Biography · Glasgow-4150

Robert Glasgow

before 1815

Prescott, Upper Canada

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Robert Glasgow of Prescott belongs to the documented sibling group with Daniel Glasgow of Kilrea and Thomas Glasgow of Lisnagaver. The original 1849 will and 1861 conveyance establish their identities and brotherhood. Alexander Glasgow-3904 is a supported uncertain father hypothesis through Thomas and Daniel’s existing family tradition.

Birthbefore 1815 · Prescott, Upper Canada

DeathDate not established

LocalityPrescott, Upper Canada

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== Biography ==

'''Robert Glasgow''' was an early shipbuilder at Prescott, Upper Canada, later Canada West. Prescott heritage material identifies him as the builder of the Centre Street house now known as Glasgow House.<ref name="PrescottHeritage">Town of Prescott, [https://www.prescott.ca/media/3dtiztjk/council-agenda-june-16-2025.pdf ''Council Agenda, 16 June 2025''], heritage-designation material for 388 Centre Street, “Glasgow House.”</ref> A later property history dates the building to about 1835.<ref name="Recorder">Theresa Taylor, [https://www.theresataylor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Auction-all-for-others-Brockville-Recorder.pdf “Auction all for others,”] ''Brockville Recorder & Times'', 22 February 2017.</ref>

Robert made his will on 9 October 1849. The registered copy divides his estate into six shares: one each for his brothers Daniel, [[Glasgow-4010|Samuel]], John and Thomas Glasgow, one collectively for the children of his brother James, and one for his sister Mary Glasgow.<ref name="Will1849">FamilySearch, ''Land records of Grenville County, 1822–1955'', film 008200419, image 35, registered copy of the will of Robert Glasgow of Prescott, dated October 1849 and registered in 1856, [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSLG-LWY9-S image 3Q9M-CSLG-LWY9-S]; original image inspected 8 September 2026.</ref>

The explicit sibling language makes Samuel Robert's brother, not his son. The later statement that Robert left the house to six “children” and that a son Samuel acquired the other shares appears to have misread the six-share title chain.<ref name="Will1849" /><ref name="Recorder" />

Local history reports that Robert died at Prescott in 1856.<ref name="Recorder" /> The 1856 date is compatible with an 1849 will: 1849 is the date on which the will was made, while 1856 is the reported death and registration period.

== Research Notes ==

=== The 1842 census lead ===

A modern index reports a Robert Glasgow in Augusta in the 1842 Canada West census. The image formerly cited for that claim, frame <code>004569584_00050</code>, was inspected at full resolution and contains no readable Robert Glasgow entry.<ref>Library and Archives Canada, [https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1842&op=img&id=004569584_00050 1842 Census of Canada West, image 004569584_00050], inspected 13 August 2026.</ref> It is not used here as evidence for Robert's identity.

=== Family interpretation ===

The will's named beneficiaries are Robert's siblings and the children of one brother. It does not name Robert's parents, spouse or children. The 30 July 1861 conveyance, B465, identifies the will’s Daniel as the Kilrea watchmaker and Thomas as the Lisnagaver farmer, with wives Margaret and Mary Anne. This establishes the Irish sibling identities when read with the will; it does not name their parents or identify Alexander of Lisnagaver as another brother.<ref>[https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSLG-LWB8-D Prescott land register, volume B, memorial 465, pp.397–398, DGS 008200419, images 240–241].</ref>

The 1861 deed identifies the brothers as [[Glasgow-3896|Daniel of Kilrea]] and [[Glasgow-987|Thomas of Lisnagaver]]. The original 15 September 1869 deed, C298, identifies the sister as Mary Black, formerly Glasgow, and names six children, including John and Rose Ann Black of Drumoolish.<ref>[https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSLG-LQTY-K Prescott land register, volume C, memorial 298, pp.476–482, DGS 008200420, images 277–280].</ref> John of Prescott, watchmaker, remains an unassigned profile identity. James the Prescott carpenter is a property-based comparison for brother James, but their identity is not yet proved; the will does not say James was deceased.

