Glasgow Surname Project

Individual research record

William Glasgow

before 1787 – ?

Glasgow-3545 · 1 mapped association

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Identity & family

Tree links organise the family; documentary status still varies.

1Mapped records
2Close relations
2Evidence items
12Candidate leads
Birth
before 1787 · England
Death
Not recorded · Place not recorded
Parents
Not recorded
Spouses
Ann (Denham) Glasgow
Children
Agnes Glasgow
Gender
Male
WikiTree
Glasgow-3545
Research clusters
England One-Tree profile leads
Mapped descendants
3

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 positionAgnes Glasgow (1813)
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 fit14/100
Weak Lead
Dates1746–1851Generationnominally 41 years; true gap uncertain age gapRecorded placesLivingston, Linlithgowshire, Scotland · Livingston — West LothianIndependent clue breadth · 6Age · Rare Branch-Name Recurrence · Rare Name Bundle · Spouse · Spouse-Specific Child Window · Two-GenerationSame-spouse child windowChristine (Davidson) GlasgowCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • candidate's birth is 67 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1813), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • known spouse Christine (Davidson) Glasgow had a bounded, possibly plausible maternal age (21) at the subject's birth (+3)
  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of nominally 41 years; true gap uncertain (+10; true age remains uncertain)

candidate is recorded only outside the subject's birth country (−25)

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  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of nominally 41 years; true gap uncertain (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • candidate's birth is 67 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1813), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • subject birth boundary overlaps children attributed to the same parental couple (1774–1790) (+3; other parent Christine (Davidson) Glasgow)
  • known spouse Christine (Davidson) Glasgow had a bounded, possibly plausible maternal age (21) at the subject's birth (+3)
  • uncommon given names recur in both otherwise distinct descendant branches: Isabella +10 (27 public profiles; subject branch: Isabella (Glasgow) Traill; candidate branch: Isabella (Glasgow) Reid, Isabella (Glasgow) Doig; +2 repetition bonus); Agnes +5 (46 public profiles; subject branch: Agnes Glasgow; candidate branch: Agnes Glasgow, Agnes (Glasgow) Watt; +2 repetition bonus) (+19 total including +4 multi-name bonus)

Deductions and cautions: candidate is recorded only outside the subject's birth country (−25)

Automated fit11/100
Weak Lead
Dates1771–?Generationat most 16 years age gapRecorded placesLincolnshire, EnglandIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Same-Sex Generational Naming · Spouse · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • candidate's birth is 42 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1813), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • known spouse Charlotte (Unknown) Glasgow had a bounded, possibly plausible maternal age (26) at the subject's birth (+3)
  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 16 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)

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

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  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 16 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • candidate's birth is 42 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1813), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • known spouse Charlotte (Unknown) Glasgow had a bounded, possibly plausible maternal age (26) at the subject's birth (+3)
  • candidate and subject share the given name William (+4; weak direct parent-child name recurrence, 223 public profiles)

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

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Automated fit11/100
Weak Lead
Dates1768–?Generationat most 19 years age gapRecorded placesKelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland · Roxburghshire — exact locality unprovedIndependent clue breadth · 6Age · Branch Reconvergence · Household · Repeated Marriage Surnames · Spouse · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • the two branches reconnect through shared descendants or descendant marriages (+10): David Glasgow
  • candidate's birth is 45 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1813), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • known spouse Isabella (Hunter) Glasgow had a bounded, possibly plausible maternal age (16) at the subject's birth (+3)

candidate is recorded only outside the subject's birth country (−25)

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  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 19 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • candidate's birth is 45 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1813), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • a known child was born within 8 years of the subject (+1)
  • known spouse Isabella (Hunter) Glasgow had a bounded, possibly plausible maternal age (16) at the subject's birth (+3)
  • uncommon spouse surnames recur across the subject and candidate branches: Pemberton +8 (+8 total)
  • the two branches reconnect through shared descendants or descendant marriages (+10): David Glasgow

Deductions and cautions: candidate is recorded only outside the subject's birth country (−25)

