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Catalogue · 27 Sep 2026

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Collected references 17

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17 reference items · earliest first

PlaceSource
1641source title"WILLIAM 24-10-1641 WILLIAM GLASGOW/BESSY HOWIE Glasgow 644/1 M"William GlasgowWilliam GlasgowGlasgowOriginal ↗
1663source title“James Glasgow and Agnes Waitte,” Old Parish Registers - Banns and Marriages, National Records of Scotland (ScotlandsPeople), Parish Number 754, Ref 10/62, Frame 37, Polwarth, Berwickshire; marriage date 18 June 1663James Glasgow—No link
1871source title1871 Census: "1871 Scotland Census", database, ( : accessed 11 July 2026), James Glasgow (37), Farm Servant, head of household in Newtonbes Labourers Cottage, Dunbar, East Lothian in Dunbar Landward registration district. Born in Haddington, Haddingtonshire; citing Parish Dunbar, ED 2, Page 22, Line 18, Roll CSSCT1871_172, Registration Number 706/2, Household schedule number 101. {| border="1" cellpadding="4" |- bJames Glasgow—No link
1891source title"1891 Scotland Census" Parish: Haddington; ED: 15; Page: 5; Line: 10; Roll: CSSCT1891_372; Registration Number: 709; Household schedule number: 28; Roll: CSSCT1891_372 (accessed 14 June 2022) Charles Stewart (26), Agr Lab, head of household in Spittalrigg in Haddington registration district. Born in Dunbar, Haddingtonshire -Charles (Glasgow) Stewart—No link
1901source title"1901 Scotland Census" Parish: Tranent; ED: 7; Page: 31; Line: 3; Roll: CSSCT1901_411; Registration Number: 722; Household schedule number: 137; Roll: CSSCT1901_411 (accessed 14 June 2022) Charles Stewart (36), Farm Servant, head of household in S Elphin Farm Farm Serv House in Tranent registration district. Born in Curbar, hadd'tonCharles (Glasgow) Stewart—No link
1901source title"1901 Scotland Census" Parish: Tranent; ED: 7; Page: 31; Line: 7; Roll: CSSCT1901_411; Registration Number: 722; Household schedule number: 137; Roll: CSSCT1901_411 (accessed 14 June 2022) Charles Stewart (7) son, Scholar, in household of Charles Stewart (36) in S Elphin Farm Farm Serv House in Tranent registration district. Born in Prestonkirk, Hadd'tonCharles (Glasgow) Stewart—No link
—"Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564–1950," FamilySearch: Edward Glasgow – Birth RecordEdward Glasgow—Original ↗
—"Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch ( : 16 September 2021), Elisabeth Glasgow in entry for Elisabeth Stewart, 1803Elizabeth (Glasgow) Stewart—Original ↗
—"Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910", database, FamilySearch ( : 11 February 2020), James Glasgow, marriage to Agnes Waitte, 18 Jun 1663, Polwarth, Berwickshire, ScotlandJames GlasgowWilliam Glasgow—Original ↗
—"Statutory Register of Deaths," database, National Records of Scotland, (ScotlandsPeople : accessed 5 February 2025), Charles Stewart death registered 1931 in Lasswade (age 68, mother's maiden name Glasgow); citing Ref 691/2Charles (Glasgow) Stewart—Original ↗
—Ancestry, Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564–1950, William Glasgow, Polwarth, 4 April 1658. RecordWilliam Glasgow—Original ↗
—Findmypast, Scotland, Parish Births & Baptisms 1564-1929: Edward Glasgow, 1615, record R_686177760Edward GlasgowInveresk with Musselburgh, ScotlandOriginal ↗
—ark: / 61903 / 1:1:XTRN-75PEdward GlasgowEdward Glasgow—Original ↗
—James R. Anderson, ed., Burgesses & Guild Brethren of Glasgow, 1573–1750 (Scottish Record Society, 1925), printed p. 86, 18 July 1633George GlasgowMargaret Glasgow—Original ↗
—National Records of Scotland, GD158, "Papers of the family of Hume of Polwarth, Earls of Marchmont." CatalogueWilliam Glasgow—Original ↗
—“Scotland Marriages, 1561–1910,” database, FamilySearch, James Stewart and Margaret Glasgow, 4 July 1632, citing Glasgow parish register 644/1 230/109George Glasgow—Original ↗
—“Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564–1950,” FamilySearch ( : accessed 16 September 2021), Elizabeth Glasgow, 1656Elizabeth GlasgowWilliam GlasgowWilliam GlasgowPolwarth — BerwickshireOriginal ↗
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