Household #114: Stroud, Robert

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In the 1900 Barney census, Robert Stroud headed an 11-person household. The table below preserves the exact names, relationships, ages, birthplaces, and occupations recorded for the household.

Household Snapshot

Robert Stroud headed an 11-person household in the 1900 Barney census with 1 spouse or marital partner, 8 children, and 1 extended-family member.

Robert Stroud's listed occupation was Farmer.

All listed household members were reported as born in Georgia.

1900 Census Household

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

• Children in 1900: Milton, Marietta, Robert, Margarett, Martha, Lula, Corbit, and Carnes Stroud
• Other household member: Ida Roberts, niece, age 15 in 1900

This is one of the stronger Stroud households in Volume 3. The main family line is well anchored by the 1900 census, the original 1881 Brooks County marriage record for Robert Stroud and Louisa Roberts, the 1910 census showing Robert as widowed, and the later death certificate of son Corbert Stroud naming both parents. Taken together, those records establish Robert Stroud, Louiza Roberts, and their household with good confidence.

Robert Stroud can be followed in Barney from 1900 through 1940 despite frequent spelling drift in the surname. He appears as Robert Stroud in 1900, Robert Strond in 1910, Robert Strand in 1920, Robert M. Stronel in 1930, and Robert Stroud again in 1940. The household structure remains stable enough across those records to treat them as one man. The census detail pages sharpen that continuity. In 1900 Robert was reported born in November 1861, Georgia-born with Georgia-born parents, unable to read or write, working as a farmer, and living in an owner-occupied home free of mortgage. In 1910 he was again listed as a farmer, widowed, unable to read or write, and living in an owner-occupied home free of mortgage. In 1920 he was still in Barney, again in an owner-occupied home, but was now reported able to read and write. The strongest later child line is Margaret Stroud, who appears convincingly as Margaret or Margrit Copeland in 1920, 1930, and 1940. That line helps hold the later household together.

Louiza Roberts is securely identified as Robert's wife. The 1900 census names her as Louiza. The original marriage record shows Robert Stroud and Louisa Roberts, with license dated 9 March 1881 and marriage performed 10 March 1881 in Brooks County. Corbert Stroud's 1921 death certificate gives his father as Robert Stroud and his mother as Louise Roberts, both Georgia-born. That certificate also names Margrette Copeland as informant, which further strengthens the Margaret Stroud to Copeland line inside the same family. Louiza can now be placed with good confidence in the Prince Roberts and Lucy Roberts household before marriage. She appears in 1870 in Brooks County as Louisa Roberts, age 6, in the Prince Roberts household, and again in 1880 in Quitman as 17-year-old Louisa Roberts, daughter of Prince and Lucy Roberts. The main unresolved problem is her death. Because Robert is already widowed in 1910, the best current reading is that Louiza died before that census. A later Find a Grave memorial for Louisa Roberts Stroud, said to have died 29 February 1924 and to have been buried at Sand Ridge Cemetery, cannot be accepted as this same wife without stronger proof. For now it belongs in the file only as a conflicting lead.

The child lines vary in strength. Margaret Stroud is the clearest later identification. Corbit or Corbert Stroud is also important because his death certificate reinforces the Robert Stroud and Louiza Roberts parental pair. Martha in 1900 may be the same daughter later read as Mary in 1910, but that bridge remains open. Lula appears again in 1910 but has not been traced securely beyond that point. Milton, Marietta, Robert Jr., and Carnes remain unresolved after 1900. Later censuses also add or clarify younger children and grandchildren, including Connie or Cornnice, H. McKinley, Alberta, and two grandsons whose surname reads as Homes in 1910 and Hotins in 1920. Those entries show that the family remained in Barney after Louiza disappeared from the census trail, but several of those later placements still need firmer identification.

