Household #25: Thompson, Charley
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In the 1900 Barney census, Charley Thompson headed a 2-person household. The table below preserves the exact names, relationships, ages, birthplaces, and occupations recorded for the household.
Household Snapshot
Charley Thompson headed a 2-person household in the 1900 Barney census with 1 spouse or marital partner.
Charley Thompson's listed occupation was Day Laborer S Mill.
All listed household members were reported as born in Georgia.
Newspaper and Public-Record Trail
This section flags public-record leads separate from the census table. The detailed discussion stays in the family narrative, research status, and source citations below.
1900 Census Household
| Name | Relation | Age | Birthplace | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charley Thompson | Head | 23 | Georgia | Day Laborer S Mill |
| Ellen Thompson | Wife | 18 | Georgia | — |
Children and Later Trails
No child-tracking items are open for this page because the 1900 table lists no children in the household.
Family Narrative
- The 1900 census places Charley Thompson and his wife Ellen in Barney as a young Black household of their own.
- Charley is listed as a day laborer in the sawmill economy, and the household owned its home free of mortgage. Charley was recorded as unable to read or write.
- Archived project work adds a plausible Brooks County marriage certificate for Charley Thompson and Ellen Lawrence, licensed 1 Apr 1899 and solemnized 2 Apr 1899. That timeline fits the census, but the bridge still needs one more direct-confirmation pass before it is treated as fully closed.
- The preserved original page instead records Charley Thompson and Florence Slaytor, with a June 15, 1899 ceremony and a June license whose day was previously read, with qualification, as 12. The earlier Florida Slayton / June 1 wording is stale for this recovered entry. Neither this marriage nor the April marriage has been securely assigned to one of the two 1900 Charley Thompson households.
- Household 200 also records Charley and Ellen Thompson without children, in a home owned free of mortgage. HH025 lists their ages as 23 and 18; HH200 lists 20 and 18 and records both as able to read and write. The two entries may represent duplicate enumeration of the same couple, but that has not been established. They remain separate pending comparison of birth dates, marriage duration, enumeration dates, and neighboring households.
Connections to Other Barney Families
- Possible duplicate enumeration: see HH200. No kinship between two separate couples has been established.
Open Research Questions
- Parentage audit: confirm both parents of the household head for HH#25 through direct or near-direct records where possible; mark derivative-only parent links as unresolved until supported.
- Child census audit: confirm every child named in the 1900 household against later census, marriage, death, obituary, cemetery, probate, or draft records; separate proven child links from same-name candidates.
- Other household member audit: verify boarders, servants, in-laws, stepchildren, grandchildren, and unrelated residents in HH#25; document the exact relationship instead of assuming kinship.
- Spouse and marriage audit: locate marriage records, death records, divorce records, or later census records for spouses or absent spouses tied to this household.
- Direct image review: re-check the 1900 census image and any cited index-only sources before treating ages, relationships, birthplaces, or name spellings as final.
Research Status
- Status: Partial / source-audited, not closed.
- Strengths: The 1900 Barney household is clear, and the April 1899 Ellen Lawrence marriage is a strong candidate fit.
- Remaining cautions: The separate Florence Slaytor marriage record and the unclosed wider-family placement mean this entry should remain provisional.
Sources
- 1900 U.S. census, Barney, Brooks County, Georgia, household of Charley Thompson.
- Brooks County, Georgia marriage record for Charley Thompson and Ellen Lawrence/Laurence, 1-2 Apr 1899.
- Original Brooks marriage register, printed p.128, first entry: Charley Thompson / Florence Slaytor, June 15, 1899 ceremony. Inspected original.
- Later 1910-1950 census citations preserved in prior HH#25 research, not independently re-pulled in this audit.
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