Glasgow Surname Project

Individual research record

George Glasgow

1848 – ?

Glasgow-562 · 1 mapped association

Kendal, Westmorland, England, United Kingdom→Death place unknown
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Identity & family

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1Mapped records
6Close relations
3Evidence items
12Candidate leads
Birth
1848 · Kendal, Westmorland, England, United Kingdom
Death
Not recorded · Place not recorded
Parents
William Brown Glasgowunmarked
Spouses
Eleanor Margaret (Thexton) Glasgow
Children
Edwin GlasgowGeorge Alexander GlasgowJohn Mawson GlasgowWilliam Glasgow
Gender
Male
WikiTree
Glasgow-562
Research clusters
England One-Tree profile leads
Mapped descendants
4

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 positionJohn Mawson Glasgow (1869)
Maternal grandfather positionEdwin Glasgow (1872)
Maternal grandmother positionNot identifiable from dated child profiles
Paternal grandmother positionNot identifiable from dated child profiles

Known-position checks: 1 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 fit17/100
Competing Linked Parent
Dates1819–1899Generation29 years age gapRecorded placesCoffee County, TennesseeIndependent clue breadth · 6Age · Household · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Spouse · Tradition Validation · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 29-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 50 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1869), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • known spouse Nancy (Fuller) Glasgow had a bounded, possibly plausible maternal age (18) at the subject's birth (+3)

a different father is already linked but its evidence is unassessed (−15); locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction)

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  • plausible 29-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 50 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1869), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • another recorded child shares the subject's birth year (+2; possible twins or date uncertainty)
  • known spouse Nancy (Fuller) Glasgow had a bounded, possibly plausible maternal age (18) at the subject's birth (+3)
  • candidate's name matches the first dated son John Mawson Glasgow, the expected father position for a male subject (+5; catalogue rarity 0, John in 278 profiles)
  • family naming controls: 1 supporting and 0 conflicting known positions (already reflected in naming weight)

Deductions and cautions: a different father is already linked but its evidence is unassessed (−15); locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction)

Automated fit13/100
Competing Linked Parent
Dates1822–?Generation26 years age gapRecorded placesLocation not supplied — profile holding pointIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Household · Spouse · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 26-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 47 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1869), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • a known child was born within 3 years of the subject (+3)

a different father is already linked but its evidence is unassessed (−15); locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction)

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  • plausible 26-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 47 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1869), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • a known child was born within 3 years of the subject (+3)
  • known spouse Mary (McNeil) Glasgow had a bounded, possibly plausible maternal age (18) at the subject's birth (+3)

Deductions and cautions: a different father is already linked but its evidence is unassessed (−15); locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction)

Show 3 lower-scoring possible fathers
Automated fit8/100
Competing Linked Parent
Dates1815–?Generation33 years age gapRecorded placesCounty Antrim, Ireland, United Kingdom · County Antrim — exact locality unprovedIndependent clue breadth · 8Age · Child Naming · Indirect Multi-Factor Convergence · Lineage Surname As Middle Name · Same-Sex Generational Naming · Spouse · Spouse-Specific Child Window · Two-GenerationSame-spouse child windowSarah (Alexander) GlasgowCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 33-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • 3 independent unlinked-profile clue types converge (+5): collateral network, household chronology, naming
  • candidate's birth is 54 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1869), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

a different father is already linked but its evidence is unassessed (−15); candidate is recorded only outside the subject's birth country (−25); candidate already has another child named George Glasgow (Glasgow-1404) without a documented death permitting name reuse (−4; check whether the child profiles duplicate or conflict)

