Glasgow Surname Project

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Florence Amelia (Sommerville) Glasgow

1904-06-04 – 1989-02-24

Sommerville-927 · 1 mapped association

Donaghmore, Dungannon, County Tyrone, IrelandDungannon, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

At a glance

Identity & family

Tree links organise the family; documentary status still varies.

1Mapped records
6Close relations
6Evidence items
2Candidate leads
Birth
1904-06-04 · Donaghmore, Dungannon, County Tyrone, Ireland
Death
1989-02-24 · Dungannon, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Parents
Not recorded
Spouses
David Glasgow
Children
David Ivan GlasgowElla (Glasgow) CampbellEna (Glasgow) GreerSamuel Mervyn Rowley GlasgowThelma (Glasgow) Smith
Gender
Female
WikiTree
Sommerville-927
Research clusters
Ireland One-Tree profile leads
Mapped descendants
5

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 positionDavid Ivan Glasgow (1930)
Maternal grandfather positionSamuel Mervyn Rowley Glasgow (1984)
Maternal grandmother positionEna (Glasgow) Greer (1926)
Paternal grandmother positionThelma (Glasgow) Smith (1931)

Known-position checks: 0 support · 3 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

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 fit20/100
Similar Person
Dates1893–?PlacesKentuckyParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 11 (+2)

No indexed conflict

Full comparison detail
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 11 (+2)

Conflicts: No indexed conflict

Automated fit0/100
Similar Person
Dates1881–1963PlacesIowa, United States → Iowa, United StatesParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)

birth years differ by 23 (−22); death years differ by 26 (−18)

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

Conflicts: birth years differ by 23 (−22); death years differ by 26 (−18)

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. 1904

Profile-stated birthplace: Donaghmore, Dungannon, County Tyrone, Ireland

County Tyrone — 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

Birth Registration: "Civil Records of Irish Births, Deaths and Marriages" General Register Office, Ireland; Group Registration ID: 4476276; SR District/Reg Area: Dungannon IrishGenealogy.ie Image () - IrishGenealogy.ie Record () (accessed 23 August 2025) Florence Somerville birth 04 June 1904 in the Dungannon Superintendent Registrar's District, moth

Candidate matched on record type, year; inspect before treating it as the underlying record.

Precision: County-level representative point

Evidence assessmentWhat is supported, uncertain or disputed in the current case model.7 claims
4Unknown
1Original
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.6 sources
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

Sommerville-927 was captured 2026-08-07T09:54:35+00:00; WikiTree profile revision 2025-08-23.

Profile location claims

EventDateLocationStatus
birthDonaghmore, Dungannon, County Tyrone, IrelandWikiTree profile field
deathDungannon, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United KingdomWikiTree profile field
marriage1925-11-05Cookstown, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United KingdomWikiTree relationship field

Immediate relationship snapshot

RelationshipPersonWikiTree IDDates and places returned
ParentsDavidSommerville-8631865-01-29 · Kildress, Kildress, County Tyrone, Ireland · 0000-00-00
ParentsSarahCollins-405701865-00-00 · County Tyrone, Ireland · 0000-00-00
ChildrenElla CampbellGlasgow-36520000-00-00 · 1984-10-20 · Cookstown, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
ChildrenSamuel Mervyn Rowley GlasgowGlasgow-36510000-00-00 · 2002-04-17 · Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
ChildrenEna GreerGlasgow-28901926-10-21 · Northern Ireland, United Kingdom · 2005-11-14
ChildrenDavid Ivan GlasgowGlasgow-36531930-00-00 · County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom · 2000-12-05
ChildrenMrs Thelma SmithGlasgow-36421931-00-00 · Ballynagilly, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom · 2017-00-00 · Cookstown, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
SiblingsWilliamSommerville-8691887-00-00 · Magheraglass, County Tyrone, Ireland · 0000-00-00
SiblingsElizabethSommerville-8711889-00-00 · Magheraglass, Kildress, County Tyrone, Ireland · 0000-00-00
SiblingsJosephSommerville-8701889-00-00 · Magheraglass, Kildress, County Tyrone, Ireland · 0000-00-00
SiblingsThomasSommerville-8721892-00-00 · Magheraglass, Kildress, County Tyrone, Ireland · 0000-00-00
SiblingsSamuelSommerville-9261893-06-03 · Magheraglass, Kildress, County Tyrone, Ireland · 0000-00-00
SiblingsRobertSommerville-8731896-09-21 · Magheraglass, Kildress, County Tyrone, Ireland · 0000-00-00
SpousesDavid GlasgowGlasgow-17561903-05-21 · Ballynagilly, Lissan, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland · 1976-01-22 · Magherafelt, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom · 1925-11-05 · Cookstown, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Profile categories

