Glasgow Surname Project

Individual research record

Henry Glasgow

c. 1850 – ?

Glasgow-3985 · 1 mapped association

Inishrush, Tamlaght O’Crilly, County LondonderryDeath place unknown

At a glance

Identity & family

Tree links organise the family; documentary status still varies.

1Mapped records
1Close relations
3Evidence items
12Candidate leads
Birth
c. 1850 · Inishrush, Tamlaght O’Crilly, County Londonderry
Death
Not recorded · Place not recorded
Parents
James Glasgowuncertain
Spouses
Not recorded
Children
Not recorded
Gender
Male
WikiTree
Glasgow-3985
Research clusters
Ireland One-Tree profile leads
Mapped descendants
0

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 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

No named children are recoverable, so child-naming analysis cannot be run.

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 fit20/100
Similar Person
Dates1830–1898PlacesIreland, United Kingdom → Mount Vernon Township, Black Hawk County, Iowa, United StatesParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 20 (+2)

uncertain father attachments differ (no deduction)

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

Conflicts: uncertain father attachments differ (no deduction)

Same-name candidate

Henry GlasgowGlasgow-2507

Automated fit20/100
Similar Person
Dates1835–1881PlacesVirginia, United States → Adair, Missouri, United StatesParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 15 (+2)

uncertain father attachments differ (no deduction)

Full comparison detail
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 15 (+2)

Conflicts: uncertain father attachments differ (no deduction)

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

Latest case researchThe current conclusion from the durable research case file.Updated

Current conclusion

Glasgow-3985 · updated 2026-08-10

Henry is directly recorded at Inishrush on 11 December 1878, when he was present at the death of James Glasgow (Glasgow-3903). The civil return does not state Henry's relationship to James. No located marriage, death, census, land, church or emigration record names James as Henry's father. The WikiTree father edge is explicitly marked uncertain and should remain a research hypothesis rather than a proved relationship.

Henry's estimated 1850 birth and precise Inishrush birthplace are not supplied by the death return. They are working estimates only.

A focused search of publicly indexed material for 11 December 1878 through 22 January 1879 found no obituary, death notice or probate item for James naming Henry or any other relative. The search covered exact-name and Inishrush variants for the *Londonderry Sentinel*, *Londonderry Standard*, *Belfast News-Letter* and *Derry Journal*. Full searchable issue runs were not publicly available, so this is a coverage-qualified negative rather than proof that no notice was printed.

Life and record timelineChronological mapped occurrences and their underlying sources.1 record
b. 1850

Profile-stated birthplace: Inishrush, Tamlaght O’Crilly, County Londonderry

County Londonderry — 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-3985

No sufficiently specific citation match found.

Precision: County-level representative point

Case-file source findingsSource extracts and analysis regenerated from findings.md.1 section(s)

Source findings

Glasgow-3985 · updated 2026-08-10

SourceFindingAssessment
Original civil death return for James Glasgow, 11 December 1878James, married farmer of Inishrush, died aged 84; Henry Glasgow, Inishrush, was present at death.Proves Henry's presence and close household or neighbourhood association. The qualification does not call him son, relative or heir.
Tamlaght O'Crilly Lower gravestoneThe stone calls James the son of Adam and Rose and names William as their grandson.Does not name Henry or identify William's father. It cannot prove Henry's relationship.
PRONI VAL/12/B/34/10DPlot 29 passed from an unidentified James to Rose Anne and later Adam.Henry is not named and the valuation states no relationships.
Butler-Savannah Cemetery transcriptionA Henry Glasgow born in Ireland in July 1848 was established with wife Amanda in Savannah, New York, and had a son there in January 1877.Chronologically similar namesake, but his New York residence before James's death makes identity with the Inishrush informant less likely. His Irish parents and townland remain unknown.
Evidence assessmentWhat is supported, uncertain or disputed in the current case model.2 claims
1Original
1Tree Only
1Unknown

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.

Case-file priorities and cautions

Tree recommendation

Glasgow-3985 · updated 2026-08-10

Do not describe Henry as a proved son of James. If the connection is retained on WikiTree, keep the father status uncertain and state that it rests solely on Henry being present at James's death.

Sources and provenanceStructured citations and source-quality classifications.3 sources
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-3985 was captured 2026-08-11T11:27:28+00:00; WikiTree profile revision 2026-08-10.

