Glasgow Surname Project

Individual research record

William James Glasgow

before 1827 – ?

Glasgow-3872 · 1 mapped association

Ireland, 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
3Evidence items
12Candidate leads
Birth
before 1827 · Ireland, United Kingdom
Death
Not recorded · Place not recorded
Parents
Not recorded
Spouses
Mary (Bones) Glasgow
Children
James Glasgow
Gender
Male
WikiTree
Glasgow-3872
Research clusters
Unplaced Irish profile leads through 1850
Mapped descendants
8

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 positionJames Glasgow (1845)
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 fit37/100
Weak Lead
Dates1804–1898Generationat most 23 years age gapRecorded placesIreland, United Kingdom · Montober, County Tyrone, Ireland, United Kingdom · Kildress civil parishIndependent clue breadth · 9Age · Broad Geography · Common Grandparent Birth-Order Naming · Household · Indirect Multi-Factor Convergence · Repeated Marriage Surnames · Same-Sex Generational Naming · Spouse · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • 3 independent unlinked-profile clue types converge (+5): collateral network, household chronology, naming
  • candidate's birth is 41 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1845), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • known spouse Mary Anne (Henry) Glasgow had a bounded, possibly plausible maternal age (25) at the subject's birth (+3)

No indexed conflict; documentary proof still required

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  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 23 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • candidate's birth is 41 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1845), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same broad administrative area only (+1; not a locality match)
  • another recorded child shares the subject's birth year (+2; possible twins or date uncertainty)
  • known spouse Mary Anne (Henry) Glasgow had a bounded, possibly plausible maternal age (25) at the subject's birth (+3)
  • candidate and subject share the given name William (+4; weak direct parent-child name recurrence, 223 public profiles)
  • the subject would fill the first son position among the candidate's dated children, and the candidate's linked father William Glasgow shares the subject's common given name (+2; Scottish grandparent-name pattern, William in 223 public profiles; WikiTree: relationship status unmarked; weak alone)
  • uncommon spouse surnames recur across the subject and candidate branches: Martin +6 (+6 total)
  • 3 independent unlinked-profile clue types converge (+5): collateral network, household chronology, naming

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

Automated fit25/100
Weak Lead
Dates1805–1875Generationat most 22 years age gapRecorded placesKillycurragh, Derryloran, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland, United Kingdom · Killycurragh townland — Oritor/DerryloranIndependent clue breadth · 7Age · Broad Migration · Household · Rare Branch-Name Recurrence · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Spouse · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • candidate's birth is 40 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1845), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • known spouse Margaret (Henry) Glasgow had a bounded, possibly plausible maternal age (17) at the subject's birth (+3)
  • a known child was born within 5 years of the subject (+1)

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

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  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 22 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • candidate's birth is 40 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1845), 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)
  • known spouse Margaret (Henry) Glasgow had a bounded, possibly plausible maternal age (17) at the subject's birth (+3)
  • candidate's name matches the first dated son James Glasgow, the expected father position for a male subject (+4; catalogue rarity 0, James in 224 profiles)
  • uncommon given names recur in both otherwise distinct descendant branches: Caroline +12 (8 public profiles; subject branch: Caroline (Glasgow) Wagonseller; candidate branch: Caroline (Glasgow) Beyer) (+12 total)
  • descendant branches share only a broad migration destination country (+1; weak alone): united states

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

Show 3 lower-scoring possible fathers
Automated fit23/100
Weak Lead
Dates1795–?Generationat most 32 years age gapRecorded placesIreland · Henry, Ohio, United States · Ireland — exact locality unprovedIndependent clue breadth · 6Age · Broad Geography · Household · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Spouse · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • candidate's birth is 50 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1845), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • known spouse Betsy A (Sleator) Glasgow had a bounded, possibly plausible maternal age (32) at the subject's birth (+3)
  • a known child was born within 7 years of the subject (+1)

