Glasgow Surname Project

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William Clinton Glasgow

1901-08-02 – 1990-09-24

Glasgow-429 · 1 mapped association

Randolph County, North Carolina, United States→Burlington, Alamance, North Carolina, United States
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At a glance

Identity & family

Tree links organise the family; documentary status still varies.

1Mapped records
4Close relations
2Evidence items
12Candidate leads
Birth
1901-08-02 · Randolph County, North Carolina, United States
Death
1990-09-24 · Burlington, Alamance, North Carolina, United States
Parents
Not recorded
Spouses
Swannie Ives (Kivett) Glasgow
Children
Calvin Clinton GlasgowRuby Mae (Glasgow) HamiltonWilliam Clinton Glasgow
Gender
Male
WikiTree
Glasgow-429
Research clusters
Worldwide One-Tree profile leads
Mapped descendants
3

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 positionCalvin Clinton Glasgow (1924)
Maternal grandfather positionWilliam Clinton Glasgow (1932)
Maternal grandmother positionRuby Mae (Glasgow) Hamilton (1929)
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 fit39/100
Weak Lead
Dates1856–1927Generation45 years age gapRecorded placesNorth Carolina, United States · Winston-salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, United StatesIndependent clue breadth · 5Age · Local Sibling Birth · Spouse · Two-Generation · Undated LocalityCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 45-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • known spouse Ellen Cora (Smith) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (45) at the subject's birth (+7)
  • candidate has only broad or undated birth-locality overlap: north (+6)

No indexed conflict; documentary proof still required

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  • plausible 45-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 68 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1924), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • candidate has only broad or undated birth-locality overlap: north (+6)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • candidate has another child, Eva O. (Glasgow) Corbett, born 9 years from the subject in the same specific birth locality (+4; possible sibling-household clue)
  • known spouse Ellen Cora (Smith) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (45) at the subject's birth (+7)

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

Automated fit33/100
Weak Lead
Dates1868–1946Generation33 years age gapRecorded placesButterwood Township, Halifax, North Carolina, United StatesIndependent clue breadth · 5Age · Local Sibling Birth · Spouse · Two-Generation · Undated LocalityCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 33-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate has only broad or undated birth-locality overlap: north (+6)
  • candidate's birth is 56 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1924), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

No indexed conflict; documentary proof still required

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  • plausible 33-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 56 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1924), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • candidate has only broad or undated birth-locality overlap: north (+6)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • candidate has another child, Clyde Gaslon Glasgow, born 14 years from the subject in the same specific birth locality (+2; possible sibling-household clue)
  • known spouse Eva Reeves (Rawlings) Glasgow had a bounded, possibly plausible maternal age (26) at the subject's birth (+3)

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

Show 3 lower-scoring possible fathers
Automated fit30/100
Weak Lead
Dates1870–?Generation31 years age gapRecorded placesRector, Clay, Arkansas, United StatesIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Collateral Naming · Same-Sex Generational Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 31-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 54 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1924), 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 54 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1924), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • candidate and subject share the given name William (+4; weak direct parent-child name recurrence, 223 public profiles)
  • candidate's sibling and niece/nephew network repeats names in the subject's descendant line (three rarest at most): Ruby +14 (4 public profiles; niece/nephew Ruby Glasgow) (+14 total)

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

Automated fit29/100
Weak Lead
Dates1866–1930Generation35 years age gapRecorded placesRector, Clay, Arkansas, United States · Clay County, Arkansas, United States · Rector, Clay, Arkansas, USAIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Collateral Naming · Household · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 35-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 58 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1924), 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 35-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 58 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1924), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • subject's birth fits within the candidate's overall child-bearing span (1889–1913) (+3; children are not tied to one spouse)
  • candidate's sibling and niece/nephew network repeats names in the subject's descendant line (three rarest at most): Ruby +14 (4 public profiles; niece/nephew Ruby Glasgow) (+14 total)

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

Automated fit26/100
Weak Lead
Dates1873–1952Generation28 years age gapRecorded placesRector, Clay Co., Arkansas, United States · Cardwell, Dunklin County, Missouri, United States · Rector, Clay Co., ARIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Collateral Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 28-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 51 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1924), 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 28-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 51 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1924), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • candidate's sibling and niece/nephew network repeats names in the subject's descendant line (three rarest at most): Ruby +14 (4 public profiles; niece/nephew Ruby Glasgow) (+14 total)