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  • plausible 33-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 54 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1869), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • subject's birth fits between children attributed to the same parental couple (1839–1849) (+6; other parent Sarah (Alexander) Glasgow)
  • known spouse Sarah (Alexander) Glasgow had a bounded, possibly plausible maternal age (37) at the subject's birth (+3)
  • candidate and subject share the given name George (+5; weak direct parent-child name recurrence, 61 public profiles)
  • candidate's given name recurs among another recorded child (+1; George occurs in 61 public profiles)
  • candidate-line surnames recur as descendant middle names: Alexander +10 (2 birth-surname profiles) (+10 total)
  • 3 independent unlinked-profile clue types converge (+5): collateral network, household chronology, naming

Deductions and cautions: a different father is already linked but its evidence is unassessed (−15); candidate is recorded only outside the subject's birth country (−25); candidate already has another child named George Glasgow (Glasgow-1404) without a documented death permitting name reuse (−4; check whether the child profiles duplicate or conflict)

Automated fit7/100
Competing Linked Parent
Dates1816–?Generation32 years age gapRecorded placesCalliaqua, Saint George, Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesIndependent clue breadth · 2Age · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 32-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 53 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1869), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

a different father is already linked but its evidence is unassessed (−15); locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction)

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  • plausible 32-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 53 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1869), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

Deductions and cautions: a different father is already linked but its evidence is unassessed (−15); locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction)

Automated fit7/100
Competing Linked Parent
Dates1815–?Generation33 years age gapRecorded placesCalliaqua, Saint George, Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesIndependent clue breadth · 2Age · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 33-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 54 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1869), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

a different father is already linked but its evidence is unassessed (−15); locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction)

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  • plausible 33-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 54 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1869), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

Deductions and cautions: a different father is already linked but its evidence is unassessed (−15); locality comparison is unavailable because one or both profiles lack adequate place data (no deduction)

Possible mothers5 leads

Automated fit28/100
Weak Lead
Dates1831–1900Generation17 years age gapRecorded placesNew BrunswickIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Collateral Naming · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • possible 17-year parent-child age gap (+10)
  • candidate's birth is 38 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1869), a marginal two-generation interval (+1)
  • a candidate spouse matches the first dated son John Mawson Glasgow, the expected father position (+3; John in 278 profiles)

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

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  • possible 17-year parent-child age gap (+10)
  • candidate's birth is 38 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1869), a marginal two-generation interval (+1)
  • a candidate spouse matches the first dated son John Mawson Glasgow, the expected father position (+3; John in 278 profiles)
  • candidate's sibling and niece/nephew network repeats names in the subject's descendant line (three rarest at most): Edwin +14 (7 public profiles; sibling Edwin C Glasgow) (+14 total)

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

Automated fit25/100
Weak Lead
Dates1818–1872Generation30 years age gapRecorded placesCookstownIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 30-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 51 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1869), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • a candidate spouse matches the first dated son John Mawson Glasgow, the expected father position (+3; John in 278 profiles)

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

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  • plausible 30-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 51 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1869), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • a candidate spouse matches the first dated son John Mawson Glasgow, the expected father position (+3; John in 278 profiles)

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

Show 3 lower-scoring possible mothers
Automated fit22/100
Weak Lead
Dates1830–1884Generation18 years age gapRecorded placesCoffee County, TennesseeIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Sex-Aware Ordered Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 18-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 39 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1869), a marginal two-generation interval (+1)
  • a candidate spouse matches the first dated son John Mawson Glasgow, the expected father position (+3; John in 278 profiles)

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

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  • plausible 18-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 39 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1869), a marginal two-generation interval (+1)
  • a candidate spouse matches the first dated son John Mawson Glasgow, the expected father position (+3; John in 278 profiles)

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

Automated fit11/100
Weak Lead
Dates1826–1850Generation22 years age gapRecorded placesAdams, Ohio, 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 43 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1869), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • candidate's sibling and niece/nephew network repeats names in the subject's descendant line (three rarest at most): Edwin +14 (7 public profiles; niece/nephew Edwin Lyle Glasgow) (+14 total)

candidate is recorded only outside the subject's birth country (−25)

