Glasgow Surname Project

Individual research record

John Glasgow

c. 1802 – ?

Glasgow-960 · 1 mapped association

Scotland, United Kingdom→Trafford, Manchester, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
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Identity & family

Tree links organise the family; documentary status still varies.

1Mapped records
1Close relations
6Evidence items
12Candidate leads
Birth
c. 1802 · Scotland, United Kingdom
Death
Not recorded · Trafford, Manchester, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Not recorded
Spouses
Not recorded
Children
Caroline Hill Rigby (Glasgow) Tate
Gender
Male
WikiTree
Glasgow-960
Research clusters
Scotland One-Tree profile leads
Mapped descendants
1

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 positionCaroline Hill Rigby (Glasgow) Tate (1845)
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 fit27/100
Weak Lead
Dates1780–1817Generation22 years age gapRecorded placesCalliaqua, Saint George, Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Household · Same-Sex Generational Naming · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 22-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 65 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1845), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • a known child was born within 8 years of the subject (+1)

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

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  • plausible 22-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 65 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1845), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • a known child was born within 8 years of the subject (+1)
  • candidate and subject share the given name John (+4; weak direct parent-child name recurrence, 278 public profiles)

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

Automated fit25/100
Weak Lead
Dates1768–?Generation34 years age gapRecorded placesKelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland · Roxburghshire — exact locality unprovedIndependent clue breadth · 5Age · Same-Sex Generational Naming · Spouse · Spouse-Specific Child Window · Two-GenerationSame-spouse child windowIsabella (Hunter) GlasgowCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 34-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • known spouse Isabella (Hunter) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (31) at the subject's birth (+7)
  • candidate's birth is 77 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1845), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10); candidate already has another child named John Glasgow (Glasgow-3542) without a documented death permitting name reuse (−4; check whether the child profiles duplicate or conflict)

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  • plausible 34-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 77 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1845), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • subject's birth fits between children attributed to the same parental couple (1795–1804) (+6; other parent Isabella (Hunter) Glasgow)
  • known spouse Isabella (Hunter) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (31) at the subject's birth (+7)
  • candidate and subject share the given name John (+4; weak direct parent-child name recurrence, 278 public profiles)

Deductions and cautions: same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10); candidate already has another child named John Glasgow (Glasgow-3542) without a documented death permitting name reuse (−4; check whether the child profiles duplicate or conflict)

Show 3 lower-scoring possible fathers
Automated fit23/100
Weak Lead
Dates1766–?Generation36 years age gapRecorded placesScotland · Midlothian, Scotland · Scotland — exact locality unprovedIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Same-Sex Generational Naming · Spouse · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 36-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • known spouse Elizabeth (Unknown) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (21) at the subject's birth (+7)
  • candidate's birth is 79 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1845), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

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

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  • plausible 36-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 79 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1845), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • known spouse Elizabeth (Unknown) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (21) at the subject's birth (+7)
  • candidate and subject share the given name John (+4; weak direct parent-child name recurrence, 278 public profiles)

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

Automated fit20/100
Weak Lead
Dates1761–?Generation41 years age gapRecorded placesLinlithgowshire / West Lothian — exact locality unprovedIndependent clue breadth · 5Age · Household · Same-Sex Generational Naming · Spouse · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 41-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 84 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1845), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • known spouse Agnes (Gray) Glasgow had a bounded, possibly plausible maternal age (41) at the subject's birth (+3)

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

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  • plausible 41-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 84 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1845), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • a known child was born within 5 years of the subject (+1)
  • known spouse Agnes (Gray) Glasgow had a bounded, possibly plausible maternal age (41) at the subject's birth (+3)
  • candidate and subject share the given name John (+4; weak direct parent-child name recurrence, 278 public profiles)

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

Automated fit19/100
Weak Lead
Dates1777–1845Generation25 years age gapRecorded placesDaill, Argyll, Scotland · Glasgow, Cambria, Pennsylvania, United StatesIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Same-Sex Generational Naming · Spouse · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 25-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • known spouse Elizabeth Jane (Bell) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (28) at the subject's birth (+7)
  • candidate's birth is 68 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1845), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10); candidate already has another child named John S Glasgow (Glasgow-657) without a documented death permitting name reuse (−4; check whether the child profiles duplicate or conflict)