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

Possible mothers5 leads

Automated fit30/100
Weak Lead
Dates1875–1946Generation26 years age gapRecorded placesHalifax, North Carolina, United States · Butterwood Township, Halifax, North Carolina, United StatesIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Local Sibling Birth · Two-Generation · Undated LocalityCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 26-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate has only broad or undated birth-locality overlap: north (+6)
  • candidate's birth is 49 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1924), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

No indexed conflict; documentary proof still required

Show complete scoring
  • plausible 26-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 49 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1924), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • candidate has only broad or undated birth-locality overlap: north (+6)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • candidate has another child, Clyde Gaslon Glasgow, born 14 years from the subject in the same specific birth locality (+2; possible sibling-household clue)

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

Automated fit26/100
Weak Lead
Dates1881–?Generation20 years age gapRecorded placesRector, Clay, Arkansas, United StatesIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Collateral Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 20-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 43 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1924), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)

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

Show complete scoring
  • plausible 20-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 43 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1924), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • candidate's sibling and niece/nephew network repeats names in the subject's descendant line (three rarest at most): Ruby +14 (4 public profiles; niece/nephew Ruby Glasgow) (+14 total)

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

Show 3 lower-scoring possible mothers
Automated fit26/100
Weak Lead
Dates1879–?Generation22 years age gapRecorded placesRector, Clay, Arkansas, United StatesIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Collateral Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 22-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 45 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1924), 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 22-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 45 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1924), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • candidate's sibling and niece/nephew network repeats names in the subject's descendant line (three rarest at most): Ruby +14 (4 public profiles; niece/nephew Ruby Glasgow) (+14 total)

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

Automated fit26/100
Weak Lead
Dates1869–?Generation32 years age gapRecorded placesArkansas, United States · ArkansasIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Collateral Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 32-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 55 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1924), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)

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

Show complete scoring
  • plausible 32-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 55 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1924), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • candidate's sibling and niece/nephew network repeats names in the subject's descendant line (three rarest at most): Ruby +14 (4 public profiles; niece/nephew Ruby Glasgow) (+14 total)

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

Automated fit26/100
Weak Lead
Dates1868–1914Generation33 years age gapRecorded placesArkansas, United States · Clay, Arkansas, United StatesIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Collateral Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 33-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 56 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1924), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)

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

Show complete scoring
  • plausible 33-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 56 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1924), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • candidate's sibling and niece/nephew network repeats names in the subject's descendant line (three rarest at most): Ruby +14 (4 public profiles; niece/nephew Ruby Glasgow) (+14 total)

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.

Automated fit48/100
Similar Person
Dates1902–1986PlacesBethanga, Victoria, Australia → Auckland, New ZealandParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 1 (+25)
  • death years within 4 (+5)

No indexed conflict

Full comparison detail
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 1 (+25)
  • death years within 4 (+5)

Conflicts: No indexed conflict

Open side-by-side comparison
Automated fit45/100
Similar Person
Dates1900–1983PlacesFairview, Major, Oklahoma, United States → Mannford, Creek, Oklahoma, United StatesParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 1 (+25)
  • child given-name pattern overlaps: William

No indexed conflict

Full comparison detail
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 1 (+25)
  • child given-name pattern overlaps: William

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
b. 1901

Profile-stated birthplace: Randolph County, North Carolina, United States

Randolph County, North Carolina, United States

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-429

No sufficiently specific citation match found.

Precision: Country-centre fallback for profile locality

Evidence assessmentWhat is supported, uncertain or disputed in the current case model.5 claims
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.

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. unknown Find A Grave Memorial# 34112290
  2. tree_only WikiTree profile export for Glasgow-429
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-429 was captured 2026-08-07T09:54:35+00:00; WikiTree profile revision 2019-02-07.

Profile location claims

EventDateLocationStatus
birth—Randolph County, North Carolina, United StatesWikiTree profile field
death—Burlington, Alamance, North Carolina, United StatesWikiTree profile field

Immediate relationship snapshot

RelationshipPersonWikiTree IDDates and places returned
ChildrenPVT Calvin Clinton GlasgowGlasgow-4301924-10-14 · North Carolina, United States · 1944-08-12 · France
ChildrenRuby Mae HamiltonGlasgow-4311929-06-03 · North Carolina, United States · 2011-06-30
ChildrenWilliam Clinton GlasgowGlasgow-4321932-06-14 · Alamance, North Carolina, United States · 1992-02-24 · Burlington, Alamance Co., North Carolina
SpousesSwannie Ives GlasgowKivett-611904-04-14 · Chatham County, North Carolina, United States · 1984-10-27 · Snow Camp, Alamance, North Carolina, United States · 0000-00-00

