Glasgow Surname Project

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Jessie Birrell (Smith) Glasgow

1895 – 1979

Smith-332145 · 1 mapped association

Glasgow Blackfriars, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom→Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
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At a glance

Identity & family

Tree links organise the family; documentary status still varies.

1Mapped records
3Close relations
2Evidence items
7Candidate leads
Birth
1895 · Glasgow Blackfriars, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Death
1979 · Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Not recorded
Spouses
Andrew Glasgow
Children
Living person (details withheld)Marion Rodie Glasgow
Gender
Female
WikiTree
Smith-332145
Research clusters
Scotland One-Tree profile leads
Mapped descendants
2

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 positionMarion Rodie Glasgow (1924)
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 mothers5 leads

Automated fit4/100
Chronology-Only Fallback
Dates1851–1910Generation44 years age gapRecorded placesCounty Antrim, Ireland, United Kingdom · Renfrew, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom · County Antrim — exact locality unprovedIndependent clue breadth · 2Age · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • possible 44-year parent-child age gap (+10)
  • candidate's birth is 73 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1924), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

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

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  • possible 44-year parent-child age gap (+10)
  • candidate's birth is 73 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1924), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

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

Automated fit0/100
Chronology-Only Fallback
Dates1879–1968Generation16 years age gapRecorded placesCherry Fork, Wayne Township, Adams, Ohio, United States · Hamilton, Ohio, United StatesIndependent clue breadth · 2Age · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • possible 16-year parent-child age gap (+10)
  • candidate's birth is 45 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1924), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

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

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  • possible 16-year parent-child age gap (+10)
  • candidate's birth is 45 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1924), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

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

Show 3 lower-scoring possible mothers
Automated fit0/100
Chronology-Only Fallback
Dates1870–1967Generation25 years age gapRecorded placesUnionville, Appanoose, Iowa, United States · Centerville, Appanoose, Iowa, United StatesIndependent clue breadth · 3Age · Household · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 25-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 54 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1924), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • a known child was born within 7 years of the subject (+1)

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

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  • plausible 25-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 54 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1924), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • a known child was born within 7 years of the subject (+1)

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

Automated fit0/100
Chronology-Only Fallback
Dates1856–1918Generation39 years age gapRecorded placesHalifax, North Carolina, United States · Cornelius, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United StatesIndependent clue breadth · 4Age · Contemporaneous Household Conflict · Household · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • plausible 39-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 68 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1924), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • a known child was born within 3 years of the subject (+3)

candidate is recorded only outside the subject's birth country (−25); candidate's household recorded Eva O. (Glasgow) Corbett in North Carolina, United States within 3 years of the subject (−12; no contemporaneous child is indexed in the subject's locality)

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  • plausible 39-year parent-child age gap (+18)
  • candidate's birth is 68 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1924), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)
  • a known child was born within 3 years of the subject (+3)

Deductions and cautions: candidate is recorded only outside the subject's birth country (−25); candidate's household recorded Eva O. (Glasgow) Corbett in North Carolina, United States within 3 years of the subject (−12; no contemporaneous child is indexed in the subject's locality)

Automated fit0/100
Chronology-Only Fallback
Dates1837–1930Generation58 years age gapRecorded placesIreland, United Kingdom · Esperance, Western Australia, Australia · Ireland — exact locality unprovedIndependent clue breadth · 2Age · Two-GenerationCurrent relationshipNot currently linked as parent
Strongest signals
  • candidate's birth is 87 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1924), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

chronologically conflicting 58-year parent-child age gap (−8); candidate is recorded only outside the subject's birth country (−25)

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  • candidate's birth is 87 years before the subject's earliest dated child (1924), a compatible grandparent-generation interval (+4)

Deductions and cautions: chronologically conflicting 58-year parent-child age gap (−8); 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.

Automated fit38/100
Similar Person
Dates1888–1978PlacesNew Zealand → New ZealandParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 7 (+10)
  • death years within 1 (+10)

No indexed conflict

Full comparison detail
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 7 (+10)
  • death years within 1 (+10)

Conflicts: No indexed conflict

Open side-by-side comparison
Automated fit36/100
Similar Person
Dates1890–1961PlacesStuttgart, Arkansas, Arkansas, USA → Houston, Harris County, Texas, USAParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 5 (+18)

No indexed conflict

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

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.

