Glasgow Surname Project

Individual research record

George Glasgow

1829 – ?

Glasgow-3308 · 1 mapped association

Ayrshire, Scotland, 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
4Close relations
2Evidence items
12Candidate leads
Birth
1829 · Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Death
Not recorded · Place not recorded
Parents
James GlasgowunmarkedMargaret (Anderson) Glasgowunmarked
Spouses
Margaret Shedden
Children
Elizabeth Glasgow
Gender
Male
WikiTree
Glasgow-3308
Research clusters
Scotland 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 positionNot identifiable from dated child profiles
Maternal grandfather positionNot identifiable from dated child profiles
Maternal grandmother positionElizabeth Glasgow (1868)
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 fit18/100
Competing Linked Parent
Dates1808–?Generation21 years age gapRecorded placesAyrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom · Ayrshire — exact locality unprovedIndependent clue breadth · 5Age · Broad Geography · Household · Spouse · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 21-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • known spouse Mary (Boyd) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (18) at the subject's birth (+7)
  • candidate's birth is 60 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1868), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

a different father is already linked but its evidence is unassessed (−15)

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  • plausible 21-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 60 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1868), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same broad administrative area only (+1; not a locality match)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • a known child was born within 2 years of the subject (+3)
  • known spouse Mary (Boyd) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (18) at the subject's birth (+7)

Deductions and cautions: a different father is already linked but its evidence is unassessed (−15)

Automated fit18/100
Competing Linked Parent
Dates1800–1855Generation29 years age gapRecorded placesWest Kilbride, Ayrshire, Scotland · Greenock West, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom · West Kilbride — AyrshireIndependent clue breadth · 5Age · Broad Geography · Household · Spouse · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 29-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • known spouse Margaret (Williamson) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (22) at the subject's birth (+7)
  • candidate's birth is 68 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1868), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

a different father is already linked but its evidence is unassessed (−15)

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  • plausible 29-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 68 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1868), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • weak broad-area overlap: ayrshire (+1; not a locality match)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • a known child was born within 3 years of the subject (+3)
  • known spouse Margaret (Williamson) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (22) at the subject's birth (+7)

Deductions and cautions: a different father is already linked but its evidence is unassessed (−15)

Show 3 lower-scoring possible fathers
Automated fit18/100
Competing Linked Parent
Dates1789–?Generation40 years age gapRecorded placesIreland · Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom · Ireland — exact locality unprovedIndependent clue breadth · 5Age · Broad Geography · Household · Spouse · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 40-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • known spouse Ann (Warwick) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (39) at the subject's birth (+7)
  • candidate's birth is 79 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1868), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

a different father is already linked but its evidence is unassessed (−15)

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  • plausible 40-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 79 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1868), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same broad administrative area only (+1; not a locality match)
  • a known child was born within 2 years of the subject (+3)
  • known spouse Ann (Warwick) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (39) at the subject's birth (+7)

Deductions and cautions: a different father is already linked but its evidence is unassessed (−15)

Automated fit17/100
Competing Linked Parent
Dates1791–?Generation38 years age gapRecorded placesKilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland · Ayrshire — exact locality unprovedIndependent clue breadth · 5Age · Broad Geography · Spouse · Spouse-Specific Child Window · Two-GenerationSame-spouse child windowJanet (Gemmill) GlasgowCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 38-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 77 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1868), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • known spouse Janet (Gemmill) Glasgow had a bounded, possibly plausible maternal age (33) at the subject's birth (+3)

a different father is already linked but its evidence is unassessed (−15)

Show complete scoring
  • plausible 38-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 77 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1868), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same broad administrative area only (+1; not a locality match)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • subject's birth fits between children attributed to the same parental couple (1806–1841) (+6; other parent Janet (Gemmill) Glasgow)
  • known spouse Janet (Gemmill) Glasgow had a bounded, possibly plausible maternal age (33) at the subject's birth (+3)

Deductions and cautions: a different father is already linked but its evidence is unassessed (−15)

Automated fit16/100
Competing Linked Parent
Dates1800–?Generation29 years age gapRecorded placesAyrshire, Scotland · Ayrshire — exact locality unprovedIndependent clue breadth · 5Age · Broad Geography · Household · Spouse · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 29-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • known spouse Jane (McConnachie) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (29) at the subject's birth (+7)
  • candidate's birth is 68 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1868), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

a different father is already linked but its evidence is unassessed (−15)

Show complete scoring
  • plausible 29-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 68 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1868), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same broad administrative area only (+1; not a locality match)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • a known child was born within 4 years of the subject (+1)
  • known spouse Jane (McConnachie) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (29) at the subject's birth (+7)

Deductions and cautions: a different father is already linked but its evidence is unassessed (−15)

Possible mothers5 leads

Automated fit14/100
Competing Linked Parent
Dates1807–?Generation22 years age gapRecorded placesKilreaIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Broad Migration · Spouse-Specific Child Window · Two-GenerationSame-spouse child windowDaniel GlasgowCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 22-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 61 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1868), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • subject's birth fits between children attributed to the same parental couple (1824–1834) (+6; other parent Daniel Glasgow)

a different mother is already linked but its evidence is unassessed (−15); 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 61 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1868), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • subject's birth fits between children attributed to the same parental couple (1824–1834) (+6; other parent Daniel Glasgow)
  • descendant branches share only a broad migration destination country (+1; weak alone): united states