No indexed conflict; documentary proof still required

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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 50 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1845), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same broad administrative area only (+1; not a locality match)
  • a known child was born within 7 years of the subject (+1)
  • known spouse Betsy A (Sleator) Glasgow had a bounded, possibly plausible maternal age (32) at the subject's birth (+3)
  • candidate's name matches the first dated son James Glasgow, the expected father position for a male subject (+4; catalogue rarity 0, James in 224 profiles)

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

Automated fit21/100
Weak Lead
Dates1779–?Generationat most 48 years age gapRecorded placesLocation not supplied — profile holding pointIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Same-Sex Generational Naming · Spouse · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • candidate's birth is 66 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1845), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • known spouse Janet (Thomson) Glasgow had a bounded, possibly plausible maternal age (44) at the subject's birth (+3)
  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 48 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 48 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • candidate's birth is 66 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1845), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • known spouse Janet (Thomson) Glasgow had a bounded, possibly plausible maternal age (44) 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: locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction)

Automated fit18/100
Weak Lead
Dates1804–?Generationat most 23 years age gapRecorded placesLocation not supplied — profile holding pointIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • candidate's birth is 41 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1845), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 23 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • candidate's name matches the first dated son James Glasgow, the expected father position for a male subject (+4; catalogue rarity 0, James in 224 profiles)

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

Show complete scoring
  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 23 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • candidate's birth is 41 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1845), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • candidate's name matches the first dated son James Glasgow, the expected father position for a male subject (+4; catalogue rarity 0, James in 224 profiles)

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

Possible mothers5 leads

Automated fit20/100
Weak Lead
Dates1798–?Generationat most 29 years age gapRecorded placesGlasgowIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Spouse-Specific Child Window · Two-GenerationSame-spouse child windowJames GlasgowCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • candidate's birth is 47 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1845), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 29 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • subject birth boundary overlaps children attributed to the same parental couple (1815–1831) (+3; other parent James Glasgow)

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 29 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • candidate's birth is 47 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1845), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • subject birth boundary overlaps children attributed to the same parental couple (1815–1831) (+3; other parent James Glasgow)
  • a candidate spouse matches the first dated son James Glasgow, the expected father position (+3; James in 224 profiles)

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

Automated fit18/100
Weak Lead
Dates1810–1892Generationat most 17 years age gapRecorded placesCounty Tyrone, Ireland · Killycurragh, Derryloran, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland · County Tyrone — exact locality unprovedIndependent clue breadth · 6Age · Broad Migration · Household · Rare Branch-Name Recurrence · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • candidate's birth is 35 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1845), a marginal two-generation interval (+1)
  • a known child was born within 5 years of the subject (+1)
  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 17 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 17 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • candidate's birth is 35 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1845), a marginal two-generation interval (+1)
  • a known child was born within 5 years of the subject (+1)
  • a candidate spouse matches the first dated son James Glasgow, the expected father position (+3; James in 224 profiles)
  • uncommon given names recur in both otherwise distinct descendant branches: Caroline +12 (8 public profiles; subject branch: Caroline (Glasgow) Wagonseller; candidate branch: Caroline (Glasgow) Beyer) (+12 total)
  • descendant branches share only a broad migration destination country (+1; weak alone): united states

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

Show 3 lower-scoring possible mothers
Automated fit12/100
Weak Lead
Dates1802–1888Generationat most 25 years age gapRecorded placesDerryloran, Cookstown Co Tyrone, Ireland · Montober, County Tyrone, Ireland · CookstownIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Household · Repeated Marriage Surnames · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • candidate's birth is 43 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1845), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 25 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • another recorded child shares the subject's birth year (+2; possible twins or date uncertainty)

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

Show complete scoring
  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 25 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • candidate's birth is 43 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1845), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • another recorded child shares the subject's birth year (+2; possible twins or date uncertainty)
  • uncommon spouse surnames recur across the subject and candidate branches: Martin +6 (+6 total)

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

Automated fit8/100
Weak Lead
Dates1795–?Generationat most 32 years age gapRecorded placesCounty Antrim — exact locality unprovedIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Household · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • candidate's birth is 50 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1845), 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 at most 32 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)