Robert's actual birthplace is unknown. His birth is estimated only far enough before about 1835 for him to have worked as a shipbuilder and built the house. His brother Samuel was recorded as Irish-born in the original 1851 Prescott census.<ref>Library and Archives Canada, [https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1851&op=img&id=e002351566 1851 Census of Canada West, Prescott, page 31, lines 11–18, image e002351566], Samuel Glasgow household.</ref> Ireland is therefore a usable uncertain creation-field location from Robert's documented immediate-family context; it is not a statement that Robert's birthplace has been found. Prescott should be entered as an uncertain death place from the local history, not as a birthplace.

=== Duplicate audit ===

The local One Tree export, current project index and live WikiTree name results were reviewed in August and September 2026. No compatible Prescott shipbuilder profile was found. [[Glasgow-1367|Robert Glasgow of Glenleslie]], [[Glasgow-1171|Robert Glasgow of New York]], [[Glasgow-1983|Robert Glasgow of South Carolina]], [[Glasgow-1189|Robert Glasgow of Ohio]] and [[Glasgow-2769|Robert Glasgow of Tennessee]] have incompatible documented lives. Create Robert unconnected; the sibling link to Samuel can be expressed in the biographies until their parents are identified.

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Current profile6'''Robert Glasgow''' was an early shipbuilder at Prescott, Upper Canada, later Canada West. Prescott heritage material identifies him as the builder of the Centre Street house now known as Glasgow House.<ref name="PrescottHeritage">Town of Prescott, [https://www.prescott.ca/media/3dtiztjk/council-agenda-june-16-2025.pdf ''Council Agenda, 16 June 2025''], heritage-designation material for 388 Centre Street, “Glasgow House.”</ref> A later property history dates the building to about 1835.<ref name="Recorder">Theresa Taylor, [https://www.theresataylor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Auction-all-for-others-Brockville-Recorder.pdf “Auction all for others,”] ''Brockville Recorder & Times'', 22 February 2017.</ref>

Replacement profile5'''Robert Glasgow''' was an early shipbuilder at Prescott, Upper Canada, later Canada West. Prescott heritage material identifies him as the builder of the Centre Street house now known as Glasgow House.<ref name="PrescottHeritage">Town of Prescott, [https://www.prescott.ca/media/3dtiztjk/council-agenda-june-16-2025.pdf ''Council Agenda, 16 June 2025''], heritage-designation material for 388 Centre Street, “Glasgow House.”</ref> A later property history dates the building to about 1835.<ref name="Recorder">Theresa Taylor, [https://www.theresataylor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Auction-all-for-others-Brockville-Recorder.pdf “Auction all for others,”] ''Brockville Recorder & Times'', 22 February 2017.</ref>

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Current profile8Robert made his will on 9 October 1849. The registered copy divides his estate into six shares: one each for his brothers Daniel, [[Glasgow-4010|Samuel]], John and Thomas Glasgow, one collectively for the children of his brother James, and one for his sister Mary Glasgow.<ref name="Will1849">FamilySearch, ''Land records of Grenville County, 1822–1955'', film 008200419, image 35, registered copy of the will of Robert Glasgow of Prescott, dated October 1849 and registered in 1856, [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSLG-LWY9-S image 3Q9M-CSLG-LWY9-S]; original image inspected 8 September 2026.</ref>

Replacement profile7Robert made his will on 9 October 1849. The registered copy divides his estate into six shares: one each for his brothers [[Glasgow-3896|Daniel]], [[Glasgow-4010|Samuel]], John and [[Glasgow-987|Thomas Glasgow]], one collectively for the children of his brother James, and one for his sister Mary Glasgow.<ref name="Will1849">FamilySearch, ''Land records of Grenville County, 1822–1955'', film 008200419, image 35, registered copy of the will of Robert Glasgow of Prescott, dated October 1849 and registered in 1856, [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSLG-LWY9-S image 3Q9M-CSLG-LWY9-S]; original image inspected 8 September 2026.</ref>