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  • plausible 25-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 68 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1845), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • known spouse Elizabeth Jane (Bell) Glasgow had a plausible maternal age (28) at the subject's birth (+7)
  • candidate and subject share the given name John (+4; weak direct parent-child name recurrence, 278 public profiles)

Deductions and cautions: same country, but no indexed locality overlap (−10); candidate already has another child named John S Glasgow (Glasgow-657) without a documented death permitting name reuse (−4; check whether the child profiles duplicate or conflict)

Possible mothers5 leads

Automated fit26/100
Chronology-Only Fallback
Dates1783–1814Generation19 years age gapRecorded placesScotland, United KingdomIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Household · Mapped Proximity · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 19-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 62 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1845), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • a known child was born within 8 years of the subject (+1)

No indexed conflict; documentary proof still required

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  • plausible 19-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 62 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1845), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • mapped Scotland, United Kingdom is 0.0 km from the subject's birth-period Scotland, United Kingdom (+3; one or both placements are unproved)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)
  • a known child was born within 8 years of the subject (+1)

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

Automated fit25/100
Chronology-Only Fallback
Dates1783–1801Generation19 years age gapRecorded placesScotland, United KingdomIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Mapped Proximity · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 19-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 62 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1845), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • mapped Scotland, United Kingdom is 0.0 km from the subject's birth-period Scotland, United Kingdom (+3; one or both placements are unproved)

No indexed conflict; documentary proof still required

Show complete scoring
  • plausible 19-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 62 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1845), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • mapped Scotland, United Kingdom is 0.0 km from the subject's birth-period Scotland, United Kingdom (+3; one or both placements are unproved)
  • same research cluster (+0; grouping is not kinship evidence)

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

Show 3 lower-scoring possible mothers
Automated fit24/100
Chronology-Only Fallback
Dates1765–?Generation37 years age gapRecorded placesLocation not supplied — profile holding pointIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Household · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 37-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 80 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1845), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • another recorded child shares the subject's birth year (+2; possible twins or date uncertainty)

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

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  • plausible 37-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 80 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1845), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • another recorded child shares the subject's birth year (+2; possible twins or date uncertainty)

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

Automated fit22/100
Chronology-Only Fallback
Dates1783–?Generation19 years age gapRecorded placesLocation not supplied — profile holding pointIndependent clue breadth · 2Age · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 19-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 62 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1845), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

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

Show complete scoring
  • plausible 19-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 62 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1845), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

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

Automated fit22/100
Chronology-Only Fallback
Dates1780–?Generation22 years age gapRecorded placesBaronyIndependent clue breadth · 2Age · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 22-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 65 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1845), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

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

Show complete scoring
  • plausible 22-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 65 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1845), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

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

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.

Same-name candidate

John GlasgowGlasgow-1306

Automated fit48/100
Similar Person
Dates1802–1808PlacesKirknewton, Edinburghshire, Scotland, United KingdomParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • same birth year (+30)

No indexed conflict

Full comparison detail
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • same birth year (+30)

Conflicts: No indexed conflict

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Same-name candidate

John GlasgowGlasgow-2770

Automated fit43/100
Similar Person
Dates1800–?PlacesSouth Carolina, United StatesParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 2 (+25)

No indexed conflict

Full comparison detail
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 2 (+25)

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.

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Research & records

Life and record timelineChronological mapped occurrences and their underlying sources.1 record
b. 1802

Profile-stated birthplace: Scotland, United Kingdom

Scotland, 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-960

No sufficiently specific citation match found.

Precision: Geocoded profile locality

Evidence assessmentWhat is supported, uncertain or disputed in the current case model.2 claims
3Derivative
2Unknown
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.