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  • plausible 22-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 43 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1869), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • candidate's sibling and niece/nephew network repeats names in the subject's descendant line (three rarest at most): Edwin +14 (7 public profiles; niece/nephew Edwin Lyle Glasgow) (+14 total)

Deductions and cautions: candidate is recorded only outside the subject's birth country (−25)

Automated fit11/100
Weak Lead
Dates1818–1909Generation30 years age gapRecorded placesAdams, Ohio, United States · Cherry Fork, Wayne Township, Adams, Ohio, United StatesIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Collateral Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 30-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 51 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1869), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • candidate's sibling and niece/nephew network repeats names in the subject's descendant line (three rarest at most): Edwin +14 (7 public profiles; niece/nephew Edwin Lyle Glasgow) (+14 total)

candidate is recorded only outside the subject's birth country (−25)

Show complete scoring
  • plausible 30-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 51 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1869), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • candidate's sibling and niece/nephew network repeats names in the subject's descendant line (three rarest at most): Edwin +14 (7 public profiles; niece/nephew Edwin Lyle Glasgow) (+14 total)

Deductions and cautions: candidate is recorded only outside the subject's birth country (−25)

How parent leads are calculated

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

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

Automated fit38/100
Similar Person
Dates1849–1940PlacesGeorgia, United StatesParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 1 (+25)

unassessed father attachments differ (−5)

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

Conflicts: unassessed father attachments differ (−5)

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Same-name candidate

George GlasgowGlasgow-1400

Automated fit34/100
Similar Person
Dates1815–?PlacesCounty Antrim, Ireland, United KingdomParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • matching child name: William Glasgow
  • child given-name pattern overlaps: George

record-derived birth estimates differ by 33; retained without deduction; uncertain father attachments differ (no deduction)

Full comparison detail
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • matching child name: William Glasgow
  • child given-name pattern overlaps: George

Conflicts: record-derived birth estimates differ by 33; retained without deduction; uncertain father attachments differ (no deduction)

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. 1848

Profile-stated birthplace: Kendal, Westmorland, England, United Kingdom

Kendal, Westmorland, England, United Kingdom

One-Tree export profile fields are search leads, not sources; relationships are shown only where the export supplies parent links.

One-Tree profile leadoriginal
Source and mapping detail

WikiTree profile export for Glasgow-562

Candidate matched on record type, year, place; inspect before treating it as the underlying record.

Precision: Geocoded profile locality

Evidence assessmentWhat is supported, uncertain or disputed in the current case model.7 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.

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 Birth Registration: "England & Wales General Register Office" GRO Online Indexes - Birth () (accessed 22 December 2023) Glasgow, George (Mother's maiden name: Bell
  2. original Baptism: "England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975" Original data: England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013; FHL Film Number: 1471686 (accessed 22 December 2023) George Glasgow baptism in 1848, son of William Brown Glasgow & Dinah, in Kendal, Westmoreland, England.
  3. tree_only WikiTree profile export for Glasgow-562
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-562 was captured 2026-08-07T09:54:35+00:00; WikiTree profile revision 2023-12-22.

Profile location claims

EventDateLocationStatus
birth—Kendal, Westmorland, England, United KingdomWikiTree profile field
marriage1869-00-00Ulverston, Lancashire, EnglandWikiTree relationship field

Immediate relationship snapshot

RelationshipPersonWikiTree IDDates and places returned
ParentsWilliam Brown GlasgowGlasgow-10011815-07-23 · Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom · 1876-01-07 · Kendal, Westmorland, England, United Kingdom
ChildrenJohn Mawson GlasgowGlasgow-9991869-03-00 · Ulverston, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom · 1919-03-00 · Burnley, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
ChildrenEdwin GlasgowGlasgow-10001872-05-28 · Habergham Eaves, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom · 1874-04-00 · Burnley, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
ChildrenGeorge Alexander GlasgowGlasgow-10021874-02-04 · Kendal, Westmorland, England · 1874-10-00 · Burnley, Lancashire, England
ChildrenWilliam GlasgowGlasgow-10031876-03-00 · Kendal, Westmorland, England, United Kingdom · 1917-05-05 · Hamilton, Hamilton-Wentworth, Ontario, Canada
SpousesMrs Eleanor Margaret GlasgowThexton-351849-00-00 · Backbarrow, Lancashire, England · 0000-00-00 · 1869-00-00 · Ulverston, Lancashire, England