Profile location claims

EventDateLocationStatus
birthInishrush, Tamlaght O’Crilly, County LondonderryWikiTree profile field

Immediate relationship snapshot

RelationshipPersonWikiTree IDDates and places returned
ParentsJames GlasgowGlasgow-39031794-00-00 · Inishrush, Tamlaght O’Crilly, County Londonderry · 1878-12-11

Record-bearing passages

  • Biography Henry Glasgow was born about 1850. He is attached as an uncertain son of James Glasgow.
  • Henry was living at Inishrush, County Londonderry, in December 1878. On 12 December 1878 he was present at the death of James Glasgow, a married farmer aged 84, at Inishrush. Henry reported the death and made his mark on the civil registration. The return gives his residence as Inishrush and describes him as “present at death”, but does not state his relationship to James. “Civil Records,” database with images, Irish Genealogy, death of James Glasgow, 12 December 1878, Group Registration ID 5928386, Magherafelt registration district, indexed record (https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/view/?record_id=cide-5928386) and original civil return (https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/deaths_returns/deaths_1878/020497/7192875.pdf).
  • James's family gravestone identifies him as a son of Adam and Rose Glasgow but does not name Henry. “Tamlaght O’Crilly Lower Graveyard,” One Irish Rover, Glasgow family gravestone (https://www.oneirishrover.com/tamlaght-graveyard/). Research NotesParentage Henry's presence at James Glasgow's death, their shared surname and residence at Inishrush are consistent with a close family relationship, but the civil death registration does not identify Henry as James's son. The father-son relationship should therefore remain marked uncertain unless a record explicitly establishing Henry's parentage is found. Birth The currently cited sources do not establish Henry's birth date. The estimate of about 1850 should remain uncertain unless supported by another record. Sources

Profile source citations

  1. “Civil Records,” database with images, Irish Genealogy, death of James Glasgow, 12 December 1878, Group Registration ID 5928386, Magherafelt registration district, indexed record (https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/view/?record_id=cide-5928386) and original civil return (https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/deaths_returns/deaths_1878/020497/7192875.pdf). source link 1 source link 2
  2. “Tamlaght O’Crilly Lower Graveyard,” One Irish Rover, Glasgow family gravestone (https://www.oneirishrover.com/tamlaght-graveyard/). source link 1
Full captured biography text
Biography
Henry Glasgow was born about 1850. He is attached as an uncertain son of James Glasgow.

Henry was living at Inishrush, County Londonderry, in December 1878. On 12 December 1878 he was present at the death of James Glasgow, a married farmer aged 84, at Inishrush. Henry reported the death and made his mark on the civil registration. The return gives his residence as Inishrush and describes him as “present at death”, but does not state his relationship to James. “Civil Records,” database with images, Irish Genealogy, death of James Glasgow, 12 December 1878, Group Registration ID 5928386, Magherafelt registration district, indexed record (https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/view/?record_id=cide-5928386) and original civil return (https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/deaths_returns/deaths_1878/020497/7192875.pdf). 

James's family gravestone identifies him as a son of Adam and Rose Glasgow but does not name Henry. “Tamlaght O’Crilly Lower Graveyard,” One Irish Rover, Glasgow family gravestone (https://www.oneirishrover.com/tamlaght-graveyard/). 
Research NotesParentage
Henry's presence at James Glasgow's death, their shared surname and residence at Inishrush are consistent with a close family relationship, but the civil death registration does not identify Henry as James's son. The father-son relationship should therefore remain marked uncertain unless a record explicitly establishing Henry's parentage is found.
Birth
The currently cited sources do not establish Henry's birth date. The estimate of about 1850 should remain uncertain unless supported by another record.
Sources
Raw WikiTree biography markup
== Biography ==

'''Henry Glasgow''' was born about 1850. He is attached as an uncertain son of [[Glasgow-3903|James Glasgow]].

Henry was living at Inishrush, County Londonderry, in December 1878. On 12 December 1878 he was present at the death of James Glasgow, a married farmer aged 84, at Inishrush. Henry reported the death and made his mark on the civil registration. The return gives his residence as Inishrush and describes him as “present at death”, but does not state his relationship to James.<ref name="JamesDeath">“Civil Records,” database with images, ''Irish Genealogy'', death of James Glasgow, 12 December 1878, Group Registration ID 5928386, Magherafelt registration district, [https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/view/?record_id=cide-5928386 indexed record] and [https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/deaths_returns/deaths_1878/020497/7192875.pdf original civil return].</ref>

James's family gravestone identifies him as a son of Adam and Rose Glasgow but does not name Henry.<ref name="Gravestone">“Tamlaght O’Crilly Lower Graveyard,” ''One Irish Rover'', [https://www.oneirishrover.com/tamlaght-graveyard/ Glasgow family gravestone].</ref>

== Research Notes ==

=== Parentage ===

Henry's presence at James Glasgow's death, their shared surname and residence at Inishrush are consistent with a close family relationship, but the civil death registration does not identify Henry as James's son. The father-son relationship should therefore remain marked '''uncertain''' unless a record explicitly establishing Henry's parentage is found.

=== Birth ===

The currently cited sources do not establish Henry's birth date. The estimate of about 1850 should remain uncertain unless supported by another record.

== Sources ==

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