Next records to inspect

  1. research assessment — He was married and held the honorific title 'Esq.' Peerage, baronetage and knightage of the British Empire as at present existing (https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/40073/?offset=1&return=1#page=1137&viewer=picture&o=search&n=0&q=%22John%20Glasgow%22) .
Sources and provenanceStructured citations and source-quality classifications.6 sources

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

  1. derivative England and Wales Census, 1841 (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQG9-K49)
  2. derivative England and Wales Census, 1851 (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGYD-7BZ)
  3. derivative Peerage, baronetage and knightage of the British Empire as at present existing (https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/40073/?offset=1&return=1#page=1137&viewer=picture&o=search&n=0&q=%22John%20Glasgow%22)
  4. unknown John Glasgow at The Peerage (http://www.thepeerage.com/p59133.htm#i591322)
  5. unknown BP2003 volume 3, Burke's Peerage, page 3861
  6. tree_only WikiTree profile export for Glasgow-960
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-960 was captured 2026-08-07T09:54:35+00:00; WikiTree profile revision 2025-08-07.

Profile location claims

EventDateLocationStatus
birth—Scotland, United KingdomWikiTree profile field
death—Trafford, Manchester, Lancashire, England, United KingdomWikiTree profile field

Immediate relationship snapshot

RelationshipPersonWikiTree IDDates and places returned
ChildrenCaroline Hill Rigby TateGlasgow-6131845-02-08 · Kensington, London, England · 1927-12-14 · Rhuddlan, Denbighshire, Wales

Record-bearing passages

Profile source citations

  1. England and Wales Census, 1841 (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQG9-K49) source link 1
  2. England and Wales Census, 1851 (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGYD-7BZ) source link 1
  3. Peerage, baronetage and knightage of the British Empire as at present existing (https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/40073/?offset=1&return=1#page=1137&viewer=picture&o=search&n=0&q=%22John%20Glasgow%22) source link 1
  4. John Glasgow at The Peerage (http://www.thepeerage.com/p59133.htm#i591322) source link 1
  5. BP2003 volume 3, Burke's Peerage, page 3861
Full captured biography text
Biography
John Glasgow, Esq. was born around 1802 in Scotland. England and Wales Census, 1841 (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQG9-K49) He later settled in Old Trafford, Manchester, Lancashire, England, where he worked as a screw bolt manufacturer and machinist. England and Wales Census, 1851 (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGYD-7BZ) 

Census records from 1841 and 1851 place him in Stretford, Lancashire, England, listed as head of household. He was married and held the honorific title 'Esq.' Peerage, baronetage and knightage of the British Empire as at present existing (https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/40073/?offset=1&return=1#page=1137&viewer=picture&o=search&n=0&q=%22John%20Glasgow%22) . John Glasgow had an adopted daughter, Caroline Hill Rigby Glasgow, who married Sir William Henry Tate in 1863 and died on 14 December 1927. John Glasgow at The Peerage (http://www.thepeerage.com/p59133.htm#i591322) BP2003 volume 3, Burke's Peerage, page 3861 
Sources
Raw WikiTree biography markup
== Biography ==
'''John Glasgow, Esq.''' was born around 1802 in Scotland.<ref>[https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQG9-K49 England and Wales Census, 1841]</ref> He later settled in Old Trafford, Manchester, Lancashire, England, where he worked as a screw bolt manufacturer and machinist.<ref>[https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGYD-7BZ England and Wales Census, 1851]</ref>

Census records from 1841 and 1851 place him in Stretford, Lancashire, England, listed as head of household. He was married and held the honorific title 'Esq.'<ref>[https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/40073/?offset=1&return=1#page=1137&viewer=picture&o=search&n=0&q=%22John%20Glasgow%22 Peerage, baronetage and knightage of the British Empire as at present existing]</ref>. John Glasgow had an adopted daughter, Caroline Hill Rigby Glasgow, who married Sir William Henry Tate in 1863 and died on 14 December 1927.<ref>[http://www.thepeerage.com/p59133.htm#i591322 John Glasgow at The Peerage]</ref> <ref>BP2003 volume 3, Burke's Peerage, page 3861</ref>

== Sources ==
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