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

Show complete scoring
  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of at most 32 years (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • candidate's birth is 50 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1845), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • a known child was born within 7 years of the subject (+1)
  • a candidate spouse matches the first dated son James Glasgow, the expected father position (+3; James in 224 profiles)

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

Automated fit7/100
Weak Lead
Dates1790–?Generationnominally 37 years; true gap uncertain age gapRecorded placesCounty Leitrim, Ireland · County Leitrim — exact locality unprovedIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • candidate's birth is 55 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1845), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of nominally 37 years; true gap uncertain (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • a candidate spouse matches the first dated son James Glasgow, the expected father position (+3; James in 224 profiles)

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

Show complete scoring
  • bounded birth date gives a parent-child age gap of nominally 37 years; true gap uncertain (+10; true age remains uncertain)
  • candidate's birth is 55 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1845), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • a candidate spouse matches the first dated son James Glasgow, the expected father position (+3; James in 224 profiles)

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

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-3497

Automated fit63/100
Similar Person
Dates1825–?PlacesIreland, United KingdomParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 2 (+25)
  • shared recorded place (+20)

No indexed conflict

Full comparison detail
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 2 (+25)
  • shared recorded place (+20)

Conflicts: No indexed conflict

Open side-by-side comparison

Same-name candidate

William GlasgowGlasgow-612

Automated fit56/100
Similar Person
Dates1822–1879PlacesIreland, United Kingdom → Middletown, Richmond, New York, United StatesParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 5 (+18)
  • shared recorded place (+20)

No indexed conflict

Full comparison detail
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 5 (+18)
  • shared recorded place (+20)

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
2Unknown
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.3 sources

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

  1. unknown Son's marriage record, James Glasgow and Rebecca Curry (indexed as Curgy), 24-May-1883, Ireland, Belfast SR District, Group Registration ID 2238852 [https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/marriage_returns/marriages_1883/10931/5994111.pdf]
  2. unknown Son's death record.
  3. tree_only WikiTree profile export for Glasgow-3872
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-3872 was captured 2026-08-07T09:54:35+00:00; WikiTree profile revision 2026-05-24.

Profile location claims

EventDateLocationStatus
birth—IrelandWikiTree profile field

Immediate relationship snapshot

RelationshipPersonWikiTree IDDates and places returned
ChildrenJames GlasgowGlasgow-38711845-11-02 · Belfast, County Antrim, Ireland · 1933-11-17 · Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States
SpousesMary GlasgowBones-5441827-00-00 · Ireland · 0000-00-00

Profile categories

Estimated_Birth_Date

Record-bearing passages

Profile source citations

  1. Son's marriage record, James Glasgow and Rebecca Curry (indexed as Curgy), 24-May-1883, Ireland, Belfast SR District, Group Registration ID 2238852 [https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/marriage_returns/marriages_1883/10931/5994111.pdf] source link 1
  2. Son's death record.

Other external links in the profile

Full captured biography text
BiographyResearch Notes
Two first name sources disagree:
* William is the name listed as father of the groom on James Glasgow's marriage record. The marriage was in Belfast.
* James is the father's name listed on James Glasgow's death record. That record listed the mother as Mary Bones (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQWS-G19?lang=en). 
Sources
* Son's marriage record, James Glasgow and Rebecca Curry (indexed as Curgy), 24-May-1883, Ireland, Belfast SR District, Group Registration ID 2238852 [https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/marriage_returns/marriages_1883/10931/5994111.pdf]
* Son's death record.
Raw WikiTree biography markup
{{Estimated Date}}
== Biography ==

== Research Notes ==
Two first name sources disagree:
* William is the name listed as father of the groom on [[Glasgow-3871|James Glasgow]]'s marriage record. The marriage was in Belfast.
* James is the father's name listed on [[Glasgow-3871|James Glasgow]]'s death record. That record listed the mother as [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQWS-G19?lang=en Mary Bones]. 
== Sources ==
<references />
* Son's marriage record, James Glasgow and Rebecca Curry (indexed as Curgy), 24-May-1883, Ireland, Belfast SR District, Group Registration ID 2238852 [https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/marriage_returns/marriages_1883/10931/5994111.pdf]
* Son's death record.