Glasgow Surname Project

Individual research record

Alexander Glasgow

1760 – ?

Glasgow-3612 · 1 mapped association

Newton Village, Midlothian, Scotland→Death place unknown
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Identity & family

Tree links organise the family; documentary status still varies.

1Mapped records
2Close relations
2Evidence items
12Candidate leads
Birth
1760 · Newton Village, Midlothian, Scotland
Death
Not recorded · Place not recorded
Parents
Not recorded
Spouses
Agnes (Glendinning) Glasgow
Children
George Glasgow
Gender
Male
WikiTree
Glasgow-3612
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 positionGeorge Glasgow (1777)
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 fit30/100
Weak Lead
Dates1719–?Generation41 years age gapRecorded placesKilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland · Kilwinning — AyrshireIndependent clue breadth · 5Age · Rare Branch-Name Recurrence · Rare Name Bundle · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 41-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 58 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1777), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)

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

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  • plausible 41-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 58 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1777), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • candidate's name matches the first dated son George Glasgow, the expected father position for a male subject (+6; catalogue rarity 1, George in 61 profiles)
  • uncommon given names recur in both otherwise distinct descendant branches: George +5 (61 public profiles; subject branch: George Glasgow; candidate branch: George Glasgow, George Glasgow; +2 repetition bonus); Alexander +3 (59 public profiles; subject branch: Alexander Glasgow; candidate branch: Alexander Glasgow) (+12 total including +4 multi-name bonus)

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

Automated fit29/100
Weak Lead
Dates1741–?Generationat least 19 years age gapRecorded placesKirknewton and East Calder, Midlothian, Scotland · Kirknewton — West LothianIndependent clue breadth · 6Age · Broad Geography · Rare Branch-Name Recurrence · Rare Name Bundle · Same-Sex Generational Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • candidate's birth is 36 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1777), a marginal two-generation interval (+1)
  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at least 19 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • weak broad-area overlap: midlothian (+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 least 19 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • candidate's birth is 36 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1777), a marginal two-generation interval (+1)
  • weak broad-area overlap: midlothian (+1; not a locality match)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • candidate and subject share the given name Alexander (+5; weak direct parent-child name recurrence, 59 public profiles)
  • uncommon given names recur in both otherwise distinct descendant branches: Alexander +5 (59 public profiles; subject branch: Alexander Glasgow; candidate branch: Alexander Glasgow, Alexander Glasgow Esq; +2 repetition bonus); George +3 (61 public profiles; subject branch: George Glasgow; candidate branch: George Glasgow) (+12 total including +4 multi-name bonus)

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

Show 3 lower-scoring possible fathers
Automated fit22/100
Weak Lead
Dates1720–?Generation40 years age gapRecorded placesKirknewton — West LothianIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Rare Branch-Name Recurrence · Rare Name Bundle · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 40-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 57 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1777), 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-1309) without a documented death permitting name reuse (−4; check whether the child profiles duplicate or conflict)

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  • plausible 40-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 57 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1777), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • uncommon given names recur in both otherwise distinct descendant branches: Alexander +7 (59 public profiles; subject branch: Alexander Glasgow; candidate branch: Alexander Glasgow, Alexander Glasgow; +4 repetition bonus); George +3 (61 public profiles; subject branch: George Glasgow; candidate branch: George Glasgow) (+14 total including +4 multi-name bonus)

Deductions and cautions: same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10); candidate already has another child named Alexander Glasgow (Glasgow-1309) without a documented death permitting name reuse (−4; check whether the child profiles duplicate or conflict)

Automated fit18/100
Weak Lead
Dates1729–1768Generation31 years age gapRecorded placesKilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland · Kilwinning — AyrshireIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 31-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 48 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1777), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)

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

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  • plausible 31-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 48 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1777), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • candidate's name matches the first dated son George Glasgow, the expected father position for a male subject (+6; catalogue rarity 1, George in 61 profiles)

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

Automated fit17/100
Weak Lead
Dates1721–?Generation39 years age gapRecorded placesLivingston — West LothianIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Same-Sex Generational Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 39-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 56 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1777), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)

