subject birth boundary overlaps children attributed to the same parental couple (1857–1865) (+3; other parent Robert Barclay Glasgow)

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

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  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 40 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • candidate's birth is 60 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1880), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • subject birth boundary overlaps children attributed to the same parental couple (1857–1865) (+3; other parent Robert Barclay Glasgow)

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

Automated fit16/100
Chronology-Only Fallback
Dates1838–1878Generationat most 22 years age gapRecorded placesArmagh, County Armagh, Ireland, United Kingdom · New York, United States · ArmaghIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Mapped Proximity · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • candidate's birth is 42 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1880), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 22 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • mapped Armagh is 11.3 km from the subject's birth-period Derrynoose civil parish — County Armagh (+2; one or both placements are unproved)

No indexed conflict; documentary proof still required

Show complete scoring
  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 22 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • candidate's birth is 42 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1880), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • mapped Armagh is 11.3 km from the subject's birth-period Derrynoose civil parish — County Armagh (+2; one or both placements are unproved)

Deductions and cautions: No indexed conflict; documentary proof still required

Automated fit16/100
Chronology-Only Fallback
Dates1829–1894Generationat most 31 years age gapRecorded places9 Downshire Road, Newry, County Armagh, Ireland · ArmaghIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Mapped Proximity · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • candidate's birth is 51 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1880), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 31 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • mapped Armagh is 11.3 km from the subject's birth-period Derrynoose civil parish — County Armagh (+2; one or both placements are unproved)

No indexed conflict; documentary proof still required

Show complete scoring
  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 31 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • candidate's birth is 51 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1880), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • mapped Armagh is 11.3 km from the subject's birth-period Derrynoose civil parish — County Armagh (+2; one or both placements are unproved)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)

Deductions and cautions: No indexed conflict; documentary proof still required

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

William GlasgowGlasgow-1776

Automated fit56/100
Similar Person
Dates1860–1947PlacesMontober, Kildress, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland, United Kingdom → New ZealandParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • same birth year (+30)
  • overlapping locality (+8)

No indexed conflict

Full comparison detail
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • same birth year (+30)
  • overlapping locality (+8)

Conflicts: No indexed conflict

Open side-by-side comparison
Automated fit48/100
Similar Person
Dates1860–1923PlacesLogan Township, Peoria, Illinois, United States → Logan Township, Peoria, Illinois, United StatesParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • same birth year (+30)

No indexed conflict

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

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.

Open only what you need

Research & records

Life and record timelineChronological mapped occurrences and their underlying sources.1 record
b. 1860

Profile-stated birthplace: Derrynoose, County Armagh, Ireland

Derrynoose civil parish — County Armagh

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-3157

No sufficiently specific citation match found.

Precision: Civil-parish representative point

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 "Need to find the Glasgows in Armagh---Parrish of Derrynoose, Townland of Madden--Grandfather was William Glasgow married Helen Hewitt-my Grandmother. Were -Headmaster and teacher--had about 11 children--my Dad was their last born--named after my grandfather--after the 1st born past away.Dad was born in 1898.-- If anyone reads this maybe can help???"
  2. tree_only WikiTree profile export for Glasgow-3157
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-3157 was captured 2026-08-07T09:54:35+00:00; WikiTree profile revision 2024-09-28.

Profile location claims

EventDateLocationStatus
birth—Derrynoose, County Armagh, IrelandWikiTree profile field

Immediate relationship snapshot

RelationshipPersonWikiTree IDDates and places returned
ChildrenUnknown GlasgowGlasgow-31561880-00-00 · Derrynoose, County Armagh, Ireland · 0000-00-00
SpousesHelenHewitt-82711860-00-00 · 0000-00-00

Record-bearing passages

  • Biography William was born before 1860. Sources

    • "Need to find the Glasgows in Armagh---Parrish of Derrynoose, Townland of Madden--Grandfather was William Glasgow married Helen Hewitt-my Grandmother. Were -Headmaster and teacher--had about 11 children--my Dad was their last born--named after my grandfather--after the 1st born past away.Dad was born in 1898.-- If anyone reads this maybe can help???"

Profile source citations

  1. "Need to find the Glasgows in Armagh---Parrish of Derrynoose, Townland of Madden--Grandfather was William Glasgow married Helen Hewitt-my Grandmother. Were -Headmaster and teacher--had about 11 children--my Dad was their last born--named after my grandfather--after the 1st born past away.Dad was born in 1898.-- If anyone reads this maybe can help???"
Full captured biography text
Biography
William was born before 1860. 
Sources
* "Need to find the Glasgows in Armagh---Parrish of Derrynoose, Townland of Madden--Grandfather was William Glasgow married Helen Hewitt-my Grandmother. Were -Headmaster and teacher--had about 11 children--my Dad was their last born--named after my grandfather--after the 1st born past away.Dad was born in 1898.-- If anyone reads this maybe can help???"
Raw WikiTree biography markup
== Biography ==

William was born before 1860. 
== Sources ==
<references />
* "Need to find the Glasgows in Armagh---Parrish of Derrynoose, Townland of Madden--Grandfather was William Glasgow married Helen Hewitt-my Grandmother. Were -Headmaster and teacher--had about 11 children--my Dad was their last born--named after my grandfather--after the 1st born past away.Dad was born in 1898.-- If anyone reads this maybe can help???"