Open only what you need

Research & records

Life and record timelineChronological mapped occurrences and their underlying sources.1 record
b. 1895

Profile-stated birthplace: Glasgow Blackfriars, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Lanarkshire — exact locality unproved

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 Smith-332145

No sufficiently specific citation match found.

Precision: County-level representative point

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

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

  1. derivative Death: "1979 SMITH, JESSIE BURRELL (Statutory registers Deaths 603 / 999)" database, National Records of Scotland, ScotlandsPeople (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ Accessed 9 Feb 2024.
  2. tree_only WikiTree profile export for Smith-332145
Technical profile and raw captureDataset metadata, machine dossier and captured WikiTree biography.Advanced

WikiTree profile information

Smith-332145

Jessie Birrell (Smith) Glasgow

Updated 2024-02-09

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

Machine-readable dossier

WikiTree biography, citations and relationship snapshot

Smith-332145 was captured 2026-08-07T09:54:35+00:00; WikiTree profile revision 2024-02-09.

Profile location claims

EventDateLocationStatus
birth—Glasgow Blackfriars, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United KingdomWikiTree profile field
death—Glasgow, Scotland, United KingdomWikiTree profile field
marriage1918-06-15Glasgow, Scotland, United KingdomWikiTree relationship field

Immediate relationship snapshot

RelationshipPersonWikiTree IDDates and places returned
ChildrenAndrewGlasgow-28181918-00-00 · Kelvin, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom · 0000-00-00
ChildrenMarion Rodie GlasgowGlasgow-28191924-11-08 · Dennistoun, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom · 2015-08-02 · Ayr, South Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
SpousesAndrew GlasgowGlasgow-11171889-09-28 · 88 Claythorn St,Glasgow. · 1951-07-24 · Possil Park, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom · 1918-06-15 · Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

Record-bearing passages

  • Biography Jessie Birrell Smith daughter of Robert Somerville Smith & Jessie Birrell born in 1895 at Blackfriars, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Birth: "1895 SMITH, JESSIE BURRELL (Statutory registers Births 644 / 5 / 1325)" database, National Records of Scotland, ScotlandsPeople (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ Accessed 9 Feb 2024. : Andrew Glasgow married Jessie Birrell Smith on the 15 Jun 1918 at Chalmers Street Halls, Glasgow, Scotland. Marriage: "1918 GLASGOW, ANDREW & SMITH, JESSIE BIRRELL (Statutory registers Marriages 644 / 3 / 456)" database, National Records of Scotland, ScotlandsPeople (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ Accessed 9 Feb 2024. *They had at least 2 children. #Andrew Glasgow born in 1918 at Kelvin, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Birth of son: "1918 GLASGOW, ANDREW (Statutory Registers Births 644 / 13 / 1004)" database, National Records of Scotland, ScotlandsPeople (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ Accessed 9 Feb 2024. #Marion Rodie Glasgow born in 1924 at Dennistoun, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Birth of daughter: "1924 GLASGOW, MARION RODIE (Statutory Registers Births 644 / 4 / 838)" database, National Records of Scotland, ScotlandsPeople (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ Accessed 9 Feb 2024. : Jessie Smith died, aged 84, in 1979 at Martha Street, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Death: "1979 SMITH, JESSIE BURRELL (Statutory registers Deaths 603 / 999)" database, National Records of Scotland, ScotlandsPeople (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ Accessed 9 Feb 2024. Research Notes *Jessie's middle name and mothers maiden name is spelled Burrell and Birrell in different records, further research required to confirm exact spelling. *Profile created by William Graham on the 9 Feb 2024. Sources