Automated fit9/100
Weak Lead
Dates1744–?Generationnominally 43 years; true gap uncertain age gapRecorded placesStitchel, Roxburghshire, Scotland · Roxburghshire — exact locality unprovedIndependent clue breadth · 6Age · Branch Reconvergence · Household · Repeated Marriage Surnames · Spouse · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • the two branches reconnect through shared descendants or descendant marriages (+10): David Glasgow
  • candidate's birth is 69 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1813), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • a known child was born within 1 years of the subject (+3)

candidate is recorded only outside the subject's birth country (−25); candidate already has another child named William (Glasgow) Glass (Glasgow-1220) without a documented death permitting name reuse (−4; check whether the child profiles duplicate or conflict)

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  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of nominally 43 years; true gap uncertain (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • candidate's birth is 69 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1813), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • a known child was born within 1 years of the subject (+3)
  • known spouse Janet (Hood) Glasgow had a bounded, possibly plausible maternal age (41) at the subject's birth (+3)
  • uncommon spouse surnames recur across the subject and candidate branches: Pemberton +8 (+8 total)
  • the two branches reconnect through shared descendants or descendant marriages (+10): David Glasgow

Deductions and cautions: candidate is recorded only outside the subject's birth country (−25); candidate already has another child named William (Glasgow) Glass (Glasgow-1220) without a documented death permitting name reuse (−4; check whether the child profiles duplicate or conflict)

Automated fit3/100
Weak Lead
Dates1779–?Generationnominally 8 years; approximate dates permit about 16–18 years age gapRecorded placesLocation not supplied — profile holding pointIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Same-Sex Generational Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • the nominal 8-year gap is too small, but the approximate birth date permits a narrow biologically viable interval (16–18 years) (+4)
  • candidate's birth is 34 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1813), a marginal two-generation interval (+1)
  • candidate and subject share the given name William (+4; weak direct parent-child name recurrence, 223 public profiles)

parentage requires the approximate birth estimate to be early enough (no deduction); locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction); no known spouse has a plausible maternal age at the subject's birth (−6; an unknown spouse remains possible)

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  • the nominal 8-year gap is too small, but the approximate birth date permits a narrow biologically viable interval (16–18 years) (+4)
  • candidate's birth is 34 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1813), a marginal two-generation interval (+1)
  • candidate and subject share the given name William (+4; weak direct parent-child name recurrence, 223 public profiles)

Deductions and cautions: parentage requires the approximate birth estimate to be early enough (no deduction); locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction); no known spouse has a plausible maternal age at the subject's birth (−6; an unknown spouse remains possible)

Possible mothers5 leads

Automated fit16/100
Weak Lead
Dates1755–?Generationat most 32 years age gapRecorded placesCurrie — MidlothianIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Child Naming · Household · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • candidate's birth is 58 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1813), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • a known child was born within 4 years of the subject (+1)
  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 32 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)

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

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  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 32 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • candidate's birth is 58 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1813), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • a known child was born within 4 years of the subject (+1)
  • candidate's given name recurs among another recorded child (+1; Agnes occurs in 46 public profiles)

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

Automated fit15/100
Weak Lead
Dates1760–?Generationnominally 27 years; true gap uncertain age gapRecorded placesMidlothian — exact locality unprovedIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Child Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • candidate's birth is 53 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1813), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of nominally 27 years; true gap uncertain (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • candidate's given name recurs among another recorded child (+1; Agnes occurs in 46 public profiles)

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

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  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of nominally 27 years; true gap uncertain (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • candidate's birth is 53 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1813), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • candidate's given name recurs among another recorded child (+1; Agnes occurs in 46 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 mothers
Automated fit11/100
Weak Lead
Dates1766–?Generationat most 21 years age gapRecorded placesLivingston — West LothianIndependent clue breadth · 5Age · Rare Branch-Name Recurrence · Rare Name Bundle · Spouse-Specific Child Window · Two-GenerationSame-spouse child windowThomas GlasgowCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • candidate's birth is 47 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1813), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 21 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • subject birth boundary overlaps children attributed to the same parental couple (1774–1790) (+3; other parent Thomas Glasgow)

candidate is recorded only outside the subject's birth country (−25)