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

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  • plausible 39-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 56 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1777), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • candidate and subject share the given name Alexander (+5; weak direct parent-child name recurrence, 59 public profiles)

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

Possible mothers5 leads

Automated fit13/100
Weak Lead
Dates1742–?Generation18 years age gapRecorded placesScotland · Scotland — exact locality unprovedIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 18-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 35 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1777), a marginal two-generation interval (+1)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)

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

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  • plausible 18-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 35 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1777), a marginal two-generation interval (+1)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • a candidate spouse matches the first dated son George Glasgow, the expected father position (+4; George in 61 profiles)

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

Automated fit0/100
Weak Lead
Dates1711–?Generation49 years age gapRecorded placesKilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland · Ayrshire — exact locality unprovedIndependent clue breadth · 6Age · Contemporaneous Household Conflict · Household · Rare Branch-Name Recurrence · Rare Name Bundle · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • candidate's birth is 66 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1777), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • less typical 49-year parent-child age gap (+2)
  • a known child was born within 5 years of the subject (+1)

same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10); candidate's household recorded John Glasgow in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland within 5 years of the subject (−12; no contemporaneous child is indexed in the subject's locality)

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  • less typical 49-year parent-child age gap (+2)
  • candidate's birth is 66 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1777), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • a known child was born within 5 years of the subject (+1)
  • 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)

Deductions and cautions: same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10); candidate's household recorded John Glasgow in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland within 5 years of the subject (−12; no contemporaneous child is indexed in the subject's locality)

Show 3 lower-scoring possible mothers
Automated fit0/100
Weak Lead
Dates1700–?Generation60 years age gapRecorded placesKirknewton — West LothianIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Rare Branch-Name Recurrence · Rare Name Bundle · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • candidate's birth is 77 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1777), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • uncommon given names recur in both otherwise distinct descendant branches: Alexander +3 (59 public profiles; subject branch: Alexander Glasgow; candidate branch: Alexander William Glasgow); George +3 (61 public profiles; subject branch: George Glasgow; candidate branch: George Glasgow) (+10 total including +4 multi-name bonus)

chronologically conflicting 60-year parent-child age gap (−8); same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10); subject lies more than 20 years from the candidate's known child-bearing period (−6; children may be missing); candidate already has another child named Alexander William Glasgow (Glasgow-1342) without a documented death permitting name reuse (−4; check whether the child profiles duplicate or conflict)

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  • candidate's birth is 77 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1777), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • uncommon given names recur in both otherwise distinct descendant branches: Alexander +3 (59 public profiles; subject branch: Alexander Glasgow; candidate branch: Alexander William Glasgow); George +3 (61 public profiles; subject branch: George Glasgow; candidate branch: George Glasgow) (+10 total including +4 multi-name bonus)

Deductions and cautions: chronologically conflicting 60-year parent-child age gap (−8); same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10); subject lies more than 20 years from the candidate's known child-bearing period (−6; children may be missing); candidate already has another child named Alexander William Glasgow (Glasgow-1342) without a documented death permitting name reuse (−4; check whether the child profiles duplicate or conflict)

Automated fit23/100
Chronology-Only Fallback
Dates1730–?Generation30 years age gapRecorded placesKirknewton and East Calder, Midlothian, Scotland · Kirknewton — West LothianIndependent 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 47 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1777), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • weak broad-area overlap: midlothian (+1; not a locality match)

No indexed conflict; documentary proof still required

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  • plausible 30-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 47 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1777), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • weak broad-area overlap: midlothian (+1; not a locality match)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)

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

Automated fit19/100
Chronology-Only Fallback
Dates1741–?Generation19 years age gapRecorded placesCurrituck, Currituck, North CarolinaIndependent clue breadth · 2Age · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 19-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 36 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1777), a marginal two-generation interval (+1)

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

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  • plausible 19-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 36 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1777), a marginal two-generation interval (+1)

