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Mary Anne (McAlister) Glasgow

c. 1882-12-21 – 1961-01-28

McAlister-2125 · 1 mapped association

Kildress, Kildress, Cookstown, County Tyrone, IrelandCounty Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

At a glance

Identity & family

Tree links organise the family; documentary status still varies.

1Mapped records
2Close relations
10Evidence items
2Candidate leads
Birth
c. 1882-12-21 · Kildress, Kildress, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland
Death
1961-01-28 · County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Parents
Not recorded
Spouses
Henry Glasgow
Children
Living person (details withheld)
Gender
Female
WikiTree
McAlister-2125
Research clusters
Ireland 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 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.

Estimate and relationship notes
  • 2 parent references point outside the current export.

Relationship comparison

Potential parents or duplicates

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

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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.

Automated fit53/100
Similar Person
Dates1880–1962PlacesPlaces not recordedParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 2 (+25)
  • death years within 1 (+10)

No indexed conflict

Full comparison detail
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 2 (+25)
  • death years within 1 (+10)

Conflicts: No indexed conflict

Automated fit53/100
Similar Person
Dates1881–1960Places81 East John St,Glasgow. → Stobhill Hospital,Glasgow.Parent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 1 (+25)
  • death years within 1 (+10)

No indexed conflict

Full comparison detail
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 1 (+25)
  • death years within 1 (+10)

Conflicts: No indexed conflict

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. 1882

Profile-stated birthplace: Kildress, Kildress, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland

Kildress civil parish

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 McAlister-2125

No sufficiently specific citation match found.

Precision: Civil-parish representative point

Evidence assessmentWhat is supported, uncertain or disputed in the current case model.2 claims
6Original
3Unknown
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.10 sources

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

  1. original Cookstown SR District https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1882/02764/2014915.pdf
  2. unknown General Record Office Northern Ireland ref: U/1882/99/1009/13/442 Mary McAlister 21st December 1882 Female Wallace Cookstown
  3. original https://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Tyrone/Oaklands/Gortreagh/1729425/
  4. original https://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Tyrone/Oaklands/Gortreagh/859175/
  5. original Henry Glasgow, Annie McAlister, 1916, Cookstown (https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/details-civil/4c34f61720603) at Irish Civil Registration - Marriages
  6. unknown General Record Office Northern Ireland ref: D/1961/99/1009/32/421 Mary Glasgow 28th January 1961 77 Female Cookstown
  7. unknown Obituary (https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002006/19610204/038/0002)], Published: Saturday 04 February 1961. Newspaper: Mid-Ulster Mail
  8. original 1901 Ireland census (http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Tyrone/Oaklands/Gortreagh/1729425/) - Residents of a house 17 in Gortreagh (Oaklands, Tyrone). Joseph McAlister (55, farmer), Mary Ann (54, wife), Robert (22, son), Annie (15), Richard (12).
  9. original 1911 Ireland census (http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Tyrone/Oaklands/Gortreagh/859175/) - Residents of a house 33 in Gortreagh (Oaklands, Tyrone). Joseph McAlister (69, farmer), Mary Ann (65, wife; married 40 yrs; 5 children 5 alive), Annie (23, dau), Richard (21, son) all born Tyrone.
  10. tree_only WikiTree profile export for McAlister-2125
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

McAlister-2125 was captured 2026-08-07T09:54:35+00:00; WikiTree profile revision 2025-02-21.

Profile location claims

EventDateLocationStatus
birthKildress, Kildress, Cookstown, County Tyrone, IrelandWikiTree profile field
deathCounty Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United KingdomWikiTree profile field
marriage1916-02-29Clare, Kildress, Cookstown, County Tyrone, IrelandWikiTree relationship field

Immediate relationship snapshot

RelationshipPersonWikiTree IDDates and places returned
ParentsJosephMcAlister-23211841-00-00 · Gortreagh, County Tyrone, Ireland · 1917-01-23
ParentsMaryWallace-265251845-00-00 · Drumshambo, County Tyrone, Ireland · 0000-00-00
ChildrenRobert JamesGlasgow-26461917-04-13 · Montober, Kildress, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland · 0000-00-00
ChildrenDaisyGlasgow-26471918-05-25 · Montober, Kildress, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland · 0000-00-00
ChildrenGeorgeGlasgow-26481919-10-14 · Montober, Kildress, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland · 0000-00-00
ChildrenDavid HerbertGlasgow-26491920-12-28 · Montober, Kildress, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland · 0000-00-00
SiblingsEllenMcAlister-23271871-04-16 · Kildress, Kildress, County Tyrone, Ireland · 1950-07-07 · Magheraglass, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
SiblingsJamesMcAlister-23871873-03-15 · Kildress, Kildress, County Tyrone, Ireland · 0000-00-00
SiblingsRobertMcAlister-23221877-05-06 · Kildress, Kildress,, County Tyrone, Ireland · 0000-00-00
SiblingsRichardMcAlister-23201888-06-20 · Kildress, Kildress, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland · 1965-03-07 · Gortreagh, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
SpousesHenry GlasgowGlasgow-17671872-07-12 · Killycurragh, Derryloran, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland · 1956-10-09 · Cookstown SRD, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom · 1916-02-29 · Clare, Kildress, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland