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  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 21 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • candidate's birth is 47 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1813), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • subject birth boundary overlaps children attributed to the same parental couple (1774–1790) (+3; other parent Thomas Glasgow)
  • uncommon given names recur in both otherwise distinct descendant branches: Isabella +10 (27 public profiles; subject branch: Isabella (Glasgow) Traill; candidate branch: Isabella (Glasgow) Reid, Isabella (Glasgow) Doig; +2 repetition bonus); Agnes +5 (46 public profiles; subject branch: Agnes Glasgow; candidate branch: Agnes Glasgow, Agnes (Glasgow) Watt; +2 repetition bonus) (+19 total including +4 multi-name bonus)

Deductions and cautions: candidate is recorded only outside the subject's birth country (−25)

Automated fit8/100
Weak Lead
Dates1771–?Generationat most 16 years age gapRecorded placesKelspoke, Kingarth, Bute, ScotlandIndependent clue breadth · 5Age · Branch Reconvergence · Household · Repeated Marriage Surnames · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • the two branches reconnect through shared descendants or descendant marriages (+10): David Glasgow
  • candidate's birth is 42 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1813), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • a known child was born within 8 years of the subject (+1)

candidate is recorded only outside the subject's birth country (−25)

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  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 16 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • candidate's birth is 42 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1813), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • a known child was born within 8 years of the subject (+1)
  • uncommon spouse surnames recur across the subject and candidate branches: Pemberton +8 (+8 total)
  • the two branches reconnect through shared descendants or descendant marriages (+10): David Glasgow

Deductions and cautions: candidate is recorded only outside the subject's birth country (−25)

Automated fit6/100
Weak Lead
Dates1746–1851Generationnominally 41 years; true gap uncertain age gapRecorded placesKelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland · Roxburghshire — exact locality unprovedIndependent clue breadth · 5Age · Branch Reconvergence · Household · Repeated Marriage Surnames · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • the two branches reconnect through shared descendants or descendant marriages (+10): David Glasgow
  • candidate's birth is 67 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1813), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • a known child was born within 1 years of the subject (+3)

candidate is recorded only outside the subject's birth country (−25); candidate already has another child named William (Glasgow) Glass (Glasgow-1220) without a documented death permitting name reuse (−4; check whether the child profiles duplicate or conflict)

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  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of nominally 41 years; true gap uncertain (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • candidate's birth is 67 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1813), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • a known child was born within 1 years of the subject (+3)
  • uncommon spouse surnames recur across the subject and candidate branches: Pemberton +8 (+8 total)
  • the two branches reconnect through shared descendants or descendant marriages (+10): David Glasgow

Deductions and cautions: candidate is recorded only outside the subject's birth country (−25); candidate already has another child named William (Glasgow) Glass (Glasgow-1220) 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.

Same-name candidate

William GlasgowGlasgow-3678

Automated fit43/100
Similar Person
Dates1788–?PlacesPlaces not recordedParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 1 (+25)

No indexed conflict

Full comparison detail
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 1 (+25)

Conflicts: No indexed conflict

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Same-name candidate

William GlasgowGlasgow-2876

Automated fit36/100
Similar Person
Dates1783–1873PlacesSymington, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United KingdomParent 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
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. 1787

Profile-stated birthplace: England

England

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-3545

No sufficiently specific citation match found.

Precision: Geocoded profile locality

Evidence assessmentWhat is supported, uncertain or disputed in the current case model.3 claims
2Tree 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. tree_only https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/person/sources/MQMS-3CK
  2. tree_only WikiTree profile export for Glasgow-3545
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-3545 was captured 2026-08-07T09:54:35+00:00; WikiTree profile revision 2025-07-16.

Profile location claims

EventDateLocationStatus
birth—EnglandWikiTree profile field
marriage1805-09-30Manchester, Lancashire, EnglandWikiTree relationship field

Immediate relationship snapshot

RelationshipPersonWikiTree IDDates and places returned
ChildrenAgnes GlasgowGlasgow-35441813-00-00 · Manchester, Lancashire, England · 1846-07-03 · Lancashire, England
SpousesAnn GlasgowDenham-21591779-01-24 · Ashover, Derbyshire, England · 0000-00-00 · 1805-09-30 · Manchester, Lancashire, England

Record-bearing passages

Profile source citations

  1. https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/person/sources/MQMS-3CK source link 1
Full captured biography text
Biography
William was born before 1787. 
Sources
* https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/person/sources/MQMS-3CK
Raw WikiTree biography markup
== Biography ==

William was born before 1787. 
== Sources ==
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* https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/person/sources/MQMS-3CK