Glasgow Surname Project

Individual research record

Thomas Glasgow

before 1782 – ?

Glasgow-3602 · 1 mapped association

Bathgate, Linlithgowshire, Scotland→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
before 1782 · Bathgate, Linlithgowshire, Scotland
Death
Not recorded · Place not recorded
Parents
Not recorded
Spouses
Jean (Bain) Glasgow
Children
John Glasgow
Gender
Male
WikiTree
Glasgow-3602
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 (1800)
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 fit19/100
Weak Lead
Dates1755–?Generationat most 27 years age gapRecorded placesKirknewton, Linlithgowshire, Scotland · Kirknewton — West LothianIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Broad Geography · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • candidate's birth is 45 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1800), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 27 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • weak broad-area overlap: linlithgowshire, lothian, west (+1; not a locality match)

No indexed conflict; documentary proof still required

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  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 27 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • candidate's birth is 45 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1800), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • weak broad-area overlap: linlithgowshire, lothian, west (+1; not a locality match)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • 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: No indexed conflict; documentary proof still required

Automated fit19/100
Weak Lead
Dates1751–?Generationat most 31 years age gapRecorded placesKirknewton And East Calder, Midlothian, Scotland · Kirknewton — West LothianIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Broad Geography · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • candidate's birth is 49 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1800), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 31 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • weak broad-area overlap: lothian, west (+1; not a locality match)

No indexed conflict; documentary proof still required

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  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 31 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • candidate's birth is 49 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1800), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • weak broad-area overlap: lothian, west (+1; not a locality match)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • 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: No indexed conflict; documentary proof still required

Show 3 lower-scoring possible fathers
Automated fit19/100
Weak Lead
Dates1747–?Generationnominally 35 years; true gap uncertain age gapRecorded placesWest Calder, Midlothian, Scotland · Midlothian — exact locality unprovedIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Broad Geography · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • candidate's birth is 53 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1800), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of nominally 35 years; true gap uncertain (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • weak broad-area overlap: west (+1; not a locality match)

No indexed conflict; documentary proof still required

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  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of nominally 35 years; true gap uncertain (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • candidate's birth is 53 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1800), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • weak broad-area overlap: west (+1; not a locality match)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • 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: No indexed conflict; documentary proof still required

Automated fit17/100
Weak Lead
Dates1753–?Generationat most 29 years age gapRecorded placesDublinIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Same-Sex Generational Naming · Spouse · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • candidate's birth is 47 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1800), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • known spouse Ann (Duffy) Glasco 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 29 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)

locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction); candidate already has another child named Thomas Glasco (Glasco-143) 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 at most 29 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • candidate's birth is 47 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1800), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • known spouse Ann (Duffy) Glasco had a bounded, possibly plausible maternal age (26) at the subject's birth (+3)
  • candidate and subject share the given name Thomas (+4; weak direct parent-child name recurrence, 86 public profiles)

Deductions and cautions: locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction); candidate already has another child named Thomas Glasco (Glasco-143) without a documented death permitting name reuse (−4; check whether the child profiles duplicate or conflict)

Automated fit15/100
Weak Lead
Dates1727–1803Generationnominally 55 years; true gap uncertain age gapRecorded placesKirknewton, Linlithgowshire, Scotland · Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom · Kirknewton — West LothianIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Broad Geography · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • candidate's birth is 73 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1800), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of nominally 55 years; true gap uncertain (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • weak broad-area overlap: linlithgowshire, lothian, west (+1; not a locality match)

candidate already has another child named Thomas Glasgow (Glasgow-1620) 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 55 years; true gap uncertain (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • candidate's birth is 73 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1800), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • weak broad-area overlap: linlithgowshire, lothian, west (+1; not a locality match)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • 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: candidate already has another child named Thomas Glasgow (Glasgow-1620) without a documented death permitting name reuse (−4; check whether the child profiles duplicate or conflict)

Possible mothers5 leads

Automated fit20/100
Weak Lead
Dates1767–?Generationat most 15 years age gapRecorded placesMidlothian — exact locality unprovedIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Household · Local Sibling Birth · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • a known child was born within 3 years of the subject (+3)
  • candidate's birth is 33 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1800), a marginal two-generation interval (+1)
  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 15 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 15 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • candidate's birth is 33 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1800), a marginal two-generation interval (+1)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • a known child was born within 3 years of the subject (+3)
  • candidate has another child, Margaret Glasgow, born 3 years from the subject in the same specific birth locality (+6; possible sibling-household clue)

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

Automated fit7/100
Weak Lead
Dates1749–1825Generationnominally 33 years; true gap uncertain age gapRecorded placesIrvine, Ayrshire, Scotland · Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom · Irvine — AyrshireIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • candidate's birth is 51 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1800), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of nominally 33 years; true gap uncertain (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)