Profile categories

Gortreagh Townland, Kildress Parish, County Tyrone Gortreagh_Townland,_Kildress_Parish,_County_Tyrone Kildress Church of Ireland Churchyard, Cookstown, Tyrone Kildress Lower Townland, Kildress Parish, County Tyrone Kildress_Church_of_Ireland_Churchyard,_Cookstown,_Tyrone Kildress_Lower_Townland,_Kildress_Parish,_County_Tyrone Muntober Townland, Kildress Parish, County Tyrone Muntober_Townland,_Kildress_Parish,_County_Tyrone

Record-bearing passages

  • Biography Annie was born 21 December 1882 at Kildress townland (not sure whether Lower or Upper). She was the daughter of Joseph McAlister and Mary Wallace. Cookstown SR District https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1882/02764/2014915.pdf General Record Office Northern Ireland ref: U/1882/99/1009/13/442 Mary McAlister 21st December 1882 Female Wallace Cookstown
  • In 1901 the McAlister family were living in Gortreagh, Joseph 55, his wife Mary Ann 54 and their children Robert 22, Annie 15 and Richard 12. https://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Tyrone/Oaklands/Gortreagh/1729425/
  • In the family him in 1911 in Gortreagh were Joseph 69, his wife Mary 65 and two of their children Annie 23 and Richard 21. They had been married 40 years with 5 children all still living. https://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Tyrone/Oaklands/Gortreagh/859175/
  • On 29 Feb 1916 at Clare Church of Ireland, she married Henry Glasgow of Montober, a widowed farmer. Witnessed by Minnie Black and William Glasgow. Henry Glasgow, Annie McAlister, 1916, Cookstown (https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/details-civil/4c34f61720603) at Irish Civil Registration - Marriages
  • Mary Ann Glasgow died 28th January 1961. General Record Office Northern Ireland ref: D/1961/99/1009/32/421 Mary Glasgow 28th January 1961 77 Female Cookstown
  • ... WIDESPREAD sorrow was felt in the district on Saturday morning when news of the death of Mrs. Mary Ann Glasgow, Montober, Cookstown, became known. Mrs. Glasgow, a native of Gortreagh, was beloved and respected by all who knew her. She was of a friendly. retiring disposition... She was buried at Clare Churchyard. The chief mourners were: Obituary (https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002006/19610204/038/0002)], Published: Saturday 04 February 1961. Newspaper: Mid-Ulster Mail

    • Robert J, George A, David H & Ivan H Glasgow (sons)
    • Richard McAllister (brother)
    • Robert Irvine, John Logan, William McConnell (sons-in-law)
    • grandson
    • David McAllister, Joseph McAllister; Robert, Joseph & Herbert Patterson; Cecil, Samuel, Desmond, Samuel David, Thomas, & Henry G. Glasgow; John Blair, Thomas Henry, Robert Allen, Herbert McFarland, Hartley Glasgow, George Alexander & Andrew Black (nephews)
    • Andrew Black (cousin) Research Notes Her mother's 1911 census says "5 children, 5 alive". Considering that we have 4 profiles for her siblings already, this suggests that the 21 Dec 1882 birth registration for "Mary Anne" is probably the "Annie" from the 1901/11 censuses and therefore the wife of Henry Glasgow; even though she is therefore 2 years older than the age recorded on the 1901 census (and 5 years older than the 1911 age).
  • In the obituary, "son" Ivan H. Glasgow is a stepson. The nephew is presumably George Alexander although he is a brother-in-law of the cousin Andrew Black; not a nephew. Have not identified the nephew Andrew Black either. It could perhaps have been reported incorrectly in the newspaper. Sources