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Current profile10The explicit sibling language makes Samuel Robert's brother, not his son. The later statement that Robert left the house to six “children” and that a son Samuel acquired the other shares appears to have misread the six-share title chain.<ref name="Will1849" /><ref name="Recorder" />

Replacement profile9The explicit sibling language makes Samuel Robert's brother, not his son. The later statement that Robert left the house to six “children” and that a son Samuel acquired the other shares appears to have misread the six-share title chain.<ref name="Will1849" /><ref name="Recorder" />

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Current profile12Local history reports that Robert died at Prescott in 1856.<ref name="Recorder" /> The 1856 date is compatible with an 1849 will: 1849 is the date on which the will was made, while 1856 is the reported death and registration period.

Replacement profile11Local history reports that Robert died at Prescott in 1856.<ref name="Recorder" /> The 1856 date is compatible with an 1849 will: 1849 is the date on which the will was made, while 1856 is the reported death and registration period.

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Current profile16=== The 1842 census lead ===

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Current profile18A modern index reports a Robert Glasgow in Augusta in the 1842 Canada West census. The image formerly cited for that claim, frame <code>004569584_00050</code>, was inspected at full resolution and contains no readable Robert Glasgow entry.<ref>Library and Archives Canada, [https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1842&op=img&id=004569584_00050 1842 Census of Canada West, image 004569584_00050], inspected 13 August 2026.</ref> It is not used here as evidence for Robert's identity.

Replacement profile16A modern index reports a Robert Glasgow in Augusta in the 1842 Canada West census. The image formerly cited for that claim, frame <code>004569584_00050</code>, was inspected at full resolution and contains no readable Robert Glasgow entry.<ref>Library and Archives Canada, [https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1842&op=img&id=004569584_00050 1842 Census of Canada West, image 004569584_00050], inspected 13 August 2026.</ref> It is not used here as evidence for Robert's identity.

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Current profile22The will's named beneficiaries are Robert's siblings and the children of one brother. It does not name Robert's parents, spouse or children. The 30 July 1861 conveyance, B465, identifies the will’s Daniel as the Kilrea watchmaker and Thomas as the Lisnagaver farmer, with wives Margaret and Mary Anne. This establishes the Irish sibling identities when read with the will; it does not name their parents or identify Alexander of Lisnagaver as another brother.<ref>[https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSLG-LWB8-D Prescott land register, volume B, memorial 465, pp.397–398, DGS 008200419, images 240–241].</ref>

Replacement profile20The will's named beneficiaries are Robert's siblings and the children of one brother. It does not name Robert's parents, spouse or children. The 30 July 1861 conveyance, B465, identifies the will’s Daniel as the Kilrea watchmaker and Thomas as the Lisnagaver farmer, with wives Margaret and Mary Anne. This establishes the Irish sibling identities when read with the will; it does not name their parents or identify Alexander of Lisnagaver as another brother.<ref>[https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSLG-LWB8-D Prescott land register, volume B, memorial 465, pp.397–398, DGS 008200419, images 240–241].</ref>

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Current profile24The 1861 deed identifies the brothers as [[Glasgow-3896|Daniel of Kilrea]] and [[Glasgow-987|Thomas of Lisnagaver]]. The original 15 September 1869 deed, C298, identifies the sister as Mary Black, formerly Glasgow, and names six children, including John and Rose Ann Black of Drumoolish.<ref>[https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSLG-LQTY-K Prescott land register, volume C, memorial 298, pp.476–482, DGS 008200420, images 277–280].</ref> John of Prescott, watchmaker, remains an unassigned profile identity. James the Prescott carpenter is a property-based comparison for brother James, but their identity is not yet proved; the will does not say James was deceased.

