Glasgow Surname Project

Individual research record

Lillian May (Osborne) Turner

1914-11-03 – 2004-07-21

Osborne-3204 · 1 mapped association

Cambridge, Auckland, New ZealandNew Zealand

At a glance

Identity & family

Tree links organise the family; documentary status still varies.

1Mapped records
5Close relations
7Evidence items
1Candidate leads
Birth
1914-11-03 · Cambridge, Auckland, New Zealand
Death
2004-07-21 · New Zealand
Parents
Not recorded
Spouses
William James Glasgow
Children
Ada Avis (Glasgow) HancockBruce Ian GlasgowDonald GlasgowStanley William Glasgow
Gender
Female
WikiTree
Osborne-3204
Research clusters
Worldwide 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 positionStanley William Glasgow (1934)
Maternal grandfather positionBruce Ian Glasgow (1938)
Maternal grandmother positionAda Avis (Glasgow) Hancock (1939)
Paternal grandmother positionNot identifiable from dated child profiles

Known-position checks: 0 support · 1 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.

Higher-signal leadReview carefullyWeak lead

Possible mothers1 leads

Automated fit0/100
Chronology-Only Fallback
Dates1877–1936Generation37 years age gapRecorded placesCalderhead, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom · Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom · Lanarkshire — exact locality unprovedIndependent clue breadth · 2Age · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 37-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 57 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1934), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

candidate is recorded only outside the subject's birth country (−25)

Show complete scoring
  • plausible 37-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 57 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1934), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

Deductions and cautions: candidate is recorded only outside the subject's birth country (−25)

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. 1914

Profile-stated birthplace: Cambridge, Auckland, New Zealand

Cambridge, Auckland, New Zealand

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 Osborne-3204

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.6 claims
5Unknown
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.7 sources

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

  1. unknown Ancestry.com (http://records.ancestry.com/lillian_may_osborne_records.ashx?pid=167043420)
  2. derivative "Births, Deaths & Marriages Online", [digital index], New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs (http://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz).
  3. unknown Birth Registration / 1915/7837/ Osborne, Lillian May / Annie May & Leslie George
  4. unknown Marriage Registration / 1933/8621/ Lilian May Osborne & William James Glasgow
  5. unknown Marriage Registration /
  6. unknown Death Registration / 2004/16768 / Turner, Lilian May / DOB: 3 November 1914
  7. tree_only WikiTree profile export for Osborne-3204
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

Osborne-3204 was captured 2026-08-07T09:54:35+00:00; WikiTree profile revision 2025-08-23.

Profile location claims

EventDateLocationStatus
birthCambridge, Auckland, New ZealandWikiTree profile field
deathNew ZealandWikiTree profile field
marriage1933-12-11New ZealandWikiTree relationship field

Immediate relationship snapshot

RelationshipPersonWikiTree IDDates and places returned
ParentsLeslieOsborne-31181886-09-19 · Cohuna, Victoria, Australia · 1959-11-17 · Te Awamutu, New Zealand
ParentsAnnieCooper-94091886-00-00 · New Zealand · 1918-11-26 · Te Aroha, Auckland, New Zealand
ChildrenStanley William GlasgowGlasgow-9061934-03-11 · New Zealand · 2012-12-21
ChildrenDonaldGlasgow-907
ChildrenBruce Ian GlasgowGlasgow-9081938-00-00 · New Zealand
ChildrenAda Avis HancockGlasgow-9091939-01-11 · Waihi, Waikato, New Zealand · 0000-00-00 · 21 JUL 2020
SiblingsEuniceOsborne-59081913-00-00 · New Zealand · 0000-00-00
SiblingsErnestOsborne-3122
SiblingsEricOsborne-3203
SpousesWilliam James GlasgowGlasgow-9051910-08-03 · New Zealand · 1984-10-25 · 1933-12-11

Record-bearing passages

Profile source citations

  1. Ancestry.com (http://records.ancestry.com/lillian_may_osborne_records.ashx?pid=167043420) source link 1
  2. "Births, Deaths & Marriages Online", [digital index], New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs (http://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz). source link 1
  3. Birth Registration / 1915/7837/ Osborne, Lillian May / Annie May & Leslie George
  4. Marriage Registration / 1933/8621/ Lilian May Osborne & William James Glasgow
  5. Marriage Registration /
  6. Death Registration / 2004/16768 / Turner, Lilian May / DOB: 3 November 1914
Full captured biography text
Biography
Born to Leslie George Osborne and Annie May Cooper. Ancestry.com (http://records.ancestry.com/lillian_may_osborne_records.ashx?pid=167043420) 
Sources
* "Births, Deaths & Marriages Online", [digital index], New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs (http://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz).
** Birth Registration / 1915/7837/ Osborne, Lillian May / Annie May & Leslie George 
** Marriage Registration / 1933/8621/ Lilian May Osborne & William James Glasgow
** Marriage Registration /
** Death Registration / 2004/16768 / Turner, Lilian May / DOB: 3 November 1914
Raw WikiTree biography markup
== Biography == 
Born to Leslie George Osborne and Annie May Cooper.<ref>[http://records.ancestry.com/lillian_may_osborne_records.ashx?pid=167043420 Ancestry.com]</ref>

== Sources ==
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* "Births, Deaths & Marriages Online", [digital index], New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs (http://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz).
** Birth Registration / 1915/7837/ Osborne,  Lillian May / Annie May & Leslie George 
** Marriage Registration / 1933/8621/ Lilian May Osborne & William James Glasgow
** Marriage Registration /
** Death Registration / 2004/16768	/ Turner, Lilian May / DOB: 3 November 1914