Record-bearing passages

  • Biography Bill was the son Oliver Morace and Cora Belle (Smith) Glasgow. He married Swannie Ives Kivett in 1922 and they were the parents of five children: Calvin Clinton, Roy Zelle, Ruby Mae, William Clinton Jr. 'Billy' and Shirley Ann.
  • Greensboro News & Record, NC September 25, 1990
  • BURLINGTON - W.C. "Bill" Glasgow Sr., 89, of 2209 Combs St. died Monday at Central Piedmont Convalescent Center.
  • A native of Julian, he was a retired employee of McEwen Hosiery and a member of Friendship United Methodist Church.
  • Memorial contributions may be made to Friendship United Methodist Church Building Fund.
  • Greensboro News & Record, NC September 26, 1990
  • BURLINGTON - Funeral for W.C. "Bill" Glasgow Sr., 89, of 2209 Combs St., who died Monday, will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Friendship United Methodist Church. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
  • The family will be at Rich & Thompson Mortuary 7-9 p.m. today, other times at the residence.

  • Memorial contributions may be made to Friendship United Methodist Church. Sources

    • Find A Grave Memorial# 34112290

Profile source citations

  1. Find A Grave Memorial# 34112290
Full captured biography text
Biography
Bill was the son Oliver Morace and Cora Belle (Smith) Glasgow. He married Swannie Ives Kivett in 1922 and they were the parents of five children: Calvin Clinton, Roy Zelle, Ruby Mae, William Clinton Jr. 'Billy' and Shirley Ann.

Greensboro News & Record, NC 
September 25, 1990

BURLINGTON - W.C. "Bill" Glasgow Sr., 89, of 2209 Combs St. died Monday at Central Piedmont Convalescent Center.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Rich & Thompson Mortuary.

A native of Julian, he was a retired employee of McEwen Hosiery and a member of Friendship United Methodist Church.

Surviving are daughters, Mrs. Ruby Hamilton, Mrs. Shirley Adams, both of Burlington; sons, Roy Z. Glasgow Sr. of Burlington, W.C. "Billy" Glasgow Jr. of Alamance; sister, Mrs. Ann Bruce of Holiday, Fla.; brother, Fred Smith Glasgow of Tarpon Springs, Fla.

Memorial contributions may be made to Friendship United Methodist Church Building Fund. 

Greensboro News & Record, NC 
September 26, 1990

BURLINGTON - Funeral for W.C. "Bill" Glasgow Sr., 89, of 2209 Combs St., who died Monday, will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Friendship United Methodist Church. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

The family will be at Rich & Thompson Mortuary 7-9 p.m. today, other times at the residence.

Memorial contributions may be made to Friendship United Methodist Church.
Sources
* Find A Grave Memorial# 34112290
Raw WikiTree biography markup
== Biography ==

Bill was the son Oliver Morace and Cora Belle (Smith) Glasgow. He married Swannie Ives Kivett in 1922 and they were the parents of five children: Calvin Clinton, Roy Zelle, Ruby Mae, William Clinton Jr. 'Billy' and Shirley Ann.

Greensboro News & Record, NC 
September 25, 1990

BURLINGTON - W.C. "Bill" Glasgow Sr., 89, of 2209 Combs St. died Monday at Central Piedmont Convalescent Center.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Rich & Thompson Mortuary.

A native of Julian, he was a retired employee of McEwen Hosiery and a member of Friendship United Methodist Church.

Surviving are daughters, Mrs. Ruby Hamilton, Mrs. Shirley Adams, both of Burlington; sons, Roy Z. Glasgow Sr. of Burlington, W.C. "Billy" Glasgow Jr. of Alamance; sister, Mrs. Ann Bruce of Holiday, Fla.; brother, Fred Smith Glasgow of Tarpon Springs, Fla.

Memorial contributions may be made to Friendship United Methodist Church Building Fund. 

Greensboro News & Record, NC 
September 26, 1990

BURLINGTON - Funeral for W.C. "Bill" Glasgow Sr., 89, of 2209 Combs St., who died Monday, will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Friendship United Methodist Church. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

The family will be at Rich & Thompson Mortuary 7-9 p.m. today, other times at the residence.

Memorial contributions may be made to Friendship United Methodist Church.

== Sources ==
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* Find A Grave Memorial# 34112290