Profile source citations

  1. Cookstown SR District https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1882/02764/2014915.pdf source link 1
  2. General Record Office Northern Ireland ref: U/1882/99/1009/13/442 Mary McAlister 21st December 1882 Female Wallace Cookstown
  3. https://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Tyrone/Oaklands/Gortreagh/1729425/ source link 1
  4. https://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Tyrone/Oaklands/Gortreagh/859175/ source link 1
  5. Henry Glasgow, Annie McAlister, 1916, Cookstown (https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/details-civil/4c34f61720603) at Irish Civil Registration - Marriages source link 1
  6. General Record Office Northern Ireland ref: D/1961/99/1009/32/421 Mary Glasgow 28th January 1961 77 Female Cookstown
  7. Obituary (https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002006/19610204/038/0002)], Published: Saturday 04 February 1961. Newspaper: Mid-Ulster Mail source link 1
  8. 1901 Ireland census (http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Tyrone/Oaklands/Gortreagh/1729425/) - Residents of a house 17 in Gortreagh (Oaklands, Tyrone). Joseph McAlister (55, farmer), Mary Ann (54, wife), Robert (22, son), Annie (15), Richard (12). source link 1
  9. 1911 Ireland census (http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Tyrone/Oaklands/Gortreagh/859175/) - Residents of a house 33 in Gortreagh (Oaklands, Tyrone). Joseph McAlister (69, farmer), Mary Ann (65, wife; married 40 yrs; 5 children 5 alive), Annie (23, dau), Richard (21, son) all born Tyrone. source link 1
Full captured biography text
Biography
Annie was born 21 December 1882 at Kildress townland (not sure whether Lower or Upper). She was the daughter of Joseph McAlister and Mary Wallace. Cookstown SR District https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1882/02764/2014915.pdf General Record Office Northern Ireland ref: U/1882/99/1009/13/442 Mary McAlister 21st December 1882 Female Wallace Cookstown 

In 1901 the McAlister family were living in Gortreagh, Joseph 55, his wife Mary Ann 54 and their children Robert 22, Annie 15 and Richard 12. https://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Tyrone/Oaklands/Gortreagh/1729425/ 

In the family him in 1911 in Gortreagh were Joseph 69, his wife Mary 65 and two of their children Annie 23 and Richard 21. They had been married 40 years with 5 children all still living. https://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Tyrone/Oaklands/Gortreagh/859175/ 

On 29 Feb 1916 at Clare Church of Ireland, she married Henry Glasgow of Montober, a widowed farmer. Witnessed by Minnie Black and William Glasgow.
 Henry Glasgow, Annie McAlister, 1916, Cookstown (https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/details-civil/4c34f61720603) at Irish Civil Registration - Marriages 

Mary Ann Glasgow died 28th January 1961. General Record Office Northern Ireland ref: D/1961/99/1009/32/421 Mary Glasgow 28th January 1961 77 Female Cookstown 

MRS. M. A. GLASGOW, Montober, Cookstown

... WIDESPREAD sorrow was felt in the district on Saturday morning when news of the death of Mrs. Mary Ann Glasgow, Montober, Cookstown, became known. Mrs. Glasgow, a native of Gortreagh, was beloved and respected by all who knew her. She was of a friendly. retiring disposition... She was buried at Clare Churchyard. The chief mourners were: 
Obituary (https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002006/19610204/038/0002)], Published: Saturday 04 February 1961. Newspaper: Mid-Ulster Mail 
* Robert J, George A, David H & Ivan H Glasgow (sons)
* Richard McAllister (brother)
* Robert Irvine, John Logan, William McConnell (sons-in-law)
* grandson
* David McAllister, Joseph McAllister; Robert, Joseph & Herbert Patterson; Cecil, Samuel, Desmond, Samuel David, Thomas, & Henry G. Glasgow; John Blair, Thomas Henry, Robert Allen, Herbert McFarland, Hartley Glasgow, George Alexander & Andrew Black (nephews)
* Andrew Black (cousin)
Research Notes
Her mother's 1911 census says "5 children, 5 alive". Considering that we have 4 profiles for her siblings already, this suggests that the 21 Dec 1882 birth registration for "Mary Anne" is probably the "Annie" from the 1901/11 censuses and therefore the wife of Henry Glasgow; even though she is therefore 2 years older than the age recorded on the 1901 census (and 5 years older than the 1911 age).

