Glasgow Surname Project

Individual research record

Arthur Harold Glasgow

1868-10-16 – 1952-05-01

Glasgow-96 · 1 mapped association

Tavistock, Devon, England, United KingdomChristchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

At a glance

Identity & family

Tree links organise the family; documentary status still varies.

1Mapped records
6Close relations
5Evidence items
2Candidate leads
Birth
1868-10-16 · Tavistock, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Death
1952-05-01 · Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
Parents
William James GlasgowconfidentDora (Shaw) Glasgowconfident
Spouses
Annie Gertude (Pitt) Glasgow
Children
Bob GlasgowFlorence Marjorie (Glasgow) NicholsonWilliam Bernard Glasgow
Gender
Male
WikiTree
Glasgow-96
Research clusters
England One-Tree profile leads
Mapped descendants
9

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 positionWilliam Bernard Glasgow (1891)
Maternal grandfather positionNot identifiable from dated child profiles
Maternal grandmother positionFlorence Marjorie (Glasgow) Nicholson (1893)
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 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 fit41/100
Similar Person
Dates1872–1948PlacesNorth Carolina, United States → Columbus, Cherokee, Kansas, United StatesParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 4 (+18)
  • death years within 4 (+5)

No indexed conflict

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

Conflicts: No indexed conflict

Automated fit18/100
Similar Person
Dates1865–1955PlacesBuchanan, Virginia, United States → Richmond, Virginia, United StatesParent comparisonDifferent marked-confident fathers
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 3 (+18)
  • death years within 3 (+5)

marked-confident fathers are different (−18); unassessed mother attachments differ (−5)

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

Conflicts: marked-confident fathers are different (−18); 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. 1868

Profile-stated birthplace: Tavistock, Devon, England, United Kingdom

Tavistock, Devon, 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 leadunknown
Source and mapping detail

WikiTree profile export for Glasgow-96

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.11 claims
3Unknown
1Derivative
1Tree Only

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.5 sources

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

  1. unknown https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TC18901031.2.6
  2. unknown New Zealand Births Deaths and Marriages Online Death registration number 1952/22731
  3. unknown Baptism: "Devon, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1920" Indexes created from Anglican Parish Registers held at South West Heritage Trust; Taunton, Somerset, England (accessed 25 January 2026) Arthur Harold Glasgow baptism on 8 Nov 1868, son of William James Glasgow & Dora Glasgow, in Tavistock, Devon, England.
  4. derivative "New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1966," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG6K-P5M7 : 4 January 2018), Arthur Harold Glasgow, 1952; citing Death, New Zealand, registration number 1952/22731, Archives of New Zealand, Wellington.
  5. tree_only WikiTree profile export for Glasgow-96
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-96 was captured 2026-08-07T09:54:35+00:00; WikiTree profile revision 2026-01-24.

Profile location claims

EventDateLocationStatus
birthTavistock, Devon, England, United KingdomWikiTree profile field
deathChristchurch, Canterbury, New ZealandWikiTree profile field
marriage1890-10-30Nelson, New ZealandWikiTree relationship field

Immediate relationship snapshot

RelationshipPersonWikiTree IDDates and places returned
ParentsWilliam James GlasgowGlasgow-9691832-00-00 · County Cork, Ireland · 1886-12-01 · Suburban North, Nelson, New Zealand
ParentsDora GlasgowShaw-185581831-00-00 · 1913-06-01 · The Wood, Nelson, New Zealand
ChildrenWilliam Bernard GlasgowGlasgow-971891-09-21 · Wellington, New Zealand · 1991-01-08 · New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand
ChildrenFlorence Marjorie NicholsonGlasgow-981893-03-08 · New Zealand · 1966-01-26
ChildrenBobGlasgow-99
SiblingsAlexander John GlasgowGlasgow-9701857-00-00 · Oldcourt, County Cork, Ireland · 1938-12-09 · New Zealand
SiblingsFrancis Bernard GlasgowGlasgow-2001866-00-00 · Hampshire, England · 1954-00-00 · New Zealand
SiblingsJohn GlasgowGlasgow-9721877-00-00 · 1957-00-00 · New Zealand
SiblingsRose Mary BroadGlasgow-18401877-02-14 · Ryde, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England · 1969-00-00 · Palmerston North, New Zealand
SpousesAnnie Gertude GlasgowPitt-3761866-05-29 · Hobart, Tasmania, Australia · 1919-12-14 · New Zealand · 1890-10-30 · Nelson, New Zealand

Record-bearing passages

  • Biography Arthur was born in 1868, the fifth son of William James and Dora Glasgow.
  • On 30 October 1890 he was married to Annie Gertrude Pitt at Nelson Cathedral. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TC18901031.2.6
  • He passed away in 1952 aged 83. New Zealand Births Deaths and Marriages Online Death registration number 1952/22731 Sources

