Glasgow Surname Project

Individual research record

Sinclair Holden Glasgow

1855-03-30 – 1909-03-13

Glasgow-959 · 1 mapped association

Stamford, Welland, Canada WestWelland, Welland, Ontario, Canada

At a glance

Identity & family

Tree links organise the family; documentary status still varies.

1Mapped records
2Close relations
6Evidence items
0Candidate leads
Birth
1855-03-30 · Stamford, Welland, Canada West
Death
1909-03-13 · Welland, Welland, Ontario, Canada
Parents
William GlasgowunmarkedMary Elizabeth (Lundy) Glasgowunmarked
Spouses
Not recorded
Children
Not recorded
Gender
Male
WikiTree
Glasgow-959
Research clusters
Worldwide One-Tree profile leads
Mapped descendants
0

Comparison context

These child positions and checks are the subject details used to rank possible parents below.

Naming sequence used by the parentage model

Paternal grandfather positionNot identifiable from dated child profiles
Maternal grandfather positionNot identifiable from dated child profiles
Maternal grandmother positionNot identifiable from dated child profiles
Paternal grandmother positionNot identifiable from dated child profiles

Known-position checks: 0 support · 0 conflict. Ordinals retain unnamed children and recognise reused names.

Relationship comparison

Potential parents or duplicates

Compare scored leads with the subject details above—not proof.

Higher-signal leadReview carefullyWeak lead

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

How parent leads are calculated

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

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

No sufficiently similar same-name person is currently indexed.

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. 1855

Profile-stated birthplace: Stamford, Welland, Canada West

Stamford, Welland, Canada West

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-959

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.4 claims
4Derivative
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.6 sources
Technical profile and raw captureDataset metadata, machine dossier and captured WikiTree biography.Advanced

WikiTree profile information

Dataset: ONT_Glasco_2026-08-18T16_05.json · generated 2026-08-20

Machine-readable dossier

WikiTree biography, citations and relationship snapshot

Glasgow-959 was captured 2026-08-07T09:54:35+00:00; WikiTree profile revision 2019-11-17.

Profile location claims

EventDateLocationStatus
birthStamford, Welland, Canada WestWikiTree profile field
deathWelland, Welland, Ontario, CanadaWikiTree profile field

Immediate relationship snapshot

RelationshipPersonWikiTree IDDates and places returned
ParentsWilliam GlasgowGlasgow-9581826-00-00 · Stamford, Upper Canada · 0000-00-00
ParentsMary Elizabeth GlasgowLundy-21631826-00-00 · Stamford, Welland, Upper Canada · 1900-00-00
SiblingsOliver D'Arcy GlasgowGlasgow-181860-12-24 · Norfolk, Canada West · 1911-01-05 · Niagara Falls, Welland, Ontario, Canada

Profile categories

Stamford Township, Canada West Stamford_Township,_Canada_West Welland, Ontario Welland,_Ontario

Record-bearing passages

  • Biography Dr. Sinclair Holden Glasgow, "United States Deceased Physician File (AMA), 1864-1968", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WHC5-44PZ : 30 October 2019), Sinclair Holden Glasgow, 1909. born in 1855 in Stamford Township, was the son of William Glasgow and Mary Elizabeth Lundy. After teaching school for two years, he attended Toronto University and the Toronto School of Medicine. In 1878 he set up a practice in the town of Welland. The History of the County of Welland, Ontario, 1887, p. 560, archive.org (https://archive.org/details/historyofcountyo00murp_0/page/560)
  • In 1888 he married widow Nancy C. (Graham) Fortner. "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMV7-GHY : 11 March 2018), Sinclair Holden Glasgow and Nancy C Fortner, 29 Mar 1888; citing registration , Bertie, Welland, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,870,222.
  • He died in 1909 in Welland, Ontario. "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J6QP-D8S : 27 April 2019), Sinclair Holden Glasgow, 13 Mar 1909; citing Welland, Welland, Ontario, yr 1909 cn 30631, Registrar General. Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,854,621. Sources See also: *"Canada Census, 1871," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M43L-N4Z : 24 October 2018), Sinclair Glasgow in household of William Glasgow, Stamford, Welland, Ontario, Canada; citing 1871; citing National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.