In the obituary, "son" Ivan H. Glasgow is a stepson. The nephew is presumably George Alexander although he is a brother-in-law of the cousin Andrew Black; not a nephew. Have not identified the nephew Andrew Black either. It could perhaps have been reported incorrectly in the newspaper.
Sources
* 1901 Ireland census (http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Tyrone/Oaklands/Gortreagh/1729425/) - Residents of a house 17 in Gortreagh (Oaklands, Tyrone). Joseph McAlister (55, farmer), Mary Ann (54, wife), Robert (22, son), Annie (15), Richard (12).
* 1911 Ireland census (http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Tyrone/Oaklands/Gortreagh/859175/) - Residents of a house 33 in Gortreagh (Oaklands, Tyrone). Joseph McAlister (69, farmer), Mary Ann (65, wife; married 40 yrs; 5 children 5 alive), Annie (23, dau), Richard (21, son) all born Tyrone.
Raw WikiTree biography markup
[[Category:Kildress Church of Ireland Churchyard, Cookstown, Tyrone]]
[[Category:Kildress Lower Townland, Kildress Parish, County Tyrone]]
[[Category:Muntober Townland, Kildress Parish, County Tyrone]]
[[Category:Gortreagh Townland, Kildress Parish, County Tyrone]]
== Biography == 
Annie was born 21 December 1882 at Kildress townland (not sure whether Lower or Upper). She was the daughter of [[McAlister-2321|Joseph McAlister]] and [[Wallace-26525|Mary Wallace]]. <ref>Cookstown SR District  https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1882/02764/2014915.pdf </ref> <ref>General Record Office Northern Ireland ref: U/1882/99/1009/13/442	Mary	McAlister	21st December 1882	Female	Wallace	Cookstown </ref> 

In 1901 the McAlister family were living in Gortreagh, Joseph 55, his wife Mary Ann 54 and their children Robert 22, Annie 15 and Richard 12. <ref> https://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Tyrone/Oaklands/Gortreagh/1729425/ </ref> 

In the family him in 1911 in Gortreagh were Joseph 69, his wife Mary 65 and two of their children Annie 23 and Richard 21. They had been married 40 years with 5 children all still living. <ref> https://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Tyrone/Oaklands/Gortreagh/859175/ </ref> 

On 29 Feb 1916 at Clare Church of Ireland, she married Henry Glasgow of Montober, a widowed farmer. Witnessed by Minnie Black and William Glasgow.
<ref>[https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/details-civil/4c34f61720603 Henry Glasgow, Annie McAlister, 1916, Cookstown] at Irish Civil Registration - Marriages</ref>

Mary Ann Glasgow died 28th January 1961. <ref>General Record Office Northern Ireland ref: D/1961/99/1009/32/421	Mary	Glasgow	28th January 1961	77		Female	Cookstown </ref> 

MRS. M. A. GLASGOW, Montober, Cookstown

... WIDESPREAD sorrow was felt in the district on Saturday morning when news of the death of Mrs. Mary Ann Glasgow, Montober, Cookstown, became known. Mrs. Glasgow, a native of Gortreagh, was beloved and respected by all who knew her. She was of a friendly. retiring disposition...  She was buried at Clare Churchyard. The chief mourners were:<ref> 
[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002006/19610204/038/0002 ''Obituary'']], Published: Saturday 04 February 1961. Newspaper: Mid-Ulster Mail </ref> 
* Robert J, George A, David H & [[Glasgow-1768|Ivan H Glasgow]] (sons)
* [[McAlister-2320|Richard McAllister]] (brother)
* Robert Irvine, John Logan, William McConnell (sons-in-law)
* grandson
* David McAllister, Joseph McAllister; Robert, Joseph & Herbert Patterson; Cecil, Samuel, Desmond, Samuel David, Thomas, & Henry G. Glasgow; John Blair, Thomas Henry, Robert Allen, Herbert McFarland, [[Glasgow-1641|Hartley Glasgow]], George Alexander & Andrew Black (nephews)
* [[Black-27577|Andrew Black]] (cousin)

== Research Notes ==
Her mother's 1911 census says "5 children, 5 alive". Considering that we have 4 profiles for her siblings already, this suggests that the 21 Dec 1882 birth registration for "Mary Anne" is probably the "Annie" from the 1901/11 censuses and therefore the wife of Henry Glasgow; even though she is therefore 2 years older than the age recorded on the 1901 census (and 5 years older than the 1911 age).

In the obituary, "son" Ivan H. Glasgow is a stepson.  The nephew is presumably [[Alexander-19840|George Alexander]] although he is a brother-in-law of the cousin Andrew Black; not a nephew.  Have not identified the nephew Andrew Black either. It could perhaps have been reported incorrectly in the newspaper.

== Sources ==
<references />
* [http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Tyrone/Oaklands/Gortreagh/1729425/ 1901 Ireland census] - Residents of a house 17 in Gortreagh (Oaklands, Tyrone). Joseph McAlister (55, farmer), Mary Ann (54, wife), Robert (22, son), Annie (15), Richard (12).
* [http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Tyrone/Oaklands/Gortreagh/859175/ 1911 Ireland census] - Residents of a house 33 in Gortreagh (Oaklands, Tyrone). Joseph McAlister (69, farmer), Mary Ann (65, wife; married 40 yrs; 5 children 5 alive), Annie (23, dau), Richard (21, son) all born Tyrone.