Glasgow Surname Project

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Thomas Glasgow

c. 1832 – c. 1884

Glasgow-34 · 1 mapped association

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Identity & family

Tree links organise the family; documentary status still varies.

1Mapped records
2Close relations
3Evidence items
12Candidate leads
Birth
c. 1832 · Edinburgh
Death
c. 1884 · Edinburgh
Parents
Not recorded
Spouses
Margaret Newlands
Children
Isabella Lawson Glasgow
Gender
Male
WikiTree
Glasgow-34
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 positionIsabella Lawson Glasgow (1865)
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 fit37/100
Weak Lead
Dates1792–1867Generation40 years age gapRecorded placesKilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland · Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom · Ayrshire — exact locality unprovedIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Collateral Naming · Spouse · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 40-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • known spouse Margaret (Millar) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (39) at the subject's birth (+7)
  • candidate's birth is 73 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1865), 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 40-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 73 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1865), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • known spouse Margaret (Millar) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (39) at the subject's birth (+7)
  • candidate's sibling and niece/nephew network repeats names in the subject's descendant line (three rarest at most): Isabella +8 (27 public profiles; niece/nephew Isabella Glasgow) (+8 total)

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

Automated fit34/100
Weak Lead
Dates1802–?Generation30 years age gapRecorded placesKilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom · Ayrshire — exact locality unprovedIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Collateral Naming · Same-Sex Generational Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 30-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 63 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1865), 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 63 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1865), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • candidate and subject share the given name Thomas (+4; weak direct parent-child name recurrence, 86 public profiles)
  • candidate's sibling and niece/nephew network repeats names in the subject's descendant line (three rarest at most): Isabella +8 (27 public profiles; niece/nephew Isabella Glasgow) (+8 total)

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 fit32/100
Weak Lead
Dates1800–?Generation32 years age gapRecorded placesKirknewton and East Calder, Midlothian, Scotland · Kirknewton — West LothianIndependent clue breadth · 5Age · Indirect Multi-Factor Convergence · Mapped Proximity · Same-Sex Generational Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 32-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • 3 independent unlinked-profile clue types converge (+5): household chronology, locality, naming
  • candidate's birth is 65 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1865), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

No indexed conflict; documentary proof still required

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  • plausible 32-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 65 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1865), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • mapped Kirknewton — West Lothian is 16.2 km from the subject's birth-period Edinburgh (+1; one or both placements are unproved)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • candidate and subject share the given name Thomas (+4; weak direct parent-child name recurrence, 86 public profiles)
  • 3 independent unlinked-profile clue types converge (+5): household chronology, locality, naming

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

Automated fit32/100
Weak Lead
Dates1799–?Generation33 years age gapRecorded placesRothesay, Bute, ScotlandIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Collateral Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 33-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 66 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1865), 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 33-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 66 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1865), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • candidate's sibling and niece/nephew network repeats names in the subject's descendant line (three rarest at most): Isabella +10 (27 public profiles; niece/nephew Isabella (Glasgow) Lowes, niece/nephew Isabella (Glasgow) Traill; +2 repetition bonus) (+10 total)

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

Automated fit32/100
Weak Lead
Dates1787–?Generationat least 45 years age gapRecorded placesLivingston, Linlithgowshire, Scotland · Livingston — West LothianIndependent clue breadth · 6Age · Collateral Naming · Indirect Multi-Factor Convergence · Mapped Proximity · Same-Sex Generational Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • 3 independent unlinked-profile clue types converge (+5): household chronology, locality, naming
  • candidate's birth is 78 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1865), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at least 45 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 least 45 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • candidate's birth is 78 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1865), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • mapped Livingston — West Lothian is 22.1 km from the subject's birth-period Edinburgh (+1; one or both placements are unproved)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • candidate and subject share the given name Thomas (+4; weak direct parent-child name recurrence, 86 public profiles)
  • candidate's sibling and niece/nephew network repeats names in the subject's descendant line (three rarest at most): Isabella +8 (27 public profiles; niece/nephew Isabella (Glasgow) Doig) (+8 total)
  • 3 independent unlinked-profile clue types converge (+5): household chronology, locality, naming