Profile source citations

  1. "United States Deceased Physician File (AMA), 1864-1968", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WHC5-44PZ : 30 October 2019), Sinclair Holden Glasgow, 1909. source link 1
  2. The History of the County of Welland, Ontario, 1887, p. 560, archive.org (https://archive.org/details/historyofcountyo00murp_0/page/560) source link 1
  3. "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMV7-GHY : 11 March 2018), Sinclair Holden Glasgow and Nancy C Fortner, 29 Mar 1888; citing registration , Bertie, Welland, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,870,222. source link 1
  4. "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J6QP-D8S : 27 April 2019), Sinclair Holden Glasgow, 13 Mar 1909; citing Welland, Welland, Ontario, yr 1909 cn 30631, Registrar General. Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,854,621. source link 1
  5. "Canada Census, 1871," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M43L-N4Z : 24 October 2018), Sinclair Glasgow in household of William Glasgow, Stamford, Welland, Ontario, Canada; citing 1871; citing National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario. source link 1
Full captured biography text
Biography
Dr. Sinclair Holden Glasgow, "United States Deceased Physician File (AMA), 1864-1968", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WHC5-44PZ : 30 October 2019), Sinclair Holden Glasgow, 1909. born in 1855 in Stamford Township, was the son of William Glasgow and Mary Elizabeth Lundy. After teaching school for two years, he attended Toronto University and the Toronto School of Medicine. In 1878 he set up a practice in the town of Welland. The History of the County of Welland, Ontario, 1887, p. 560, archive.org (https://archive.org/details/historyofcountyo00murp_0/page/560) 

In 1888 he married widow Nancy C. (Graham) Fortner. "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMV7-GHY : 11 March 2018), Sinclair Holden Glasgow and Nancy C Fortner, 29 Mar 1888; citing registration , Bertie, Welland, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,870,222. 

He died in 1909 in Welland, Ontario. "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J6QP-D8S : 27 April 2019), Sinclair Holden Glasgow, 13 Mar 1909; citing Welland, Welland, Ontario, yr 1909 cn 30631, Registrar General. Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,854,621. 
Sources
See also:
*"Canada Census, 1871," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M43L-N4Z : 24 October 2018), Sinclair Glasgow in household of William Glasgow, Stamford, Welland, Ontario, Canada; citing 1871; citing National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
Raw WikiTree biography markup
[[Category:Welland, Ontario]]
[[Category:Stamford Township, Canada West]]
== Biography ==
Dr. Sinclair Holden Glasgow, <ref>"United States Deceased Physician File (AMA), 1864-1968", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WHC5-44PZ : 30 October 2019), Sinclair Holden Glasgow, 1909.</ref>born in 1855 in Stamford Township, was the son of [[Glasgow-958|William Glasgow]] and [[Lundy-2163|Mary Elizabeth Lundy]]. After teaching school for two years, he attended Toronto University and the Toronto School of Medicine. In 1878 he set up a practice in the town of Welland. <ref>[https://archive.org/details/historyofcountyo00murp_0/page/560 The History of the County of Welland, Ontario, 1887, p. 560, archive.org]</ref>

In 1888 he married widow Nancy C. (Graham) Fortner.<ref>"Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMV7-GHY : 11 March 2018), Sinclair Holden Glasgow and Nancy C Fortner, 29 Mar 1888; citing registration , Bertie, Welland, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,870,222.</ref>

He died in 1909 in Welland, Ontario.<ref>"Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J6QP-D8S : 27 April 2019), Sinclair Holden Glasgow, 13 Mar 1909; citing Welland, Welland, Ontario, yr 1909 cn 30631, Registrar General. Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,854,621.</ref> 
== Sources ==
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See also:
*"Canada Census, 1871," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M43L-N4Z : 24 October 2018), Sinclair Glasgow in household of William Glasgow, Stamford, Welland, Ontario, Canada; citing 1871; citing National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.