Glasgow Surname Project

Individual research record

John Glasgow

1847-02-06 – 1925-11-17

Glasgow-59 · 1 mapped association

Ballymena, County Antrim, Ireland, United KingdomWarrnambool, Victoria, Australia

At a glance

Identity & family

Tree links organise the family; documentary status still varies.

1Mapped records
9Close relations
4Evidence items
2Candidate leads
Birth
1847-02-06 · Ballymena, County Antrim, Ireland, United Kingdom
Death
1925-11-17 · Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia
Parents
Robert GlasgowunmarkedAnn (McKinstry) Glasgowunmarked
Spouses
Esther Barber
Children
Annie (Glasgow) LinnetJohn Barber GlasgowMargaret Jane (Glasgow) CoulstockMary Ann GlasgowRobert GlasgowWilliam Glasgow
Gender
Male
WikiTree
Glasgow-59
Research clusters
Descendants of John Glasgow (c.1766)
Mapped descendants
6

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 positionRobert Glasgow (1881)
Maternal grandfather positionJohn Barber Glasgow (1883)
Maternal grandmother positionAnnie (Glasgow) Linnet (1878)
Paternal grandmother positionMargaret Jane (Glasgow) Coulstock (1880)

Known-position checks: 0 support · 1 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 candidate met the minimum age, location or family-naming threshold.

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 fit53/100
Similar Person
Dates1847–1922PlacesEvansville, Randolph, Illinois, United States → Randolph, Illinois, United StatesParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • same birth year (+30)
  • death years within 3 (+5)

No indexed conflict

Full comparison detail
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • same birth year (+30)
  • death years within 3 (+5)

Conflicts: No indexed conflict

Automated fit49/100
Similar Person
Dates1848–?PlacesNewton Village, Midlothian, Scotland, United KingdomParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 1 (+25)
  • matching child name: William Glasgow

unassessed father attachments differ (−5); unassessed mother attachments differ (−5)

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

Conflicts: unassessed father attachments differ (−5); unassessed mother attachments differ (−5)

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. 1847

Profile-stated birthplace: Ballymena, County Antrim, Ireland

Ballymena

One-Tree export profile fields are search leads, not sources. Attached parent profile(s): Glasgow-1656, McKinstry-723.

One-Tree profile leadunknown
Source and mapping detail

WikiTree profile export for Glasgow-59

No sufficiently specific citation match found.

Precision: Settlement centrepoint

Evidence assessmentWhat is supported, uncertain or disputed in the current case model.14 claims
2Tree Only
2Unknown

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.4 sources

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

  1. tree_only WikiTree profile Glasgow-59 created through the import of Catherine Anderson Family Tree (1).ged on Jul 1, 2012 by Mike Anderson. See the Changes page (http://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Special:NetworkFeed&who=Glasgow-59) for the details of edits by Mike and others.
  2. unknown Victorian Death Cert 15691/1925
  3. unknown Victoria and Its Metropolis: Sutherland, Alexander, 1888, Melbourne [facsimile reprint], Vol IIA, page 40
  4. tree_only WikiTree profile export for Glasgow-59
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-59 was captured 2026-08-07T09:54:35+00:00; WikiTree profile revision 2024-01-30.

Profile location claims

EventDateLocationStatus
birthBallymena, County Antrim, IrelandWikiTree profile field
deathWarrnambool, Victoria, AustraliaWikiTree profile field
marriage1877-00-00Victoria, AustraliaWikiTree relationship field

Immediate relationship snapshot

RelationshipPersonWikiTree IDDates and places returned
ParentsRobert GlasgowGlasgow-16561814-00-00 · Clough, County Antrim, Ireland, United Kingdom · 1875-02-03 · Wangoom, Victoria, Australia
ParentsAnn GlasgowMcKinstry-7231825-00-00 · County Antrim, Ireland · 1895-12-15 · Purnim, Victoria, Australia
ChildrenAnnie LinnetGlasgow-5021878-00-00 · Victoria, Australia · 1943-12-14 · St Kilda, Victoria, Australia
ChildrenMargaret Jane CoulstockGlasgow-5031880-00-00 · Purnim, Victoria, Australia · 1954-00-00 · Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia
ChildrenRobert GlasgowGlasgow-581881-06-07 · Purnim, Victoria, Australia · 1963-03-31 · Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia
ChildrenJohn Barber GlasgowGlasgow-16661883-00-00 · Purnim, Victoria, Australia · 1886-00-00
ChildrenMary Ann GlasgowGlasgow-5041885-00-00 · Purnim, Victoria, Australia · 0000-00-00
ChildrenWilliam GlasgowGlasgow-5051887-00-00 · Purnim, Victoria, Australia · 1954-06-20 · Montmorency, Victoria, Australia
SiblingsJane AdamsGlasgow-16631850-00-00 · Ballymena, County Antrim, Ireland · 1930-00-00 · Donald, Victoria, Australia
SiblingsWilliam GlasgowGlasgow-21441858-00-00 · Purnim, Victoria, Australia · 1946-02-19 · Bena, Victoria, Australia
SiblingsMargaret BarberGlasgow-16601864-00-00 · Purnim, Victoria, Australia · 1936-00-00 · Birchip, Victoria, Australia
SiblingsRobert GlasgowGlasgow-21451867-00-00 · Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia · 1940-11-14 · Koo-Wee-Rup, Victoria, Australia
SpousesEstherBarber-15211847-03-18 · Antrim, Antrim, Ireland · 1917-04-08 · Purnim, Victoria, Australia · 1877-00-00 · Victoria, Australia