The best current parent lead for Robert Stroud is now more limited than some earlier wording suggested. A 1870 Brooks County household headed by Margaret Stroud includes a Robert Stroud of the right age and remains a useful origin candidate. The later Find a Grave memorial for Robert Stroud Sr. repeats Henry Stroud as father and gives a death date of 17 August 1940 with burial at Sand Ridge Cemetery. That is a useful lead, but the father claim still needs original-record support before it should be treated as proved. At present, the evidence more safely supports Margaret Stroud's household as the documented 1870 placement, while Henry Stroud remains a secondary lead rather than a settled parent.

Connections to Other Barney Families

• The Roberts connection is direct through Louiza Roberts and niece Ida Roberts in the 1900 household.
• Louiza Roberts now fits well as daughter of Prince Roberts and Lucy Roberts, which places HH#114 firmly within that Roberts family network.
• Margaret Stroud's later line into the Copeland family creates a clear connection to another Barney household network.
• The Homes or Hotins grandsons in 1910 and 1920 may connect this household to another Barney family, but that line remains unresolved.
• A wider Stroud-family connection, including any link to HH#112 John Stroud, remains possible but unproved.

Open Research Questions

• Louiza Roberts Stroud still needs a direct death or burial record that fits Robert's widowed status by 1910.
• The 1924 Louisa Roberts Stroud Find a Grave memorial needs independent verification before it can be attached to this household.
• Robert Stroud still needs a death certificate, obituary, or cemetery record that confirms the 1940 death lead and any parent information.
• Robert's parentage still needs original-record support; the 1870 Margaret Stroud household is the safest current placement, while Henry Stroud remains an unproved lead.
• Margaret Stroud's Copeland line is strong, but the later records would still benefit from a direct parent-naming document.
• Milton, Marietta, Robert Jr., Martha or Mary, Lula, and Carnes still need later bridge records.
• The Homes or Hotins grandchildren need identification and parentage work.

Research Status

Further research needed. Robert Stroud can be followed with good confidence from 1900 through 1940, and Louiza Roberts is securely identified as his wife and as Corbert Stroud's mother. Louiza is now also well placed in the Prince and Lucy Roberts household before marriage. The main unresolved points are Louiza's death before 1910, Robert's parentage, and the still-open child and grandchild lines.

Sources

• 1900 United States Federal Census, Barney, Brooks County, Georgia, household of Robert Stroud
• Ancestry 1900 census detail page for Robert Stroud, confirming November 1861 birth month, Georgia-born parents, literacy status, farmer occupation, and owner-occupied home free of mortgage
• 1910 United States Federal Census, Barney, Brooks County, Georgia, household of Robert Strond
• Ancestry 1910 census detail page for Robert Strond, confirming widowed status, literacy status, farmer occupation, owner-occupied home, and the later child and grandchild cluster
• 1920 United States Federal Census, Barney, Brooks County, Georgia, household of Robert Strand
• Ancestry 1920 census detail page for Robert Strand, confirming continued Barney residence, Georgia-born parents, literacy, and the Copeland and Hotins household cluster
• 1930 United States Federal Census, Brooks County militia district, Georgia, household of Robert M. Stronel
• 1940 United States Federal Census, Barney, Brooks County, Georgia, household of Robert Stroud
• 1870 United States Federal Census, Brooks County, Georgia, Margaret Stroud household including Robert Stroud
• 1870 United States Federal Census, Brooks County, Georgia, household of Prince Roberts including Louisa Roberts
• 1880 United States Federal Census, Quitman, Brooks County, Georgia, household of Prince Roberts and Lucy Roberts including Louisa Roberts
• Brooks County, Georgia, original marriage record, license dated 9 March 1881 and marriage performed 10 March 1881, Robert Stroud and Louisa Roberts
• Corbert Stroud death certificate, 27 January 1921, naming father Robert Stroud and mother Louise Roberts, with Margrette Copeland as informant
• Find a Grave memorial for Robert Stroud Sr., Sand Ridge Cemetery, Brooks County, Georgia, treated as a lead pending original-record support
• Find a Grave memorial for Louisa Roberts Stroud, Sand Ridge Cemetery, Brooks County, Georgia, treated as a conflicting lead only
• FamilySearch and Ancestry indexed and image-based record review

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