Glasgow Surname Project

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Amelia Theobalds

c. 1821 (estimated) – c. 1839

Theobalds-120 · 1 mapped association

Birthplace unknown→Calliaqua, Saint George, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

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Identity & family

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1Mapped records

1Close relations

6Evidence items

0Candidate leads

Birth: c. 1821 (estimated) · Place not recorded
Death: c. 1839 · Calliaqua, Saint George, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Parents: Not recorded
Spouses: John Glasgow
Children: Not recorded
Gender: Female
WikiTree: Theobalds-120
Research clusters: Worldwide One-Tree profile leads
Mapped descendants: 0

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

Estimated from a birth or baptism record (est. b. 1821).

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.

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.

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

est. b. 1821

Profile-stated death place: Calliaqua, Saint George, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Calliaqua, Saint George, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

One-Tree export profile fields are search leads, not sources; relationships are shown only where the export supplies parent links. Birth year is estimated as 18 years before the earliest marriage, or otherwise 18 years before death.

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Source and mapping detail

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Precision: Country-centre fallback for profile locality

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

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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

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

unknown The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; Office of Registry of Colonial Slaves and Slave Compensation Commission: Records; Class: T 71; Piece Number: 498, p.246.
unknown The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; Office of Registry of Colonial Slaves and Slave Compensation Commission: Records; Class: T 71; Piece Number: 499, p.221.
unknown The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; Office of Registry of Colonial Slaves and Slave Compensation Commission: Records; Class: T 71; Piece Number: 500, p.280.
unknown The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; Office of Registry of Colonial Slaves and Slave Compensation Commission: Records; Class: T 71; Piece Number: 500, p.349.
unknown https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146662589
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WikiTree profile information

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

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WikiTree biography, citations and relationship snapshot

Theobalds-120 was captured 2026-08-07T09:54:35+00:00; WikiTree profile revision 2026-05-18.

Profile location claims

Event	Date	Location	Status
death	—	Calliaqua, Saint George, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	WikiTree profile field

Immediate relationship snapshot

Relationship	Person	WikiTree ID	Dates and places returned
Spouses	John Glasgow	Glasgow-2952	1780-00-00 · 1817-09-00 · Calliaqua, Saint George, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines · 0000-00-00

Record-bearing passages

Biography Amelia is of uncertain identity, but she appears to have been the common-law wife of John Glasgow. In his testament, John nominated Amelia Glasgow, his "housekeeper," as a beneficiary for the term of her natural life, and Amelia Glasgow was listed as a Proprietor in the Triennial Return of Slaves of 1827 The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; Office of Registry of Colonial Slaves and Slave Compensation Commission: Records; Class: T 71; Piece Number: 498, p.246. and 1830. The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; Office of Registry of Colonial Slaves and Slave Compensation Commission: Records; Class: T 71; Piece Number: 499, p.221. She appears to have married not long after this time, as Amelia Theobalds was then listed in the Registry of Slaves in 1834. The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; Office of Registry of Colonial Slaves and Slave Compensation Commission: Records; Class: T 71; Piece Number: 500, p.280. The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; Office of Registry of Colonial Slaves and Slave Compensation Commission: Records; Class: T 71; Piece Number: 500, p.349. She passed away about 1839. Research Notes *The Slave Registers for St Vincent lists an enslaved girl given as Mina or Minna born c. 1828 and registered by Amelia Glasgow in 1828 and by Amelia Theobalds in 1834. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146662589 *This profile was previously erroneously connected as the daughter of Robert Glasgow of Montgreenan. Sources

Profile source citations

The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; Office of Registry of Colonial Slaves and Slave Compensation Commission: Records; Class: T 71; Piece Number: 498, p.246.
The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; Office of Registry of Colonial Slaves and Slave Compensation Commission: Records; Class: T 71; Piece Number: 499, p.221.
The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; Office of Registry of Colonial Slaves and Slave Compensation Commission: Records; Class: T 71; Piece Number: 500, p.280.
The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; Office of Registry of Colonial Slaves and Slave Compensation Commission: Records; Class: T 71; Piece Number: 500, p.349.
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146662589 source link 1

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Biography
Amelia is of uncertain identity, but she appears to have been the common-law wife of John Glasgow. In his testament, John nominated Amelia Glasgow, his "housekeeper," as a beneficiary for the term of her natural life, and Amelia Glasgow was listed as a Proprietor in the Triennial Return of Slaves of 1827 The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; Office of Registry of Colonial Slaves and Slave Compensation Commission: Records; Class: T 71; Piece Number: 498, p.246. and 1830. The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; Office of Registry of Colonial Slaves and Slave Compensation Commission: Records; Class: T 71; Piece Number: 499, p.221. She appears to have married not long after this time, as Amelia Theobalds was then listed in the Registry of Slaves in 1834. The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; Office of Registry of Colonial Slaves and Slave Compensation Commission: Records; Class: T 71; Piece Number: 500, p.280. The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; Office of Registry of Colonial Slaves and Slave Compensation Commission: Records; Class: T 71; Piece Number: 500, p.349. She passed away about 1839.
Research Notes
*The Slave Registers for St Vincent lists an enslaved girl given as Mina or Minna born c. 1828 and registered by Amelia Glasgow in 1828 and by Amelia Theobalds in 1834. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146662589
*This profile was previously erroneously connected as the daughter of Robert Glasgow of Montgreenan.
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Raw WikiTree biography markup

== Biography ==

Amelia is of uncertain identity, but she appears to have been the common-law wife of [[Glasgow-2952|John Glasgow]]. In his testament, John nominated Amelia Glasgow, his "housekeeper," as a beneficiary for the term of her natural life, and Amelia Glasgow was listed as a Proprietor in the Triennial Return of Slaves of 1827<ref>The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; Office of Registry of Colonial Slaves and Slave Compensation Commission: Records; Class: T 71; Piece Number: 498, p.246.</ref> and 1830.<ref>The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; Office of Registry of Colonial Slaves and Slave Compensation Commission: Records; Class: T 71; Piece Number: 499, p.221.</ref> She appears to have married not long after this time, as Amelia Theobalds was then listed in the Registry of Slaves in 1834.<ref>The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; Office of Registry of Colonial Slaves and Slave Compensation Commission: Records; Class: T 71; Piece Number: 500, p.280.</ref><ref>The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; Office of Registry of Colonial Slaves and Slave Compensation Commission: Records; Class: T 71; Piece Number: 500, p.349.</ref> She passed away about 1839.

== Research Notes ==
*The Slave Registers for St Vincent lists an enslaved girl given as Mina or Minna born c. 1828 and registered by Amelia Glasgow in 1828 and by Amelia Theobalds in 1834.<ref>https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146662589</ref>
*This profile was previously erroneously connected as the daughter of [[Glasgow-1076|Robert Glasgow of Montgreenan]].

== Sources ==
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