Replacement profile22The 1861 deed identifies the brothers as [[Glasgow-3896|Daniel of Kilrea]] and [[Glasgow-987|Thomas of Lisnagaver]]. The original 15 September 1869 deed, C298, identifies the sister as Mary Black, formerly Glasgow, and names six children, including John and Rose Ann Black of Drumoolish.<ref>[https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSLG-LQTY-K Prescott land register, volume C, memorial 298, pp.476–482, DGS 008200420, images 277–280].</ref> John of Prescott, watchmaker, remains an unassigned profile identity. James the Prescott carpenter is a property-based comparison for brother James, but their identity is not yet proved; the will does not say James was deceased.

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Current profile26Robert's actual birthplace is unknown. His birth is estimated only far enough before about 1835 for him to have worked as a shipbuilder and built the house. His brother Samuel was recorded as Irish-born in the original 1851 Prescott census.<ref>Library and Archives Canada, [https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1851&op=img&id=e002351566 1851 Census of Canada West, Prescott, page 31, lines 11–18, image e002351566], Samuel Glasgow household.</ref> Ireland is therefore a usable uncertain creation-field location from Robert's documented immediate-family context; it is not a statement that Robert's birthplace has been found. Prescott should be entered as an uncertain death place from the local history, not as a birthplace.

Replacement profile24Robert's actual birthplace is unknown. His birth is estimated only far enough before about 1835 for him to have worked as a shipbuilder and built the house. His brother Samuel was recorded as Irish-born in the original 1851 Prescott census.<ref>Library and Archives Canada, [https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1851&op=img&id=e002351566 1851 Census of Canada West, Prescott, page 31, lines 11–18, image e002351566], Samuel Glasgow household.</ref> His documented brother's Irish birth supports Ireland as a possible birthplace, but Robert's birthplace is not established. Prescott is the reported place of his death, not evidence of his birth there.

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Current profile30The local One Tree export, current project index and live WikiTree name results were reviewed in August and September 2026. No compatible Prescott shipbuilder profile was found. [[Glasgow-1367|Robert Glasgow of Glenleslie]], [[Glasgow-1171|Robert Glasgow of New York]], [[Glasgow-1983|Robert Glasgow of South Carolina]], [[Glasgow-1189|Robert Glasgow of Ohio]] and [[Glasgow-2769|Robert Glasgow of Tennessee]] have incompatible documented lives. Create Robert unconnected; the sibling link to Samuel can be expressed in the biographies until their parents are identified.

Replacement profile28The local One Tree export, project index and live WikiTree name results were reviewed in August and September 2026. Before this Prescott shipbuilder profile was created, those checks found no compatible existing profile. [[Glasgow-1367|Robert Glasgow of Glenleslie]], [[Glasgow-1171|Robert Glasgow of New York]], [[Glasgow-1983|Robert Glasgow of South Carolina]], [[Glasgow-1189|Robert Glasgow of Ohio]] and [[Glasgow-2769|Robert Glasgow of Tennessee]] were recorded as having incompatible documented lives. Robert, [[Glasgow-4010|Samuel]], [[Glasgow-3896|Daniel]] and [[Glasgow-987|Thomas]] are documented brothers. Their shared family connection supports the uncertain father hypothesis discussed below; the deeds do not themselves name their parents.

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Replacement profile32Robert and [[Glasgow-4010|Samuel]] belong to the same documented sibling group as [[Glasgow-987|Thomas Glasgow]] and [[Glasgow-3896|Daniel Glasgow]]. A descendant family account names [[Glasgow-3904|Alexander Glasgow of Lisnagaver]] as Thomas's father, and Thomas and Daniel are already attached to Alexander on that basis.<ref name="FatherTradition">Peter, “Trying to find Glasgow,” ''Genes Reunited'', [https://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/general_topics/thread/465937 discussion], descendant account naming Alexander and Rosanna as parents of Thomas Glasgow. This is family testimony rather than a contemporary parent record.</ref> Their proved brotherhood and compatible chronology support Alexander as an uncertain father of Robert and Samuel too. This connects the documented brothers through the existing family hypothesis; it does not make the father relationship certain. Rosanna's maternity is assessed separately and is not established by the sibling deeds.

