Household #29: Roberts, John
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In the 1900 Barney census, John Roberts headed a 4-person household. The table below preserves the exact names, relationships, ages, birthplaces, and occupations recorded for the household.
Household Snapshot
John Roberts headed a 4-person household in the 1900 Barney census with 1 spouse or marital partner and 2 children.
John Roberts's listed occupation was Seamster.
Reported birthplaces span Georgia and North Carolina, pointing to movement into Barney or family formation across county or state lines.
1900 Census Household
| Name | Relation | Age | Birthplace | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Roberts | Head | 39 | North Carolina | Seamster |
| Louise Roberts | Wife | 46 | Georgia | — |
| Iola Roberts | Daughter | 12 | Georgia | — |
| Henry H Roberts | Son | 8 | Georgia | — |
Children and Later Trails
This section is reserved for later-life child evidence. No later spouse, death, burial, obituary, probate, separate household, or descendant-line identification has been added here yet from direct records.
Family Narrative
- Census Page: 3 | Lines: 24-27
- Head: John Roberts (age 39 in 1900, born Oct 1860 per the user-supplied 1900 screenshot, birthplace recorded there as North Carolina, occupation seamster)
- Spouse: Louise Roberts in the 1900 household, with the marriage record naming Louisa Mannings on 18 April 1886 in Berrien County, Georgia
- Children directly shown in the supplied 1900 image:
- Iola Roberts, age 12
- Henry H. Roberts, age 8
Direct record support now in hand - The user-supplied 1900 census screenshot directly supports the Barney household: John Roberts, wife Louise, daughter Iola, and son Henry H., with homeownership, no mortgage, and the read/write split preserved in the image. - The user-supplied marriage screenshots directly support the Berrien County marriage of John Roberts and Louisa Mannings on 18 April 1886. - The user-supplied 1870 screenshot supports a Brooks County household in which ten-year-old John Roberts appears with Matilda Roberts and siblings Annie, Lula, and Mary in the Pittman household cluster. - The user-supplied 1880 screenshot supports J. W. Roberts, age 20, in Quitman, Brooks County, as son of Matilda Roberts.
Cautions and conflicts - The newly supplied 1910 screenshot is not the HH#29 family. It shows J. H. Roberts, age 67, in Augusta Ward 2, Richmond County, Georgia, with a different age, birthplace, location, and household. That image should be excluded from the HH#29 proof set. - The 1870 and 1880 screenshots strengthen the Matilda Roberts connection, but they also create a birthplace tension because those images read Georgia while the 1900 HH#29 image reads North Carolina. The connection is therefore stronger than before, but not fully closed. - The spouse name set still needs careful handling: Louise in 1900, Louisa in the marriage record, and later Louisiana Jane in preserved research tradition.
Assessment of the household trail - The marriage and 1900 Barney household are now directly supported by supplied images and can be treated as solid anchors. - The 1870 and 1880 records materially strengthen the case that HH#29 John Roberts is the same man found earlier with Matilda Roberts in Brooks County. - No additional records were located in this pass that cleanly extend the household beyond the 1900 anchor. - The previously preserved 1910 continuation can no longer be repeated as if it were directly verified from the screenshot set sent in this turn, because the supplied 1910 image is a mismatch and the actual 1910 Barney continuation remains unresolved. - The death-range tradition for John Roberts and the reported 1924 death of Louisiana Jane Roberts still need direct documentary support.
Open Research Questions
- Parentage audit: confirm both parents of the household head for HH#29 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#29; 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: Strong direct support for the 1886 marriage, the 1900 Barney household, and a likely 1870-1880 Matilda Roberts connection, but the identity match is not fully proved. No additional records were located in this pass, the 1910 continuation remains unresolved, and the household is not yet source-exhausted.
Sources
- user-supplied screenshot of the 1900 U.S. census, Barney, Brooks County, Georgia, for John Roberts, Louise Roberts, Iola Roberts, and Henry H. Roberts; user-supplied screenshot of the Georgia marriage record for John Roberts and Louisa Mannings, 18 April 1886, Berrien County, Georgia; user-supplied image of the original marriage license/certificate for John Roberts and Louisa Mannings; user-supplied screenshot of the 1870 U.S. census, Brooks County, Georgia, showing John Roberts in the Matilda Roberts household cluster; user-supplied screenshot of the 1880 U.S. census, Quitman, Brooks County, Georgia, showing J. W. Roberts as son of Matilda Roberts; preserved Georgia death-index or death-record tradition for John Roberts and Louisiana Jane Roberts; Ancestry.com Family Tree 74200852 (James Ronald Manning, owner) for the broader Manning/Coulter reconstruction; Confederate Pension Applications, 1879-1960, and Company D, 20th Regiment Georgia Cavalry documentation cited in the preserved entry for the Manning line; user-supplied 1910 screenshot of J. H. Roberts in Augusta Ward 2, Richmond County, Georgia, reviewed and rejected as a mismatch for HH#29; negative cemetery check noting no Brooks County FindAGrave memorial found during the cited cemetery search.
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