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

Possible mothers5 leads

Automated fit32/100
Weak Lead
Dates1797–?Generation35 years age gapRecorded placesRothesay, Bute, ScotlandIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Collateral Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 35-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 68 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1865), 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 35-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 68 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1865), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • candidate's sibling and niece/nephew network repeats names in the subject's descendant line (three rarest at most): Isabella +10 (27 public profiles; niece/nephew Isabella (Glasgow) Lowes, niece/nephew Isabella (Glasgow) Traill; +2 repetition bonus) (+10 total)

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

Automated fit31/100
Weak Lead
Dates1804–?Generation28 years age gapRecorded placesCurrie, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom · Currie — MidlothianIndependent clue breadth · 7Age · Contemporaneous Household Conflict · Indirect Multi-Factor Convergence · Mapped Proximity · Rare Branch-Name Recurrence · Spouse-Specific Child Window · Two-GenerationSame-spouse child windowAlexander GlasgowCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 28-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • 3 independent unlinked-profile clue types converge (+5): household chronology, locality, naming
  • candidate's birth is 61 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1865), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

candidate's household recorded James Glasgow in Crichton, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom within 0 years of the subject (−12; no contemporaneous child is indexed in the subject's locality)

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  • plausible 28-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 61 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1865), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • mapped Currie — Midlothian is 9.9 km from the subject's birth-period Edinburgh (+2; one or both placements are unproved)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • subject's birth fits between children attributed to the same parental couple (1829–1840) (+6; other parent Alexander Glasgow)
  • uncommon given names recur in both otherwise distinct descendant branches: Isabella +8 (27 public profiles; subject branch: Isabella Lawson Glasgow; candidate branch: Isabella Glasgow) (+8 total)
  • 3 independent unlinked-profile clue types converge (+5): household chronology, locality, naming

Deductions and cautions: candidate's household recorded James Glasgow in Crichton, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom within 0 years of the subject (−12; no contemporaneous child is indexed in the subject's locality)

Show 3 lower-scoring possible mothers
Automated fit30/100
Weak Lead
Dates1807–?Generation25 years age gapRecorded placesKilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom · Ayrshire — exact locality unprovedIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Collateral Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 25-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 58 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1865), 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 25-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 58 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1865), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • candidate's sibling and niece/nephew network repeats names in the subject's descendant line (three rarest at most): Isabella +8 (27 public profiles; niece/nephew Isabella Glasgow) (+8 total)

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

Automated fit30/100
Weak Lead
Dates1805–?Generation27 years age gapRecorded placesKilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom · Ayrshire — exact locality unprovedIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Collateral Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 27-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 60 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1865), 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 27-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 60 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1865), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • candidate's sibling and niece/nephew network repeats names in the subject's descendant line (three rarest at most): Isabella +8 (27 public profiles; niece/nephew Isabella Glasgow) (+8 total)

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

Automated fit28/100
Weak Lead
Dates1810–1868Generation22 years age gapRecorded placesMaryland, United States · Adair, Missouri, United StatesIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Child Naming · Household · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 22-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 55 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1865), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • a known child was born within 3 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 55 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1865), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • a known child was born within 3 years of the subject (+3)
  • candidate's given name recurs among another recorded child (+3; Isabella occurs in 27 public 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.

Automated fit40/100
Similar Person
Dates1820–?PlacesGlasgowParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 12 (+2)
  • same spouse name (+20)

No indexed conflict

Full comparison detail
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 12 (+2)
  • same spouse name (+20)

Conflicts: No indexed conflict

Open side-by-side comparison
Automated fit30/100
Similar Person
Dates1832–1915PlacesDrumnaglogh, Kildress, County Tyrone, Ireland, United Kingdom → Drumnaglogh, Kildress, 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)

death years differ by 31 (−18)

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

Conflicts: death years differ by 31 (−18)

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. 1832

Profile-stated birthplace: Edinburgh

Edinburgh

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-34

No sufficiently specific citation match found.