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== Biography ==
'''Robert Glasgow''' was an early shipbuilder at Prescott, Upper Canada, later Canada West. Prescott heritage material identifies him as the builder of the Centre Street house now known as Glasgow House.<ref name="PrescottHeritage">Town of Prescott, [https://www.prescott.ca/media/3dtiztjk/council-agenda-june-16-2025.pdf ''Council Agenda, 16 June 2025''], heritage-designation material for 388 Centre Street, “Glasgow House.”</ref> A later property history dates the building to about 1835.<ref name="Recorder">Theresa Taylor, [https://www.theresataylor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Auction-all-for-others-Brockville-Recorder.pdf “Auction all for others,”] ''Brockville Recorder & Times'', 22 February 2017.</ref>

Robert made his will on 9 October 1849. The registered copy divides his estate into six shares: one each for his brothers [[Glasgow-3896|Daniel]], [[Glasgow-4010|Samuel]], John and [[Glasgow-987|Thomas Glasgow]], one collectively for the children of his brother James, and one for his sister Mary Glasgow.<ref name="Will1849">FamilySearch, ''Land records of Grenville County, 1822–1955'', film 008200419, image 35, registered copy of the will of Robert Glasgow of Prescott, dated October 1849 and registered in 1856, [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSLG-LWY9-S image 3Q9M-CSLG-LWY9-S]; original image inspected 8 September 2026.</ref>

The explicit sibling language makes Samuel Robert's brother, not his son. The later statement that Robert left the house to six “children” and that a son Samuel acquired the other shares appears to have misread the six-share title chain.<ref name="Will1849" /><ref name="Recorder" />

Local history reports that Robert died at Prescott in 1856.<ref name="Recorder" /> The 1856 date is compatible with an 1849 will: 1849 is the date on which the will was made, while 1856 is the reported death and registration period.

== Research Notes ==
=== The 1842 census lead ===

A modern index reports a Robert Glasgow in Augusta in the 1842 Canada West census. The image formerly cited for that claim, frame <code>004569584_00050</code>, was inspected at full resolution and contains no readable Robert Glasgow entry.<ref>Library and Archives Canada, [https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1842&op=img&id=004569584_00050 1842 Census of Canada West, image 004569584_00050], inspected 13 August 2026.</ref> It is not used here as evidence for Robert's identity.

=== Family interpretation ===

The will's named beneficiaries are Robert's siblings and the children of one brother. It does not name Robert's parents, spouse or children. The 30 July 1861 conveyance, B465, identifies the will’s Daniel as the Kilrea watchmaker and Thomas as the Lisnagaver farmer, with wives Margaret and Mary Anne. This establishes the Irish sibling identities when read with the will; it does not name their parents or identify Alexander of Lisnagaver as another brother.<ref>[https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSLG-LWB8-D Prescott land register, volume B, memorial 465, pp.397–398, DGS 008200419, images 240–241].</ref>

The 1861 deed identifies the brothers as [[Glasgow-3896|Daniel of Kilrea]] and [[Glasgow-987|Thomas of Lisnagaver]]. The original 15 September 1869 deed, C298, identifies the sister as Mary Black, formerly Glasgow, and names six children, including John and Rose Ann Black of Drumoolish.<ref>[https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSLG-LQTY-K Prescott land register, volume C, memorial 298, pp.476–482, DGS 008200420, images 277–280].</ref> John of Prescott, watchmaker, remains an unassigned profile identity. James the Prescott carpenter is a property-based comparison for brother James, but their identity is not yet proved; the will does not say James was deceased.

Robert's actual birthplace is unknown. His birth is estimated only far enough before about 1835 for him to have worked as a shipbuilder and built the house. His brother Samuel was recorded as Irish-born in the original 1851 Prescott census.<ref>Library and Archives Canada, [https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1851&op=img&id=e002351566 1851 Census of Canada West, Prescott, page 31, lines 11–18, image e002351566], Samuel Glasgow household.</ref> His documented brother's Irish birth supports Ireland as a possible birthplace, but Robert's birthplace is not established. Prescott is the reported place of his death, not evidence of his birth there.

