Household #119: Rountree, Daisy
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In the 1900 Barney census, Daisy Rountree headed a 2-person household. The table below preserves the exact names, relationships, ages, birthplaces, and occupations recorded for the household.
Household Snapshot
Daisy Rountree headed a 2-person household in the 1900 Barney census with 1 child.
Daisy Rountree's listed occupation was no occupation listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnie Rountree | Daughter | 2 | Georgia | — |
| Daisy Rountree | Head | 18 | Georgia | no occupation listed |
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
Household in 1900
Daisy Rountree appears in Barney in 1900 as a Black head of household with the following profile: - Birth: September 1881, Georgia, USA - Age in 1900: 18 - Occupation: none listed - Literacy: could read, write, and speak English - Home: rented - Children born / living: 1 / 1
Minnie Rountree appears in the household as Daisy's daughter. - Birth: about 1898, Georgia, USA - Age in 1900: 2
Current findings
The 1900 household is secure and rests on the original census image. It does not yet carry forward into later records with confidence.
Follow-forward work has not yet produced a defensible later identification for either Daisy or Minnie. Two 1920 Valdosta candidates were reviewed during earlier work. Minnie Williams, a Black, single, twenty-two-year-old roomer and maid on South Patterson Street, remains only a loose possibility because no Brooks County tie, no connection to Daisy, and no clear path back to the 1900 household has been found. Minie Davis, a White, single, twenty-two-year-old nurse on Petters Street, can be ruled out on race and household context. No marriage record, death record, cemetery record, or later census record has yet been found that securely links back to Daisy and Minnie of this household.
Connections to Other Barney Families
- This household belongs in the same local Black Rountree cluster as HH#115, HH#120, and HH#122 by surname, race, and close geographic placement in 1900 Barney.
- No direct record has yet proved the exact kinship between Daisy's household and the other Black Rountree households nearby.
Open Research Questions
- The 1900 census image confirms Daisy's birth month and year as September 1881; some online index views appear to misread that detail and should not control the entry.
- Daisy and Minnie still need a confident 1910 follow-forward placement.
- Minnie still needs a documented marriage, death, or later census record that ties her back to Daisy.
- The broader Rountree cluster remains a contextual connection only until a direct relationship record is found.
Research Status
Source-exhausted online for now. The 1900 census image gives a solid household identification and clarifies Daisy's birth as September 1881, but no later record has yet been found that securely identifies Daisy or Minnie. Earlier review of two 1920 Valdosta candidates did not produce a defensible match, and no burial, marriage, or death record has yet closed the household. Further progress will likely depend on additional county-level records, better follow-forward evidence, or a direct later-life record for Minnie.
Sources
- 1900 United States Federal Census, Barney, Brooks County, Georgia, household of Daisy Rountree; original census image confirms Daisy's birth as September 1881, age eighteen, with daughter Minnie, age two
- 1920 United States Federal Census, Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, household entries for Minnie Williams and Minie Davis, reviewed as possible later candidates and not accepted as proven matches
- Find a Grave search for Daisy Rountree and Minnie Rountree in Brooks County and nearby areas, negative at time of review
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