    • Baptism: "Devon, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1920" Indexes created from Anglican Parish Registers held at South West Heritage Trust; Taunton, Somerset, England (accessed 25 January 2026) Arthur Harold Glasgow baptism on 8 Nov 1868, son of William James Glasgow & Dora Glasgow, in Tavistock, Devon, England. :Source list:
  • :Arthur Harold Glasgow :New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes :Name :Arthur Harold Glasgow :Event Type: Marriage :Event Date: 1890 :Event Place: New Zealand :Gender: Male :Spouse's Name: Annie Gertrude Pitt :Spouse's Gender:Female :Registration Number: 1890/3123 :Citing this Record "New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1896," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24K-XJ2S : accessed 23 August 2017), Arthur Harold Glasgow and Annie Gertrude Pitt, 1890; citing Marriage, New Zealand, New Zealand, Wellington; registration number 1890/3123. *"New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1966," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG6K-P5M7 : 4 January 2018), Arthur Harold Glasgow, 1952; citing Death, New Zealand, registration number 1952/22731, Archives of New Zealand, Wellington. Acknowledgments Thank you to Gilly Wood for creating (http://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Special:NetworkFeed&who=Glasgow-96) Glasgow-96 on 9 Oct 13. Click the Changes tab for the details on contributions by Gilly and others.

Profile source citations

  1. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TC18901031.2.6 source link 1
  2. New Zealand Births Deaths and Marriages Online Death registration number 1952/22731
  3. Baptism: "Devon, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1920" Indexes created from Anglican Parish Registers held at South West Heritage Trust; Taunton, Somerset, England (accessed 25 January 2026) Arthur Harold Glasgow baptism on 8 Nov 1868, son of William James Glasgow & Dora Glasgow, in Tavistock, Devon, England.
  4. "New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1966," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG6K-P5M7 : 4 January 2018), Arthur Harold Glasgow, 1952; citing Death, New Zealand, registration number 1952/22731, Archives of New Zealand, Wellington. source link 1

Other external links in the profile

Full captured biography text
Biography
Arthur was born in 1868, the fifth son of William James and Dora Glasgow.

On 30 October 1890 he was married to Annie Gertrude Pitt at Nelson Cathedral. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TC18901031.2.6 

He passed away in 1952 aged 83. New Zealand Births Deaths and Marriages Online Death registration number 1952/22731 
Sources
* Baptism: "Devon, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1920" Indexes created from Anglican Parish Registers held at South West Heritage Trust; Taunton, Somerset, England (accessed 25 January 2026) Arthur Harold Glasgow baptism on 8 Nov 1868, son of William James Glasgow & Dora Glasgow, in Tavistock, Devon, England.
:Source list:

:Arthur Harold Glasgow
:New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes
:Name :Arthur Harold Glasgow 
:Event Type: Marriage 
:Event Date: 1890 
:Event Place: New Zealand 
:Gender: Male 
:Spouse's Name: Annie Gertrude Pitt 
:Spouse's Gender:Female 
:Registration Number: 1890/3123 
:Citing this Record "New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1896," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24K-XJ2S : accessed 23 August 2017), Arthur Harold Glasgow and Annie Gertrude Pitt, 1890; citing Marriage, New Zealand, New Zealand, Wellington; registration number 1890/3123. 
*"New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1966," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG6K-P5M7 : 4 January 2018), Arthur Harold Glasgow, 1952; citing Death, New Zealand, registration number 1952/22731, Archives of New Zealand, Wellington.
Acknowledgments
Thank you to Gilly Wood for creating (http://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Special:NetworkFeed&who=Glasgow-96) Glasgow-96 on 9 Oct 13. Click the Changes tab for the details on contributions by Gilly and others.
Raw WikiTree biography markup
== Biography ==
Arthur was born in 1868, the fifth son of William James and Dora Glasgow.

On 30 October 1890 he was married to Annie Gertrude Pitt at Nelson Cathedral. <ref>https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TC18901031.2.6</ref>

He passed away in 1952 aged 83. <ref>New Zealand Births Deaths and Marriages Online Death registration number 1952/22731</ref>


== Sources ==
<references />
* '''Baptism''': "Devon, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1920"<br/>Indexes created from Anglican Parish Registers held at South West Heritage Trust; Taunton, Somerset, England<br/>{{Ancestry Record|62286|59569}} (accessed 25 January 2026)<br/>Arthur Harold Glasgow baptism on 8 Nov 1868, son of William James Glasgow & Dora Glasgow, in Tavistock, Devon, England.
:'''Source list:'''

:Arthur Harold Glasgow
:New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes
:Name :Arthur Harold Glasgow 
:Event Type:  Marriage 
:Event Date: 1890 
:Event Place: New Zealand 
:Gender: Male 
:Spouse's Name: Annie Gertrude Pitt 
:Spouse's Gender:Female 
:Registration Number: 1890/3123 
:Citing this Record "New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1896," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24K-XJ2S : accessed 23 August 2017), Arthur Harold Glasgow and Annie Gertrude Pitt, 1890; citing Marriage, New Zealand, New Zealand, Wellington; registration number 1890/3123. 
*"New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1966," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG6K-P5M7 : 4 January 2018), Arthur Harold Glasgow, 1952; citing Death, New Zealand, registration number 1952/22731, Archives of New Zealand, Wellington.

=== Acknowledgments ===

Thank you to [[Wood-6682 | Gilly Wood]] for [http://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Special:NetworkFeed&who=Glasgow-96 creating] Glasgow-96 on  9 Oct 13. Click the Changes tab for the details on contributions by Gilly and others.