Record-bearing passages

Profile source citations

  1. Birth Registration: "England & Wales General Register Office" GRO Online Indexes - Birth (https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/indexes_search.asp?index=EW_Birth&year=1848&range=0&surname=GLASGOW&motherssurname=BELL&forename1=GEORGE&gender=M&quarter=M&district=KENDAL&volume=25&page=475) (accessed 22 December 2023) Glasgow, George (Mother's maiden name: Bell). GRO Reference: 1848 Jan-Feb-Mar in Kendal (https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/districts/kendal.html) Volume 25 Page 475. source link 1 source link 2
  2. Baptism: "England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975" Original data: England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013; FHL Film Number: 1471686 (accessed 22 December 2023) George Glasgow baptism in 1848, son of William Brown Glasgow & Dinah, in Kendal, Westmoreland, England.
Full captured biography text
Biography
George's birth was registered in the Jan-Feb-Mar quarter of 1848 in the Kendal district. 
Birth Registration:
"England & Wales General Register Office" 
GRO Online Indexes - Birth (https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/indexes_search.asp?index=EW_Birth&year=1848&range=0&surname=GLASGOW&motherssurname=BELL&forename1=GEORGE&gender=M&quarter=M&district=KENDAL&volume=25&page=475) (accessed 22 December 2023) 
Glasgow, George (Mother's maiden name: Bell). 
GRO Reference: 1848 Jan-Feb-Mar in Kendal (https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/districts/kendal.html) Volume 25 Page 475.

George, son of William Brown Glasgow and Dinah, was baptised in 1848 in Kendal, Westmoreland, England. 
Baptism:
"England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975" 
Original data: England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013; FHL Film Number: 1471686 
 (accessed 22 December 2023) 
George Glasgow baptism in 1848, son of William Brown Glasgow & Dinah, in Kendal, Westmoreland, England.
 George was a miner. By 1881 he and Margaret were living in Kendal and had 8 Children.
Sources
great, great niece of George Glasgow
1881 census

1901 England Census

1881 England Census
Raw WikiTree biography markup
== Biography ==

George's birth was registered in the Jan-Feb-Mar quarter of 1848 in the Kendal district.<ref>
'''Birth Registration''':
"England & Wales General Register Office"<br/>
[https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/indexes_search.asp?index=EW_Birth&year=1848&range=0&surname=GLASGOW&motherssurname=BELL&forename1=GEORGE&gender=M&quarter=M&district=KENDAL&volume=25&page=475 GRO Online Indexes - Birth] (accessed 22 December 2023)<br/>
Glasgow, George (Mother's maiden name: Bell).<br/>
''GRO Reference:'' 1848 Jan-Feb-Mar in [https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/districts/kendal.html Kendal] Volume 25 Page 475.
</ref>

George, son of William Brown Glasgow and Dinah, was baptised in 1848 in Kendal, Westmoreland, England.<ref>
'''Baptism''':
"England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"<br/>
Original data: England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013; FHL Film Number: 1471686<br/>
{{Ancestry Record|9841|175164357}} (accessed 22 December 2023)<br/>
George Glasgow baptism in 1848, son of William Brown Glasgow & Dinah, in Kendal, Westmoreland, England.
</ref> George was a miner. By 1881 he and Margaret were living in Kendal and had 8 Children.

== Sources ==

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great, great niece of George Glasgow
1881 census

1901 England Census

1881 England Census