Glasgow Surname Project

Individual research record

Robert Glasgow

1837 – ?

Glasgow-3464 · 1 mapped association

Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom→Death place unknown
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Identity & family

Tree links organise the family; documentary status still varies.

1Mapped records
3Close relations
1Evidence items
12Candidate leads
Birth
1837 · Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Death
Not recorded · Place not recorded
Parents
John GlasgowunmarkedMary (Boyd) Glasgowunmarked
Spouses
Not recorded
Children
John Glasgow
Gender
Male
WikiTree
Glasgow-3464
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 positionJohn Glasgow (1857)
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 fit25/100
Competing Linked Parent
Dates1800–1855Generation37 years age gapRecorded placesWest Kilbride, Ayrshire, Scotland · Greenock West, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom · West Kilbride — AyrshireIndependent clue breadth · 6Age · Broad Geography · Same-Sex Generational Naming · Spouse · Spouse-Specific Child Window · Two-GenerationSame-spouse child windowMargaret (Williamson) GlasgowCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 37-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • known spouse Margaret (Williamson) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (30) at the subject's birth (+7)
  • candidate's birth is 57 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1857), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

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

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  • plausible 37-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 57 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1857), 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)
  • subject's birth fits between children attributed to the same parental couple (1832–1838) (+6; other parent Margaret (Williamson) Glasgow)
  • known spouse Margaret (Williamson) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (30) at the subject's birth (+7)
  • candidate and subject share the given name Robert (+4; weak direct parent-child name recurrence, 165 public profiles)

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

Automated fit15/100
Competing Linked Parent
Dates1800–?Generation37 years age gapRecorded placesAyrshire, Scotland · Ayrshire — exact locality unprovedIndependent clue breadth · 5Age · Broad Geography · Same-Sex Generational Naming · Spouse · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 37-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • known spouse Jane (McConnachie) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (37) at the subject's birth (+7)
  • candidate's birth is 57 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1857), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

a different father is already linked but its evidence is unassessed (−15); candidate already has another child named Robert Glasgow (Glasgow-3427) without a documented death permitting name reuse (−4; check whether the child profiles duplicate or conflict)

Show complete scoring
  • plausible 37-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 57 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1857), 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)
  • known spouse Jane (McConnachie) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (37) at the subject's birth (+7)
  • candidate and subject share the given name Robert (+4; weak direct parent-child name recurrence, 165 public profiles)

Deductions and cautions: a different father is already linked but its evidence is unassessed (−15); candidate already has another child named Robert Glasgow (Glasgow-3427) without a documented death permitting name reuse (−4; check whether the child profiles duplicate or conflict)

Show 3 lower-scoring possible fathers
Automated fit15/100
Competing Linked Parent
Dates1792–1867Generation45 years age gapRecorded placesKilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland · Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom · Ayrshire — exact locality unprovedIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Broad Geography · Spouse · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 45-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • known spouse Margaret (Millar) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (44) at the subject's birth (+7)
  • candidate's birth is 65 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1857), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

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

Show complete scoring
  • plausible 45-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 65 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1857), 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)
  • known spouse Margaret (Millar) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (44) at the subject's birth (+7)

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

Automated fit13/100
Competing Linked Parent
Dates1791–?Generation46 years age gapRecorded placesKilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland · Ayrshire — exact locality unprovedIndependent clue breadth · 6Age · Broad Geography · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Spouse · Spouse-Specific Child Window · Two-GenerationSame-spouse child windowJanet (Gemmill) GlasgowCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • possible 46-year parent-child age gap (+10)
  • candidate's birth is 66 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1857), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • known spouse Janet (Gemmill) Glasgow had a bounded, possibly plausible maternal age (41) at the subject's birth (+3)

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

Show complete scoring
  • possible 46-year parent-child age gap (+10)
  • candidate's birth is 66 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1857), 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 (41) at the subject's birth (+3)
  • candidate's name matches the first dated son John Glasgow, the expected father position for a male subject (+4; catalogue rarity 0, John in 278 profiles)

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

Automated fit12/100
Competing Linked Parent
Dates1799–1862Generation38 years age gapRecorded placesKilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland · Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom · Kilbirnie — AyrshireIndependent clue breadth · 5Age · Broad Geography · Household · Spouse · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 38-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • known spouse Margaret (Anderson) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (33) at the subject's birth (+7)
  • candidate's birth is 58 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1857), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

a different father is already linked but its evidence is unassessed (−15); candidate already has another child named Robert Glasgow (Glasgow-3309) without a documented death permitting name reuse (−4; check whether the child profiles duplicate or conflict)

Show complete scoring
  • plausible 38-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 58 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1857), 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 8 years of the subject (+1)
  • known spouse Margaret (Anderson) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (33) at the subject's birth (+7)

Deductions and cautions: a different father is already linked but its evidence is unassessed (−15); candidate already has another child named Robert Glasgow (Glasgow-3309) without a documented death permitting name reuse (−4; check whether the child profiles duplicate or conflict)

Possible mothers5 leads

Automated fit13/100
Competing Linked Parent
Dates1800–?Generation37 years age gapRecorded placesCookstownIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Spouse-Specific Child Window · Two-GenerationSame-spouse child windowEdward GlasgowCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 37-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 57 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1857), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • subject's birth fits between children attributed to the same parental couple (1834–1838) (+6; other parent Edward 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)