Record-bearing passages

Profile source citations

  1. WikiTree profile Glasgow-59 created through the import of Catherine Anderson Family Tree (1).ged on Jul 1, 2012 by Mike Anderson. See the Changes page (http://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Special:NetworkFeed&who=Glasgow-59) for the details of edits by Mike and others. source link 1
  2. Victorian Death Cert 15691/1925
  3. Victoria and Its Metropolis: Sutherland, Alexander, 1888, Melbourne [facsimile reprint], Vol IIA, page 40

Other external links in the profile

Full captured biography text
Biography
Glasgow, John, Purnim, is a native of the county Antrim, Ireland. His father, Mr Robert Glasgow, and family came to Melbourne by the ship "Bride" in 1853, and at the beginning of 1854 went to the Warrnambool district. Two years afterwards he settled on the present property, Blackwood Hill, near Wangoom, where he is engaged in grazing and general and dairy farming. In cheese-making he has been very successful, taking the first prize at the Grand National Exhibition at Melbourne, and the diploma of merit at the Indian and Colonial Exhibition in London, 1886. Mr John Glasgow was a member of the Warrnambool Shire Council, south riding, for six years, from 1880 to 1886, and, during the last year, was president.
Note
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:: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=be21adb9-5840-4454-bf8a-1296404462fa&tid=40785029&pid=608
: Note: 2010_0924Hoskin0062
:: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=63b149ac-a55b-41a7-a937-8e9fef6af5b9&tid=40785029&pid=608
: Note: GLASGOW FAMILY IMMIGRATION TO AUSTRALIA
:: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=document&guid=29c00c9d-c274-40c5-ab1d-df2328e4edc3&tid=40785029&pid=608
Sources
* WikiTree profile Glasgow-59 created through the import of Catherine Anderson Family Tree (1).ged on Jul 1, 2012 by Mike Anderson. See the Changes page (http://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Special:NetworkFeed&who=Glasgow-59) for the details of edits by Mike and others.

* Victorian Death Cert 15691/1925
* Victoria and Its Metropolis: Sutherland, Alexander, 1888, Melbourne [facsimile reprint], Vol IIA, page 40
Raw WikiTree biography markup
== Biography ==

''Glasgow, John, Purnim, is a native of the county Antrim, Ireland. His father, Mr Robert Glasgow, and family came to Melbourne by the ship "Bride" in 1853, and at the beginning of 1854 went to the Warrnambool district. Two years afterwards he settled on the present property, Blackwood Hill, near Wangoom, where he is engaged in grazing and general and dairy farming. In cheese-making he has been very successful, taking the first prize at the Grand National Exhibition at Melbourne, and the diploma of merit at the Indian and Colonial Exhibition in London, 1886.  Mr John Glasgow was a member of the Warrnambool Shire Council, south riding, for six years, from 1880 to 1886, and, during the last year, was president.''

=== Note ===
: Note:  cfb54d61-5204-40f3-816a-f3b167d29328-3
:: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=be21adb9-5840-4454-bf8a-1296404462fa&tid=40785029&pid=608
: Note:  2010_0924Hoskin0062
:: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=63b149ac-a55b-41a7-a937-8e9fef6af5b9&tid=40785029&pid=608
: Note:  GLASGOW FAMILY IMMIGRATION TO AUSTRALIA
:: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=document&guid=29c00c9d-c274-40c5-ab1d-df2328e4edc3&tid=40785029&pid=608

== Sources ==

* WikiTree profile Glasgow-59 created through the import of Catherine Anderson Family Tree (1).ged on Jul  1, 2012 by [[Anderson-4104 | Mike Anderson]]. See the [http://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Special:NetworkFeed&who=Glasgow-59 Changes page] for the details of edits by Mike and others.

* Victorian Death Cert 15691/1925
* Victoria and Its Metropolis: Sutherland, Alexander, 1888, Melbourne [facsimile reprint], Vol IIA, page 40