Ballynagilly Townland, Lissan Parish, County Tyrone Ballynagilly_Townland,_Lissan_Parish,_County_Tyrone Cookstown, County Tyrone Cookstown,_County_Tyrone Donaghmore Village, County Tyrone Donaghmore_Village,_County_Tyrone Kildress Church of Ireland Churchyard, Cookstown, Tyrone Kildress_Church_of_Ireland_Churchyard,_Cookstown,_Tyrone

Record-bearing passages

  • Biography Florie was born 4 June 1904 at Donaghmore, near Dungannon, County Tyrone. Her parents were David Somerville, labourer, and Sarah Collins.
  • Birth Registration: "Civil Records of Irish Births, Deaths and Marriages" General Register Office, Ireland; Group Registration ID: 4476276; SR District/Reg Area: Dungannon IrishGenealogy.ie Image (https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/birth_returns/births_1904/01832/1715563.pdf) - IrishGenealogy.ie Record (https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/view/?record_id=5fc6443d7a-2132143) (accessed 23 August 2025) Florence Somerville birth 04 June 1904 in the Dungannon Superintendent Registrar's District, mother's maiden name Collins.
  • On 5 November 1925 she married David Glasgow. GRONI search: M/1925/L1/1108/4/17 David Glasgow + Florence Somerville 5th November 1925 Cookstown; inferred from funeral mourners that his wife was Somerville.
  • They farmed at Ballynagilly for many years, before retiring to 19 Drum Road, Cookstown around 1954. The house at 19 Drum Road was a Tudor-style red brick dwelling, originally built in 1884 as a residence for teachers of the Derryloran school. untitled photo (https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002006/19840412/379/0038), Mid-Ulster Mail - Thursday 12 April 1984, Page 38
  • She passed away 24 February 1989 age 84 at South Tyrone Hospital, Dungannon. Her husband predeceased her in 1976, and a daughter Ella in 1984. She was survived by three sons Ivan, Rowley and William; and three daughter Ena, Florence and Thelma. There were 22 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren. The funeral was to Kildress parish churchyard. Presumably this means Clare Churchyard. "Obituary" (https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002006/19890309/321/0034), Mid-Ulster Mail - Thursday 09 March 1989, Page 34
  • Her husband had been buried at Cookstown Cemetery. Sources

Profile source citations

  1. Birth Registration: "Civil Records of Irish Births, Deaths and Marriages" General Register Office, Ireland; Group Registration ID: 4476276; SR District/Reg Area: Dungannon IrishGenealogy.ie Image (https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/birth_returns/births_1904/01832/1715563.pdf) - IrishGenealogy.ie Record (https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/view/?record_id=5fc6443d7a-2132143) (accessed 23 August 2025) Florence Somerville birth 04 June 1904 in the Dungannon Superintendent Registrar's District, mother's maiden name Collins. source link 1 source link 2
  2. By 1911 the family were living at Kildress Upper, where her father worked as a ploughman. On 5 November 1925 she married David Glasgow. GRONI search: M/1925/L1/1108/4/17 David Glasgow + Florence Somerville 5th November 1925 Cookstown; inferred from funeral mourners that his wife was Somerville.
  3. untitled photo (https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002006/19840412/379/0038), Mid-Ulster Mail - Thursday 12 April 1984, Page 38 source link 1
  4. She passed away 24 February 1989 age 84 at South Tyrone Hospital, Dungannon. Her husband predeceased her in 1976, and a daughter Ella in 1984. She was survived by three sons Ivan, Rowley and William; and three daughter Ena, Florence and Thelma. There were 22 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren. The funeral was to Kildress parish churchyard. Presumably this means Clare Churchyard. "Obituary" (https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002006/19890309/321/0034), Mid-Ulster Mail - Thursday 09 March 1989, Page 34 source link 1
  5. 1911 Ireland census (https://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Tyrone/Oaklands/Kildress_Upper/859216/) - Residents of a house 1 in Kildress Upper (Oaklands, Tyrone). David Somerville (48), Sara (45, wife), Joseph (21, son), Robert (14, son), Florence (6, dau) all CoI b. Tyrone. source link 1
Full captured biography text
Biography
Florie was born 4 June 1904 at Donaghmore, near Dungannon, County Tyrone. Her parents were David Somerville, labourer, and Sarah Collins.
 