Show complete scoring
  • plausible 37-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 57 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1857), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • subject's birth fits between children attributed to the same parental couple (1834–1838) (+6; other parent Edward 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 fit10/100
Competing Linked Parent
Dates1800–?Generation37 years age gapRecorded placesWayne County, OhioIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Household · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 37-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 57 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1857), 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); locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction)

Show complete scoring
  • plausible 37-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 57 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1857), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • 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); locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction)

Show 3 lower-scoring possible mothers
Automated fit9/100
Competing Linked Parent
Dates1796–?Generation41 years age gapRecorded placesRiccarton, Ayrshire, Scotland · Ayrshire — exact locality unprovedIndependent clue breadth · 5Age · Broad Geography · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Spouse-Specific Child Window · Two-GenerationSame-spouse child windowJohn GlasgowCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • possible 41-year parent-child age gap (+10)
  • candidate's birth is 61 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1857), 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
  • possible 41-year parent-child age gap (+10)
  • candidate's birth is 61 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1857), 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)
  • a candidate spouse matches the first dated son John Glasgow, the expected father position (+3; John in 278 profiles)

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

Automated fit8/100
Competing Linked Parent
Dates1817–?Generation20 years age gapRecorded placesKilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom · Kilwinning — AyrshireIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Broad Geography · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 20-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 40 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1857), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • weak broad-area overlap: ayrshire (+1; not a locality match)

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

Show complete scoring
  • plausible 20-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 40 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1857), 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)

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

Automated fit8/100
Competing Linked Parent
Dates1807–?Generation30 years age gapRecorded placesKilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom · Ayrshire — exact locality unprovedIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Broad Geography · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 30-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 50 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1857), 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 30-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 50 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1857), 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)

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

Robert GlasgowGlasgow-2722

Automated fit40/100
Similar Person
Dates1839–?PlacesScotland, United KingdomParent comparisonSame parent name; profile identity unproved
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 2 (+25)
  • 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 2 (+25)
  • same parent name without a shared profile ID: John Glasgow (+2)

Conflicts: unassessed father attachments differ (−5)

Open side-by-side comparison
Automated fit38/100
Similar Person
Dates1839–1917PlacesDelta, York, Pennsylvania, United States → Delta, York, Pennsylvania, United StatesParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 2 (+25)

unassessed father attachments differ (−5)

Full comparison detail
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 2 (+25)

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. 1837

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 leadunknown
Source and mapping detail

WikiTree profile export for Glasgow-3464

No sufficiently specific citation match found.

Precision: County-level representative point

Evidence assessmentWhat is supported, uncertain or disputed in the current case model.7 claims
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.1 source

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

  1. tree_only WikiTree profile export for Glasgow-3464
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-3464 was captured 2026-08-07T09:54:35+00:00; WikiTree profile revision 2025-04-24.

Profile location claims

EventDateLocationStatus
birth—Ayrshire, Scotland, United KingdomWikiTree profile field

Immediate relationship snapshot

RelationshipPersonWikiTree IDDates and places returned
ParentsJohn GlasgowGlasgow-34631808-00-00 · Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom · 0000-00-00
ParentsMary GlasgowBoyd-245191811-00-00 · 0000-00-00
ChildrenJohn GlasgowGlasgow-34651857-00-00 · Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom · 0000-00-00
SiblingsWilliam GlasgowGlasgow-34661831-00-00 · Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom · 0000-00-00
SiblingsJohn GlasgowGlasgow-34671834-00-00 · Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom · 0000-00-00
SiblingsJames GlasgowGlasgow-34621843-00-00 · Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland · 0000-00-00

Record-bearing passages

Profile source citations

No structured source citation was recoverable from the profile biography.

Other external links in the profile

Full captured biography text
Biography
Robert was born in 1837. He is the son of John Glasgow and Mary Unknown.
Sources
* Source:
1861 Scotland Census
MyHeritage.com [online database], MyHeritage Ltd.
https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10978/1861-scotland-census

Record:
https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10978-275282/james-glasgow-in-1861-scotland-census
James Glasgow in household of John Glasgow

Citation:
James Glasgow
Birth: Circa 1843 - Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland
Residence: Apr 7 1861 - Gateside, Beith (Ayr), Ayrshire, Scotland
Parents: John Glasgow, Mary Glasgow
Brother: Robert Glasgow
Raw WikiTree biography markup
== Biography ==

Robert was born in 1837. He is the son of [[Glasgow-3463|John Glasgow]] and [[Unknown-719723|Mary Unknown]].
== Sources ==
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* Source:
1861 Scotland Census
MyHeritage.com [online database], MyHeritage Ltd.
https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10978/1861-scotland-census

Record:
https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10978-275282/james-glasgow-in-1861-scotland-census
James Glasgow in household of John Glasgow

Citation:
James Glasgow
Birth: Circa 1843 - Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland
Residence: Apr 7 1861 - Gateside, Beith (Ayr), Ayrshire, Scotland
Parents: John Glasgow, Mary Glasgow
Brother: Robert Glasgow