=== Duplicate audit ===

The local One Tree export, project index and live WikiTree name results were reviewed in August and September 2026. Before this Prescott shipbuilder profile was created, those checks found no compatible existing profile. [[Glasgow-1367|Robert Glasgow of Glenleslie]], [[Glasgow-1171|Robert Glasgow of New York]], [[Glasgow-1983|Robert Glasgow of South Carolina]], [[Glasgow-1189|Robert Glasgow of Ohio]] and [[Glasgow-2769|Robert Glasgow of Tennessee]] were recorded as having incompatible documented lives. Robert, [[Glasgow-4010|Samuel]], [[Glasgow-3896|Daniel]] and [[Glasgow-987|Thomas]] are documented brothers. Their shared family connection supports the uncertain father hypothesis discussed below; the deeds do not themselves name their parents.

=== Working father connection ===

Robert and [[Glasgow-4010|Samuel]] belong to the same documented sibling group as [[Glasgow-987|Thomas Glasgow]] and [[Glasgow-3896|Daniel Glasgow]]. A descendant family account names [[Glasgow-3904|Alexander Glasgow of Lisnagaver]] as Thomas's father, and Thomas and Daniel are already attached to Alexander on that basis.<ref name="FatherTradition">Peter, “Trying to find Glasgow,” ''Genes Reunited'', [https://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/general_topics/thread/465937 discussion], descendant account naming Alexander and Rosanna as parents of Thomas Glasgow. This is family testimony rather than a contemporary parent record.</ref> Their proved brotherhood and compatible chronology support Alexander as an uncertain father of Robert and Samuel too. This connects the documented brothers through the existing family hypothesis; it does not make the father relationship certain. Rosanna's maternity is assessed separately and is not established by the sibling deeds.

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Parents 1Alexander Glasgowc. 1770–date not established

Person and dates	Relationship	Current assessment	Why this relationship is shown
Alexander Glasgow c. 1770–date not established	father	Uncertain father link	The original Prescott will/deed chain proves the brotherhood with Thomas-987 and Daniel-3896. Both already share Alexander-3904 as an attached father, based on descendant testimony naming Alexander as Thomas’s father. Compatible chronology supports extending the same uncertain hypothesis to this brother; no contemporary parent record has been found. Supporting record · Supporting record · Supporting record

Collateral relatives 3✓ Thomas Glasgowc. 1815–21 June 1870✓ Daniel Glasgowc. 1796–16 October 1871✓ Samuel Glasgowc. 1801–c. 1866

Person and dates	Relationship	Current assessment	Why this relationship is shown
Thomas Glasgow c. 1815–21 June 1870	sibling	Documented sibling	Robert’s original 1849 will names his brothers; B465 identifies Daniel of Kilrea, watchmaker, and Thomas of Lisnagaver, farmer, with their wives, conveying their shares to Samuel. The combined records establish this sibling pair; parentage is assessed separately. Supporting record · Supporting record
Daniel Glasgow c. 1796–16 October 1871	sibling	Documented sibling	Robert’s original 1849 will names his brothers; B465 identifies Daniel of Kilrea, watchmaker, and Thomas of Lisnagaver, farmer, with their wives, conveying their shares to Samuel. The combined records establish this sibling pair; parentage is assessed separately. Supporting record · Supporting record
Samuel Glasgow c. 1801–c. 1866	sibling	Documented sibling	Robert’s original 1849 will names his brothers; B465 identifies Daniel of Kilrea, watchmaker, and Thomas of Lisnagaver, farmer, with their wives, conveying their shares to Samuel. The combined records establish this sibling pair; parentage is assessed separately. Supporting record · Supporting record

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9 October 1849

Robert Glasgow’s will naming his siblings

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Prescott, Canada West

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Daniel, Samuel, John and Thomas are brothers; Mary is sister; brother James’s children share one sixth. James is not called deceased.