Precision: Settlement centrepoint

Evidence assessmentWhat is supported, uncertain or disputed in the current case model.3 claims
2Tree 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.3 sources

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

  1. unknown Entered by Janet Mcbain, Sep 10, 2011
  2. tree_only Janet Mcbain, firsthand knowledge. See the Changes page (http://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Special:NetworkFeed&who=Glasgow-34) for the details of edits by Janet and others.
  3. tree_only WikiTree profile export for Glasgow-34
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-34 was captured 2026-08-07T09:54:35+00:00; WikiTree profile revision 2025-04-25.

Profile location claims

EventDateLocationStatus
birth—EdinburghWikiTree profile field
death—EdinburghWikiTree profile field

Immediate relationship snapshot

RelationshipPersonWikiTree IDDates and places returned
ChildrenIsabella Lawson GlasgowGlasgow-331865-07-02 · Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland · 1903-12-16
SpousesMargaretNewlands-91834-00-00 · Edinburgh · 0000-00-00

Record-bearing passages

  • Biography Thomas was born about 1832. Thomas Glasgow ... He passed away about 1884. Entered by Janet Mcbain, Sep 10, 2011

  • Title Trial papers relating to Peter Elgin, Thomas Glasgow Name Thomas Glasgow Role Accused Crime Theft by housebreaking Crime Location Nicholson Street, Edinburgh Trial Date 15 July 1839 Trial Location Edinburgh Verdict Guilty Verdict Comments Guilty in terms of own confession - theft. Sentence Imprisonment - 4 months with hard labour NRS Reference JC26/1839/555 Sources

Profile source citations

  1. Entered by Janet Mcbain, Sep 10, 2011
  2. Janet Mcbain, firsthand knowledge. See the Changes page (http://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Special:NetworkFeed&who=Glasgow-34) for the details of edits by Janet and others. source link 1
Full captured biography text
Biography
Thomas was born about 1832. Thomas Glasgow ... He passed away about 1884. Entered by Janet Mcbain, Sep 10, 2011 

No more info is currently available for Thomas Glasgow. Can you add to his biography?

Title Trial papers relating to Peter Elgin, Thomas Glasgow
Name Thomas Glasgow
Role Accused
Crime Theft by housebreaking
Crime Location Nicholson Street, Edinburgh
Trial Date 15 July 1839
Trial Location Edinburgh
Verdict Guilty
Verdict Comments Guilty in terms of own confession - theft.
Sentence Imprisonment - 4 months with hard labour
NRS Reference JC26/1839/555
Sources
* Janet Mcbain, firsthand knowledge. See the Changes page (http://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Special:NetworkFeed&who=Glasgow-34) for the details of edits by Janet and others.
Raw WikiTree biography markup
== Biography ==

Thomas was born about 1832. Thomas Glasgow ...  He passed away about 1884. <ref>Entered by Janet Mcbain, Sep 10, 2011</ref>

''No more info is currently available for Thomas Glasgow. Can you add to his biography?''


Title	Trial papers relating to Peter Elgin, Thomas Glasgow
Name	Thomas Glasgow
Role	Accused
Crime	Theft by housebreaking
Crime Location	Nicholson Street, Edinburgh
Trial Date	15 July 1839
Trial Location	Edinburgh
Verdict	Guilty
Verdict Comments	Guilty in terms of own confession - theft.
Sentence	Imprisonment - 4 months with hard labour
NRS Reference	JC26/1839/555


== Sources ==

* [[Mcbain-27 | Janet Mcbain]], firsthand knowledge. See the [http://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Special:NetworkFeed&who=Glasgow-34 Changes page] for the details of edits by Janet and others.

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