Glasgow Surname Project

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Alexander Glasgow

1816 – 1852

Glasgow-3529 · 1 mapped association

Newton, Linlithgowshire, 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
2Close relations
2Evidence items
12Candidate leads
Birth
1816 · Newton, Linlithgowshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Death
1852 · Place not recorded
Parents
Not recorded
Spouses
Ann (Baigrie) Glasgow
Children
John Baigrie Glasgow
Gender
Male
WikiTree
Glasgow-3529
Research clusters
Scotland One-Tree profile leads
Mapped descendants
9

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 Baigrie Glasgow (1848)
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 fit39/100
Weak Lead
Dates1784–1864Generation32 years age gapRecorded placesBathgate, Linlithgowshire, Scotland · Belmont, Ohio, United States · Linlithgowshire / West Lothian — exact locality unprovedIndependent clue breadth · 7Age · Household · Indirect Multi-Factor Convergence · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Spouse · Two-Generation · Undated LocalityCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 32-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • same specific indexed locality despite wider place-label differences: linlithgowshire west lothian exact locality unproved (+10)
  • known spouse Isabel (Glenn) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (29) at the subject's birth (+7)

only broad locality, ordinary naming and chronology support the match (score capped at 39 until a higher-information tree or record clue is found)

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  • plausible 32-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 64 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1848), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same specific indexed locality despite wider place-label differences: linlithgowshire west lothian exact locality unproved (+10)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • subject's birth fits within the candidate's overall child-bearing span (1805–1836) (+3; children are not tied to one spouse)
  • known spouse Isabel (Glenn) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (29) at the subject's birth (+7)
  • candidate's name matches the first dated son John Baigrie Glasgow, the expected father position for a male subject (+4; catalogue rarity 0, John in 278 profiles)
  • 3 independent unlinked-profile clue types converge (+5): household chronology, locality, naming

Deductions and cautions: only broad locality, ordinary naming and chronology support the match (score capped at 39 until a higher-information tree or record clue is found)

Automated fit34/100
Weak Lead
Dates1780–?Generation36 years age gapRecorded placesBaronyIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Same-Sex Generational Naming · Spouse · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 36-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • known spouse Jean (Lang) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (36) at the subject's birth (+7)
  • candidate's birth is 68 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1848), 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 36-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 68 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1848), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • known spouse Jean (Lang) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (36) at the subject's birth (+7)
  • candidate and subject share the given name Alexander (+5; weak direct parent-child name recurrence, 59 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 fit33/100
Weak Lead
Dates1800–?Generation16 years age gapRecorded placesBathgate, Linlithgowshire, Scotland · Linlithgowshire / West Lothian — exact locality unprovedIndependent clue breadth · 5Age · Indirect Multi-Factor Convergence · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Two-Generation · Undated LocalityCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • possible 16-year parent-child age gap (+10)
  • same specific indexed locality despite wider place-label differences: linlithgowshire west lothian exact locality unproved (+10)
  • 3 independent unlinked-profile clue types converge (+5): household chronology, locality, naming

No indexed conflict; documentary proof still required

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  • possible 16-year parent-child age gap (+10)
  • candidate's birth is 48 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1848), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same specific indexed locality despite wider place-label differences: linlithgowshire west lothian exact locality unproved (+10)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • candidate's name matches the first dated son John Baigrie Glasgow, the expected father position for a male subject (+4; catalogue rarity 0, John in 278 profiles)
  • 3 independent unlinked-profile clue types converge (+5): household chronology, locality, naming

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

Automated fit33/100
Weak Lead
Dates1761–?Generation55 years age gapRecorded placesLinlithgowshire / West Lothian — exact locality unprovedIndependent clue breadth · 5Age · Indirect Multi-Factor Convergence · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Two-Generation · Undated LocalityCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • possible 55-year parent-child age gap (+10)
  • same specific indexed locality despite wider place-label differences: linlithgowshire west lothian exact locality unproved (+10)
  • 3 independent unlinked-profile clue types converge (+5): household chronology, locality, naming