Source register · Open record

30 July 1861

Daniel and Thomas transfer two-sixths to Samuel

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Kilrea; Lisnagaver; Prescott

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Places, occupations and wives establish the Irish beneficiaries’ profile identities.

Source register · Open record

Descendant testimony; reviewed July–September 2026

Descendant testimony naming Thomas Glasgow’s parents

Working father connection

Collateral records

Lisnagaver, County Antrim

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Names Alexander and Rosanna as Thomas’s parents. Combined brotherhood supports an uncertain shared father attachment; does not establish maternity for every brother.

Source register · Open record

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Robert Glasgow’s will naming his siblings
9 October 1849 · Prescott, Canada West · Original record
Daniel, Samuel, John and Thomas are brothers; Mary is sister; brother James’s children share one sixth. James is not called deceased.
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Daniel and Thomas transfer two-sixths to Samuel
30 July 1861 · Kilrea; Lisnagaver; Prescott · Original record
Places, occupations and wives establish the Irish beneficiaries’ profile identities.
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Descendant testimony naming Thomas Glasgow’s parents
Descendant testimony; reviewed July–September 2026 · Lisnagaver, County Antrim · Uncertain parent hypothesis
Names Alexander and Rosanna as Thomas’s parents. Combined brotherhood supports an uncertain shared father attachment; does not establish maternity for every brother.
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Sources: Source findings

Source	Finding	Assessment
1849 Robert will, DGS 8200419 image 35	Daniel, Samuel and Thomas are Robert’s brothers.	Original inspected 8 September 2026.
1861 deed B465, pp.397–398	Identifies Daniel of Kilrea and Thomas of Lisnagaver by trades and wives.	Original identity bridge inspected 13 September.

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| Source | Finding | Assessment |
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| [1849 Robert will, DGS 8200419 image 35](https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSLG-LWY9-S) | Daniel, Samuel and Thomas are Robert’s brothers. | Original inspected 8 September 2026. |
| [1861 deed B465, pp.397–398](https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSLG-LWB8-D) | Identifies Daniel of Kilrea and Thomas of Lisnagaver by trades and wives. | Original identity bridge inspected 13 September. |

Conclusion: Current conclusion — linked family hypothesis, 30 September 2026

Robert-4150 and Samuel-4010 are proved brothers of Daniel-3896 and Thomas-987. Their current public WikiTree biographies already contain the sibling will/deed evidence. Thomas and Daniel share the existing father attachment Alexander-3904. The descendant account naming Alexander as Thomas’s father, combined with proved brotherhood and compatible chronology, supports extending that same attachment to Robert and Samuel with uncertain status. The original deeds do not name a parent; this is an inherited family hypothesis, not a newly certain father. Assess Rosanna’s maternity separately.

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Robert-4150 and Samuel-4010 are proved brothers of Daniel-3896 and Thomas-987. Their current public WikiTree biographies already contain the sibling will/deed evidence. Thomas and Daniel share the existing father attachment Alexander-3904. The descendant account naming Alexander as Thomas’s father, combined with proved brotherhood and compatible chronology, supports extending that same attachment to Robert and Samuel with **uncertain** status. The original deeds do not name a parent; this is an inherited family hypothesis, not a newly certain father. Assess Rosanna’s maternity separately.

Actions: Recommended action — pending 30 September 2026

Use the complete replacement draft named for this WikiTree ID, preserving existing sources. Add the working father connection and attach Alexander-3904 as uncertain father. Robert’s draft also interlinks Daniel/Thomas at first mention and removes obsolete instructions to create this already existing profile. Thomas and Daniel’s prior sibling biography updates remain complete.

Original Markdown

Use the complete replacement draft named for this WikiTree ID, preserving existing sources. Add the working father connection and attach Alexander-3904 as uncertain father. Robert’s draft also interlinks Daniel/Thomas at first mention and removes obsolete instructions to create this already existing profile. Thomas and Daniel’s prior sibling biography updates remain complete.

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      "place": "Prescott, Upper Canada",
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