Profile source citations

  1. Birth: "1895 SMITH, JESSIE BURRELL (Statutory registers Births 644 / 5 / 1325)" database, National Records of Scotland, ScotlandsPeople (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ Accessed 9 Feb 2024. source link 1
  2. Marriage: "1918 GLASGOW, ANDREW & SMITH, JESSIE BIRRELL (Statutory registers Marriages 644 / 3 / 456)" database, National Records of Scotland, ScotlandsPeople (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ Accessed 9 Feb 2024. source link 1
  3. Birth of son: "1918 GLASGOW, ANDREW (Statutory Registers Births 644 / 13 / 1004)" database, National Records of Scotland, ScotlandsPeople (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ Accessed 9 Feb 2024. source link 1
  4. Birth of daughter: "1924 GLASGOW, MARION RODIE (Statutory Registers Births 644 / 4 / 838)" database, National Records of Scotland, ScotlandsPeople (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ Accessed 9 Feb 2024. source link 1
  5. Death: "1979 SMITH, JESSIE BURRELL (Statutory registers Deaths 603 / 999)" database, National Records of Scotland, ScotlandsPeople (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ Accessed 9 Feb 2024. source link 1
Full captured biography text
Biography
Jessie Birrell Smith daughter of Robert Somerville Smith & Jessie Birrell born in 1895 at Blackfriars, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Birth: "1895 SMITH, JESSIE BURRELL (Statutory registers Births 644 / 5 / 1325)" database, National Records of Scotland, ScotlandsPeople (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ Accessed 9 Feb 2024. 
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Andrew Glasgow married Jessie Birrell Smith on the 15 Jun 1918 at Chalmers Street Halls, Glasgow, Scotland. Marriage: "1918 GLASGOW, ANDREW & SMITH, JESSIE BIRRELL (Statutory registers Marriages 644 / 3 / 456)" database, National Records of Scotland, ScotlandsPeople (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ Accessed 9 Feb 2024. 
*They had at least 2 children.
#Andrew Glasgow born in 1918 at Kelvin, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Birth of son: "1918 GLASGOW, ANDREW (Statutory Registers Births 644 / 13 / 1004)" database, National Records of Scotland, ScotlandsPeople (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ Accessed 9 Feb 2024. 
#Marion Rodie Glasgow born in 1924 at Dennistoun, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Birth of daughter: "1924 GLASGOW, MARION RODIE (Statutory Registers Births 644 / 4 / 838)" database, National Records of Scotland, ScotlandsPeople (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ Accessed 9 Feb 2024. 
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Jessie Smith died, aged 84, in 1979 at Martha Street, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Death: "1979 SMITH, JESSIE BURRELL (Statutory registers Deaths 603 / 999)" database, National Records of Scotland, ScotlandsPeople (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ Accessed 9 Feb 2024. 
Research Notes
*Jessie's middle name and mothers maiden name is spelled Burrell and Birrell in different records, further research required to confirm exact spelling.
*Profile created by William Graham on the 9 Feb 2024.
Sources
Raw WikiTree biography markup
== Biography ==
{{Scotland Sticker}}
Jessie Birrell Smith daughter of Robert Somerville Smith & Jessie Birrell born in 1895 at Blackfriars, Lanarkshire, Scotland.<ref>Birth: "1895 SMITH, JESSIE BURRELL (Statutory registers Births 644 / 5 / 1325)" database, National Records of Scotland, ScotlandsPeople (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ Accessed 9 Feb 2024.</ref>
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Andrew Glasgow married Jessie Birrell Smith on the 15 Jun 1918 at Chalmers Street Halls, Glasgow, Scotland.<ref>Marriage: "1918 GLASGOW, ANDREW & SMITH, JESSIE BIRRELL (Statutory registers Marriages 644 / 3 / 456)" database, National Records of Scotland, ScotlandsPeople (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ Accessed 9 Feb 2024.</ref>
*They had at least 2 children.
#[[Glasgow-2818|Andrew Glasgow]] born in 1918 at Kelvin, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.<ref>Birth of son: "1918 GLASGOW, ANDREW (Statutory Registers Births 644 / 13 / 1004)" database, National Records of Scotland, ScotlandsPeople (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ Accessed 9 Feb 2024.</ref>
#[[Glasgow-2819|Marion Rodie Glasgow]] born in 1924 at Dennistoun, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.<ref>Birth of daughter: "1924 GLASGOW, MARION RODIE (Statutory Registers Births 644 / 4 / 838)" database, National Records of Scotland, ScotlandsPeople (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ Accessed 9 Feb 2024.</ref>
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Jessie Smith died, aged 84, in 1979 at Martha Street, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.<ref>Death: "1979 SMITH, JESSIE BURRELL (Statutory registers Deaths 603 / 999)" database, National Records of Scotland, ScotlandsPeople (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ Accessed 9 Feb 2024.</ref>
==Research Notes==
*Jessie's middle name and mothers maiden name is spelled Burrell and Birrell in different records, further research required to confirm exact spelling.
*Profile created by [[Graham-32156|William Graham]] on the 9 Feb 2024.
== Sources ==
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