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

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  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of nominally 33 years; true gap uncertain (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • candidate's birth is 51 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1800), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • a candidate spouse matches the first dated son John Glasgow, the expected father position (+3; John in 278 profiles)

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

Show 3 lower-scoring possible mothers
Automated fit7/100
Weak Lead
Dates1740–?Generationat most 42 years age gapRecorded placesIrvine — AyrshireIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • candidate's birth is 60 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1800), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 42 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)

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

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  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 42 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • candidate's birth is 60 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1800), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • a candidate spouse matches the first dated son John Glasgow, the expected father position (+3; John in 278 profiles)

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

Automated fit0/100
Weak Lead
Dates1773–1858Generationnominally 9 years; approximate dates permit about 15–19 years age gapRecorded placesAntrim, County Antrim, Ireland · Racavan, County Antrim, Ireland · County Antrim — exact locality unprovedIndependent clue breadth · 2Age · Sex-Aware Ordered NamingCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • the nominal 9-year gap is too small, but the approximate birth date permits a narrow biologically viable interval (15–19 years) (+4)
  • a candidate spouse matches the first dated son John Glasgow, the expected father position (+3; John in 278 profiles)

parentage requires the approximate birth estimate to be early enough (no deduction); candidate-to-earliest-child interval of 27 years is implausible for two generations (−8); candidate is recorded only outside the subject's birth country (−25)

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  • the nominal 9-year gap is too small, but the approximate birth date permits a narrow biologically viable interval (15–19 years) (+4)
  • a candidate spouse matches the first dated son John Glasgow, the expected father position (+3; John in 278 profiles)

Deductions and cautions: parentage requires the approximate birth estimate to be early enough (no deduction); candidate-to-earliest-child interval of 27 years is implausible for two generations (−8); candidate is recorded only outside the subject's birth country (−25)

Automated fit0/100
Weak Lead
Dates1760–?Generationnominally 22 years; true gap uncertain age gapRecorded placesAyrshire — exact locality unprovedIndependent clue breadth · 5Age · Contemporaneous Household Conflict · Household · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • candidate's birth is 40 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1800), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • a known child was born within 7 years of the subject (+1)
  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of nominally 22 years; true gap uncertain (+10; true age remains uncertain)

same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10); candidate's household recorded Margaret Glasgow in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland within 7 years of the subject (−12; no contemporaneous child is indexed in the subject's locality); candidate already has another child named Thomas Glasgow (Glasgow-3394) 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 22 years; true gap uncertain (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • candidate's birth is 40 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1800), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • a known child was born within 7 years of the subject (+1)
  • a candidate spouse matches the first dated son John Glasgow, the expected father position (+3; John in 278 profiles)

Deductions and cautions: same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10); candidate's household recorded Margaret Glasgow in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland within 7 years of the subject (−12; no contemporaneous child is indexed in the subject's locality); candidate already has another child named Thomas Glasgow (Glasgow-3394) 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

Thomas GlasgowGlasgow-160

Automated fit56/100
Similar Person
Dates1786–1843PlacesKirkliston, West Lothian, Scotland → Aberlady, East Lothian, Scotland, United KingdomParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 4 (+18)
  • shared recorded place (+20)

No indexed conflict

Full comparison detail
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 4 (+18)
  • shared recorded place (+20)

Conflicts: No indexed conflict

Open side-by-side comparison

Same-name candidate

Thomas GlasgowGlasgow-1449

Automated fit44/100
Similar Person
Dates1787–?PlacesLivingston, Linlithgowshire, ScotlandParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 5 (+18)
  • overlapping locality (+8)

No indexed conflict

Full comparison detail
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 5 (+18)
  • overlapping locality (+8)

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.

Open only what you need

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://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X151-77M : 16 September 2021), Thomas Glasgow in entry for John Glasgow, 1800.
  2. tree_only WikiTree profile export for Glasgow-3602
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-3602 was captured 2026-08-07T09:54:35+00:00; WikiTree profile revision 2025-07-08.

Profile location claims

EventDateLocationStatus
birth—Bathgate, Linlithgowshire, ScotlandWikiTree profile field

Immediate relationship snapshot

RelationshipPersonWikiTree IDDates and places returned
ChildrenJohn GlasgowGlasgow-36031800-04-04 · Bathgate, Linlithgowshire, Scotland · 0000-00-00
SpousesJean GlasgowBain-56271782-00-00 · Bathgate, Linlithgowshire, Scotland · 0000-00-00

Record-bearing passages

Profile source citations

  1. "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X151-77M : 16 September 2021), Thomas Glasgow in entry for John Glasgow, 1800. source link 1
Full captured biography text
Biography
Thomas was born before 1782. 
Sources
* "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X151-77M : 16 September 2021), Thomas Glasgow in entry for John Glasgow, 1800.
Raw WikiTree biography markup
== Biography ==

Thomas was born before 1782. 
== Sources ==
<references />
* "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X151-77M : 16 September 2021), Thomas Glasgow in entry for John Glasgow, 1800.