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

How parent leads are calculated

Automated leads use birth surnames—not married surnames—as parental eligibility, role-specific biological age limits, bounded and approximate-date uncertainty, household chronology, specific time-aware localities, mapped distance, tenancy succession, migration destinations and sex-aware Scottish naming positions across generations. People already attached as the subject's parents stay in the identity summary and are excluded from this alternative-candidate list, regardless of relationship confidence. The main calibration uses clues available on disconnected profiles; existing parent and sibling links are retained as comparison context rather than treated as transferable evidence. Common ordered names and grandparent-to-child echoes receive a small non-zero weight, so a John or James match can support several independent criteria without producing a lead alone. Rare names, repeated bearers and bundles across otherwise distinct branches receive substantially more weight according to catalogue frequency. An exact migration place is weighted by its rarity and repetition across both branches; a shared destination country is worth only one point. Extra weight is added only when at least three independent clue types converge: naming, locality, specific migration, household chronology or collateral networks. Sparse profiles retain a clearly labelled chronology-only fallback instead of disappearing. Countries, states, counties and research clusters do not count as a shared locality, and fallback, broad representative or kin-inferred coordinates are excluded from distance scoring. Shared descendant profiles are removed before branch-name comparison. A candidate already recorded as a parent-in-law is excluded. A confident or independently supported parent is treated as settled; uncertain and unassessed attachments remain open to alternative comparison. A different linked parent, an uncle/aunt or grandparent path, and a matching existing child profile prevent an alternative from being classified as a strong direct-parent lead until the underlying tree conflict or duplicate is resolved. Familiar forms such as Bessie are normalised. Surname remains an eligibility filter worth zero points.

Naming customs, shared farms and occupations are circumstantial. Children, spouses and collateral relatives may be missing, and tree-derived family networks are not independent evidence. Scores rank research leads; they do not prove parentage.

Automated fit38/100
Similar Person
Dates1803–?PlacesColinton, Midlothian, Scotland, United KingdomParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • shared recorded place (+20)

record-derived birth estimates differ by 43; retained without deduction

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

Conflicts: record-derived birth estimates differ by 43; retained without deduction

Open side-by-side comparison
Automated fit36/100
Similar Person
Dates1764–1766PlacesPlaces not recordedParent 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. 1760

Profile-stated birthplace: Newton Village, Midlothian, Scotland

Midlothian — 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-3612

No sufficiently specific citation match found.

Precision: County-level representative point

Evidence assessmentWhat is supported, uncertain or disputed in the current case model.3 claims
1Original
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. original "Scotland, Civil Registration, 1855-1875, 1881, 1891", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XS6P-KNHG : Tue Feb 04 18:05:29 UTC 2025), Entry for George Glasgow and Alexander Glasgow, 18 Jun 1857.
  2. tree_only WikiTree profile export for Glasgow-3612
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-3612 was captured 2026-08-07T09:54:35+00:00; WikiTree profile revision 2026-05-18.

Profile location claims

EventDateLocationStatus
birth—Newton Village, Midlothian, ScotlandWikiTree profile field

Immediate relationship snapshot

RelationshipPersonWikiTree IDDates and places returned
ChildrenGeorge GlasgowGlasgow-36111777-00-00 · 1857-00-00 · Newton, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
SpousesAgnes GlasgowGlendinning-7751760-00-00 · 0000-00-00

Record-bearing passages

Profile source citations

  1. "Scotland, Civil Registration, 1855-1875, 1881, 1891", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XS6P-KNHG : Tue Feb 04 18:05:29 UTC 2025), Entry for George Glasgow and Alexander Glasgow, 18 Jun 1857. source link 1
Full captured biography text
Biography
Alexander was born in 1760. 
Sources
* "Scotland, Civil Registration, 1855-1875, 1881, 1891", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XS6P-KNHG : Tue Feb 04 18:05:29 UTC 2025), Entry for George Glasgow and Alexander Glasgow, 18 Jun 1857.
Raw WikiTree biography markup
== Biography ==

Alexander was born in 1760. 
== Sources ==
<references />
* "Scotland, Civil Registration, 1855-1875, 1881, 1891", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XS6P-KNHG : Tue Feb 04 18:05:29 UTC 2025), Entry for George Glasgow and Alexander Glasgow, 18 Jun 1857.