Birth Registration:
"Civil Records of Irish Births, Deaths and Marriages" 
General Register Office, Ireland; Group Registration ID: 4476276; SR District/Reg Area: Dungannon 
IrishGenealogy.ie Image (https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/birth_returns/births_1904/01832/1715563.pdf) - IrishGenealogy.ie Record (https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/view/?record_id=5fc6443d7a-2132143) (accessed 23 August 2025) 
Florence Somerville birth 04 June 1904 in the Dungannon Superintendent Registrar's District, mother's maiden name Collins.

By 1911 the family were living at Kildress Upper, where her father worked as a ploughman.

On 5 November 1925 she married David Glasgow.
 GRONI search: M/1925/L1/1108/4/17 David Glasgow + Florence Somerville 5th November 1925 Cookstown; inferred from funeral mourners that his wife was Somerville. 

They farmed at Ballynagilly for many years, before retiring to 19 Drum Road, Cookstown around 1954. 
The house at 19 Drum Road was a Tudor-style red brick dwelling, originally built in 1884 as a residence for teachers of the Derryloran school. 
 untitled photo (https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002006/19840412/379/0038), Mid-Ulster Mail - Thursday 12 April 1984, Page 38 

She passed away 24 February 1989 age 84 at South Tyrone Hospital, Dungannon. Her husband predeceased her in 1976, and a daughter Ella in 1984. She was survived by three sons Ivan, Rowley and William; and three daughter Ena, Florence and Thelma. There were 22 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren. The funeral was to Kildress parish churchyard. Presumably this means Clare Churchyard.
 "Obituary" (https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002006/19890309/321/0034), Mid-Ulster Mail - Thursday 09 March 1989, Page 34 

Her husband had been buried at Cookstown Cemetery.
Sources
* 1911 Ireland census (https://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Tyrone/Oaklands/Kildress_Upper/859216/) - Residents of a house 1 in Kildress Upper (Oaklands, Tyrone). David Somerville (48), Sara (45, wife), Joseph (21, son), Robert (14, son), Florence (6, dau) all CoI b. Tyrone.
Raw WikiTree biography markup
[[Category:Donaghmore Village, County Tyrone]]
[[Category:Kildress Church of Ireland Churchyard, Cookstown, Tyrone]]
[[Category:Cookstown, County Tyrone]]
[[Category:Ballynagilly Townland, Lissan Parish, County Tyrone]]
== Biography == 
Florie was born 4 June 1904 at Donaghmore, near Dungannon, County Tyrone. Her parents were [[Sommerville-863|David Somerville]], labourer, and [[Collins-40570|Sarah Collins]].
<ref>
'''Birth Registration''':
"Civil Records of Irish Births, Deaths and Marriages"<br/>
General Register Office, Ireland; Group Registration ID: 4476276; SR District/Reg Area: Dungannon<br/>
[https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/birth_returns/births_1904/01832/1715563.pdf IrishGenealogy.ie Image] - [https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/view/?record_id=5fc6443d7a-2132143 IrishGenealogy.ie Record] (accessed 23 August 2025)<br/>
Florence Somerville birth 04 June 1904 in the Dungannon Superintendent Registrar's District, mother's maiden name Collins.
</ref>
<ref name="ob"/>

By 1911 the family were living at Kildress Upper, where her father worked as a ploughman.

On 5 November 1925 she married David Glasgow.
<ref>GRONI search: M/1925/L1/1108/4/17 David Glasgow + Florence Somerville 5th November 1925 Cookstown; inferred from funeral mourners that his wife was Somerville.</ref>

They farmed at Ballynagilly for many years, before retiring to 19 Drum Road, Cookstown around 1954. 
The house at 19 Drum Road was a Tudor-style red brick dwelling, originally built in 1884 as a residence for teachers of the Derryloran school. 
<ref>[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002006/19840412/379/0038 ''untitled photo''], ''Mid-Ulster Mail'' - Thursday 12 April 1984, Page 38</ref>
<ref name="ob"/>

She passed away 24 February 1989 age 84 at South Tyrone Hospital, Dungannon.  Her husband predeceased her in 1976, and a daughter Ella in 1984.  She was survived by three sons Ivan, Rowley and William; and three daughter Ena, Florence and Thelma. There were 22 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren. The funeral was to Kildress parish churchyard. ''Presumably this means Clare Churchyard.''
<ref name="ob">[https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002006/19890309/321/0034 "Obituary"], ''Mid-Ulster Mail'' - Thursday 09 March 1989, Page 34</ref>

Her husband had been buried at Cookstown Cemetery.
== Sources ==
<references />
* [https://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Tyrone/Oaklands/Kildress_Upper/859216/ 1911 Ireland census] - Residents of a house 1 in Kildress Upper (Oaklands, Tyrone). David Somerville (48), Sara (45, wife), Joseph (21, son), Robert (14, son), Florence (6, dau) all CoI b. Tyrone.