No indexed conflict; documentary proof still required

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  • possible 55-year parent-child age gap (+10)
  • candidate's birth is 87 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1848), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same specific indexed locality despite wider place-label differences: linlithgowshire west lothian exact locality unproved (+10)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • candidate's name matches the first dated son John Baigrie Glasgow, the expected father position for a male subject (+4; catalogue rarity 0, John in 278 profiles)
  • 3 independent unlinked-profile clue types converge (+5): household chronology, locality, naming

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

Automated fit28/100
Weak Lead
Dates1780–1817Generation36 years age gapRecorded placesCalliaqua, Saint George, Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Household · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 36-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 68 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1848), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • another recorded child shares the subject's birth year (+2; possible twins or date uncertainty)

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

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  • plausible 36-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 68 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1848), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • another recorded child shares the subject's birth year (+2; possible twins or date uncertainty)
  • candidate's name matches the first dated son John Baigrie Glasgow, the expected father position for a male subject (+4; catalogue rarity 0, John in 278 profiles)

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

Possible mothers5 leads

Automated fit19/100
Weak Lead
Dates1786–?Generation30 years age gapRecorded placesEdinburghIndependent clue breadth · 5Age · Contemporaneous Household Conflict · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Spouse-Specific Child Window · Two-GenerationSame-spouse child windowJohn GlasgowCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 30-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 62 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1848), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)

locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction); candidate's household recorded William Glasgow in Edinburgh, Edinburghshire, 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 30-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 62 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1848), 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 (1808–1820) (+6; other parent John Glasgow)
  • a candidate spouse matches the first dated son John Baigrie Glasgow, the expected father position (+3; John in 278 profiles)

Deductions and cautions: locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction); candidate's household recorded William Glasgow in Edinburgh, Edinburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom within 0 years of the subject (−12; no contemporaneous child is indexed in the subject's locality)

Automated fit17/100
Weak Lead
Dates1796–?Generation20 years age gapRecorded placesRiccarton, Ayrshire, Scotland · Ayrshire — exact locality unprovedIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Spouse-Specific Child Window · Two-GenerationSame-spouse child windowJohn GlasgowCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 20-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 52 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1848), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)

same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10); candidate already has another child named Alexander Glasgow (Glasgow-1577) without a documented death permitting name reuse (−4; check whether the child profiles duplicate or conflict)

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  • plausible 20-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 52 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1848), 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 (1806–1841) (+6; other parent John Glasgow)
  • a candidate spouse matches the first dated son John Baigrie Glasgow, the expected father position (+3; John in 278 profiles)

Deductions and cautions: same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10); candidate already has another child named Alexander Glasgow (Glasgow-1577) without a documented death permitting name reuse (−4; check whether the child profiles duplicate or conflict)

Show 3 lower-scoring possible mothers
Automated fit16/100
Weak Lead
Dates1783–1848Generation33 years age gapRecorded placesCookstownIndependent clue breadth · 5Age · Contemporaneous Household Conflict · Household · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 33-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 65 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1848), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • a known child was born within 2 years of the subject (+3)

locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction); candidate's household recorded John B Glasgow Jr. in Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland, United Kingdom within 2 years of the subject (−12; no contemporaneous child is indexed in the subject's locality)

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  • plausible 33-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 65 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1848), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • a known child was born within 2 years of the subject (+3)
  • a candidate spouse matches the first dated son John Baigrie Glasgow, the expected father position (+3; John in 278 profiles)

Deductions and cautions: locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction); candidate's household recorded John B Glasgow Jr. in Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland, United Kingdom within 2 years of the subject (−12; no contemporaneous child is indexed in the subject's locality)

Automated fit15/100
Weak Lead
Dates1781–?Generation35 years age gapRecorded placesScotland — exact locality unprovedIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 35-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 67 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1848), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)

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

Show complete scoring
  • plausible 35-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 67 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1848), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • a candidate spouse matches the first dated son John Baigrie Glasgow, the expected father position (+3; John in 278 profiles)