Deductions and cautions: a different mother is already linked but its evidence is unassessed (−15); locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction)

Automated fit14/100
Competing Linked Parent
Dates1796–?Generation33 years age gapRecorded placesRiccarton, Ayrshire, Scotland · Ayrshire — exact locality unprovedIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Broad Geography · Spouse-Specific Child Window · Two-GenerationSame-spouse child windowJohn GlasgowCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 33-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 72 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1868), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same broad administrative area only (+1; not a locality match)

a different mother is already linked but its evidence is unassessed (−15)

Show complete scoring
  • plausible 33-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 72 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1868), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same broad administrative area only (+1; not a locality match)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • subject's birth fits between children attributed to the same parental couple (1806–1841) (+6; other parent John Glasgow)

Deductions and cautions: a different mother is already linked but its evidence is unassessed (−15)

Show 3 lower-scoring possible mothers
Automated fit13/100
Competing Linked Parent
Dates1798–?Generation31 years age gapRecorded placesGlasgowIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Spouse-Specific Child Window · Two-GenerationSame-spouse child windowJames GlasgowCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 31-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 70 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1868), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)

a different mother is already linked but its evidence is unassessed (−15); locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction)

Show complete scoring
  • plausible 31-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 70 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1868), 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 (1815–1831) (+6; other parent James Glasgow)

Deductions and cautions: a different mother is already linked but its evidence is unassessed (−15); locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction)

Automated fit13/100
Competing Linked Parent
Dates1795–?Generation34 years age gapRecorded placesGlasgowIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Spouse-Specific Child Window · Two-GenerationSame-spouse child windowAlexander Glasgow EsqCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 34-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 73 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1868), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)

a different mother is already linked but its evidence is unassessed (−15); locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction)

Show complete scoring
  • plausible 34-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 73 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1868), 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 (1820–1832) (+6; other parent Alexander Glasgow Esq)

Deductions and cautions: a different mother is already linked but its evidence is unassessed (−15); locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction)

Automated fit11/100
Competing Linked Parent
Dates1811–?Generation18 years age gapRecorded placesAyrshire — exact locality unprovedIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Broad Geography · Household · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 18-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 57 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1868), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • a known child was born within 2 years of the subject (+3)

a different mother is already linked but its evidence is unassessed (−15)

Show complete scoring
  • plausible 18-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 57 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1868), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same broad administrative area only (+1; not a locality match)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • a known child was born within 2 years of the subject (+3)

Deductions and cautions: a different mother is already linked but its evidence is unassessed (−15)

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

George GlasgowGlasgow-766

Automated fit36/100
Similar Person
Dates1825–1893PlacesLincoln County, Upper Canada → Stamford, Welland, Ontario, CanadaParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 4 (+18)

No indexed conflict

Full comparison detail
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 4 (+18)

Conflicts: No indexed conflict

Open side-by-side comparison
Automated fit25/100
Similar Person
Dates1822–1894PlacesHarford, Maryland, United StatesParent comparisonSame parent name; profile identity unproved
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 7 (+10)
  • same parent name without a shared profile ID: James Glasgow (+2)

unassessed father attachments differ (−5)

Full comparison detail
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 7 (+10)
  • same parent name without a shared profile ID: James Glasgow (+2)

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. 1829

Profile-stated birthplace: Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

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 leadderivative
Source and mapping detail

"Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTVK-6QS : 11 February 2020), George Glasgow, 1829.

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

Precision: County-level representative point

Evidence assessmentWhat is supported, uncertain or disputed in the current case model.6 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 "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTVK-6QS : 11 February 2020), George Glasgow, 1829.
  2. tree_only WikiTree profile export for Glasgow-3308
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-3308 was captured 2026-08-07T09:54:35+00:00; WikiTree profile revision 2025-03-27.

Profile location claims

EventDateLocationStatus
birth—Ayrshire, Scotland, United KingdomWikiTree profile field

Immediate relationship snapshot

RelationshipPersonWikiTree IDDates and places returned
ParentsJames GlasgowGlasgow-15731799-06-01 · Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland · 1862-10-25
ParentsMargaret GlasgowAnderson-571231804-01-11 · Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland · 0000-00-00 · Scotland
ChildrenElizabeth GlasgowGlasgow-4481868-01-16 · Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland · 1944-02-20 · Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
SiblingsRobert GlasgowGlasgow-33091827-03-21 · Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom · 1899-01-07
SpousesMargaretShedden-2391837-00-00 · Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland · 1911-00-00 · Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom · 0000-00-00

Record-bearing passages

  • Biography George was born in 1829. He is the son of James Glasgow and Margaret Anderson. Sources

Profile source citations

  1. "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTVK-6QS : 11 February 2020), George Glasgow, 1829. source link 1
Full captured biography text
Biography
George was born in 1829. He is the son of James Glasgow and Margaret Anderson.
Sources
* "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTVK-6QS : 11 February 2020), George Glasgow, 1829.
Raw WikiTree biography markup
== Biography ==

George was born in 1829. He is the son of [[Glasgow-1573|James Glasgow]] and [[Anderson-57123|Margaret Anderson]].
== Sources ==
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* "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTVK-6QS : 11 February 2020), George Glasgow, 1829.