Household #116: Williamson, Mager

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In the 1900 Barney census, Mager Williamson headed a 7-person household. The table below preserves the exact names, relationships, ages, birthplaces, and occupations recorded for the household.

Household Snapshot

Mager Williamson headed a 7-person household in the 1900 Barney census with 1 spouse or marital partner and 5 children.

Mager Williamson's listed occupation was Day Laborer.

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

At present, this household rests almost entirely on the 1900 census, and that is the safest way to present it. Mager Williamson appears in Barney as a 31-year-old day laborer born in May 1869 in Georgia. The census detail page adds that both of his parents were Georgia-born, that he could not read or write, and that the family rented its home. His wife Emmajane Williamson was reported born in December 1869 in Georgia, could read and write, and had been married to Mager for eleven years, placing the marriage around 1889. All five children in the household were also Georgia-born.

The children named in the 1900 household were Annie, age 9; Nettie, age 5; Nora, age 3; Dollie, age 3; and Hamer, age 1. Nora and Dollie may have been twins, but the census alone does not prove that point. The 1900 record is therefore a solid baseline for the family structure, even though almost none of the household has yet been traced securely beyond that year.

Two possible later child leads have been identified, but both remain circumstantial. A 1910 Barney census entry for Annie Williams, age 19, wife of Luther Williams and mother of Lottie M. Williams, fits the age progression from Annie Williamson in 1900 and stays in the same district. Even so, no marriage record has been found that ties Annie Williamson directly to Luther Williams, so the match should remain tentative. A 1910 Morven census entry for Nettie Hoosendraft, age 16, wife of Lucious Hoosendraft, is another reasonable age-and-place match, but it too lacks a direct marriage or parent-naming record. Both leads are worth preserving, but neither is strong enough to carry the entry.

No reliable later identifications have been found for Nora Williamson, Dollie Williamson, or Hamer Williamson. No direct marriage record has been located for Mager and Emmajane themselves. The 1889 marriage year remains only a census-derived estimate. FamilySearch searches in the Georgia marriages collection for Brooks County did not produce a usable Williamson marriage for the parents or for the tentative Annie and Nettie daughter leads.

An earlier research phase incorrectly attached a death record for Mager William with spouse Mille William to this household. That should remain excluded. The surname does not match, and Mille has no sound connection to Emmajane.

Connections to Other Barney Families

• The household is securely placed in Barney in 1900, but no direct connection yet ties it to another Williamson household in the encyclopedia.
• Annie Williams in 1910 Barney and Nettie Hoosendraft in 1910 Morven are plausible later daughter leads, but both remain unproved.
• Nora, Dollie, and Hamer Williamson remain unplaced after 1900.

Open Research Questions

• Mager Williamson and Emmajane Williamson still need a direct marriage record or other record naming both spouses together outside the 1900 census.
• Annie Williamson still needs a marriage or death record proving whether she was the same woman as Annie Williams, wife of Luther Williams.
• Nettie Williamson still needs the same kind of record proving whether she was the same woman as Nettie Hoosendraft, wife of Lucious Hoosendraft.
• Nora Williamson, Dollie Williamson, and Hamer Williamson still need any reliable later-life records.
• Mager Williamson and Emmajane Williamson still need death, burial, probate, or land records that carry the household beyond 1900.

Research Status

Further research needed. The 1900 census household is secure and now better defined by the census detail page, but the family has not yet been extended by direct evidence into later records. The two 1910 daughter candidates are reasonable leads, not documented identifications.

Sources

• 1900 United States Federal Census, Barney Precinct, Brooks County, Georgia, household of Mager Williamson
• Ancestry 1900 census detail page for Mager Williamson, confirming birth month, parents' birthplaces, literacy, occupation, home-rental status, and household composition
• 1910 United States Federal Census, Barney Precinct, Brooks County, Georgia, household of Annie Williams and Luther Williams, treated as a circumstantial lead only
• 1910 United States Federal Census, Morven, Brooks County, Georgia, household of Nettie Hoosendraft and Lucious Hoosendraft, treated as a circumstantial lead only
• FamilySearch collection "Georgia, Marriages, 1808-1967" (ID: 1674807), Brooks County search
• FamilySearch and Ancestry indexed and image-based record review

Working conclusion

• The 1900 household of Mager and Emmajane Williamson is well documented with five children.
• Two daughters, Annie and Nettie, have plausible 1910 census matches, but neither connection is verified by primary documentation.
• No marriage records were found in the available FamilySearch Georgia collection for either the parents or the two married daughters.
• County-level records are needed to advance this household beyond circumstantial leads.

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