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

Automated fit15/100
Weak Lead
Dates1780–?Generation36 years age gapRecorded placesScotland · Scotland — exact locality unprovedIndependent clue breadth · 8Age · Candidate-Family Tradition · Contemporaneous Household Conflict · Household · Rare Branch-Name Recurrence · Rare Name Bundle · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 36-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 68 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1848), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • a known child was born within 2 years of the subject (+3)

same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10); candidate's household recorded Jane (Glasgow) Massarini in Kirknewton, Edinburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom within 2 years of the subject (−12; no contemporaneous child is indexed in the subject's locality); candidate already has another child named Alexander Glasgow (Glasgow-2718) without a documented death permitting name reuse (−4; check whether the child profiles duplicate or conflict)

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  • plausible 36-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 68 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1848), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • a known child was born within 2 years of the subject (+3)
  • a candidate spouse matches the first dated son John Baigrie Glasgow, the expected father position (+3; John in 278 profiles)
  • uncommon given names recur in both otherwise distinct descendant branches: Alexander +3 (59 public profiles; subject branch: Alexander Glasgow; candidate branch: Alexander Glasgow); George +3 (61 public profiles; subject branch: George Glasgow; candidate branch: George Glasgow) (+10 total including +4 multi-name bonus)
  • the candidate's own child family has 2 known-position naming matches (+3; branch-level validation)

Deductions and cautions: same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10); candidate's household recorded Jane (Glasgow) Massarini in Kirknewton, Edinburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom within 2 years of the subject (−12; no contemporaneous child is indexed in the subject's locality); candidate already has another child named Alexander Glasgow (Glasgow-2718) without a documented death permitting name reuse (−4; check whether the child profiles duplicate or conflict)

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 fit53/100
Similar Person
Dates1813–1852PlacesMidlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom → Windsor, New South Wales, AustraliaParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 3 (+18)
  • same death year (+15)

No indexed conflict

Full comparison detail
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 3 (+18)
  • same death year (+15)
  • child given-name pattern overlaps: John

Conflicts: No indexed conflict

Open side-by-side comparison
Automated fit53/100
Similar Person
Dates1814–1880PlacesNewton Village, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom → Newton, Caithness, Scotland, United KingdomParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 2 (+25)
  • overlapping locality (+8)

death years differ by 28 (−18)

Full comparison detail
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 2 (+25)
  • overlapping locality (+8)
  • same spouse name (+20)

Conflicts: death years differ by 28 (−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
Evidence assessmentWhat is supported, uncertain or disputed in the current case model.3 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:VQ4R-4FQ : 12 February 2020), Alexander Glasgow in entry for John Baigrie Glasgow, 1848.
  2. tree_only WikiTree profile export for Glasgow-3529
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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-3529 was captured 2026-08-07T09:54:35+00:00; WikiTree profile revision 2025-09-21.

Profile location claims

EventDateLocationStatus
birth—Newton, Linlithgowshire, Scotland, United KingdomWikiTree profile field

Immediate relationship snapshot

RelationshipPersonWikiTree IDDates and places returned
ChildrenJohn Baigrie GlasgowGlasgow-35301848-09-12 · Newton Village, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom · 0000-00-00
SpousesAnn GlasgowBaigrie-431810-12-06 · Liberton, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom · 0000-00-00

Record-bearing passages

  • Biography Alexander was born in 1816. He passed away in 1852. Sources

Profile source citations

  1. "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ4R-4FQ : 12 February 2020), Alexander Glasgow in entry for John Baigrie Glasgow, 1848. source link 1
Full captured biography text
Biography
Alexander was born in 1816. He passed away in 1852.
Sources
* "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ4R-4FQ : 12 February 2020), Alexander Glasgow in entry for John Baigrie Glasgow, 1848.
Raw WikiTree biography markup
== Biography ==

Alexander was born in 1816.  He passed away in 1852.
== Sources ==
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* "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ4R-4FQ : 12 February 2020), Alexander Glasgow in entry for John Baigrie Glasgow, 1848.