Talk:List of real-life individuals from Little House on the Prairie

The Family of ALMANZO JAMES WILDER
ALMANZO JAMES WILDER, b. 13 Feb 1857, Malone (Franklin Co.) NY; d. 23 Oct 1949, Mansfield (Wright Co.) MO; m. 25 Aug 1885 in De Smet (Kingsbury Co) Dakota Terr. to Laura Elizabeth Ingalls children: ROSE WILDER, b. 5 Dec.1886 (Kingsbury Co.) Dakota Terr. d. 30 Oct 1968 Danbury (Fairfield Co) CT                                     m. 24 Mar 1909 Claire Gillette Lane (b. 1887); div. 1918                              children: BABY BOY LANE, b. & d. ca 1910 BABY BOY WILDER, b. & d. Aug 1889

Almanzo's Siblings
LAURA ANN WILDER, b. 15 Jun 1844; d. 1899; m. 1874 to Harrison Lomanzo HOWARD children: Kearny Howard (step-child), b. ca 1869 ANGELINA ESTHER HOWARD, b. 1876, d. 1964; m. 1897 to Fred MERRITT children: RALPH MERRITT ETHEL MERRITT HOWARD MERRITT HARRISON J. HOWARD, b. 1878, d. 1918 JOSEPHINE HOWARD, b. 1880, d. 1918, m. William WALKER RALPH WALDO HOWARD, b. 1881, d. 1934, m. Estelle C. (?)

ROYAL GOULD WILDER, b. 20 Feb 1847, NY; d. 1925; m. 1893 to Mrs. Electa Averill HUTCHINSON children: Ethel Hutchinson (step-child), d. 1905; m. Willard Stevens (d. 1928) Clyde Hutchinson (step-child) m. Edna Baily Rae Hutchinson (step-child) m. Bertha Luedtke (d. 1910) Mae Hutchinson (step-child) m. in 1912 to George Pooler ANGELINE BERNICE WILDER, b. 1894, d. 1957; m. 1st in 1917 Arlow LAGING; m. 2nd in 1929 George Granger BABY GIRL WILDER, stillborn 1897 SUSAN E. WILDER, b. 1898, d. 1899

ELIZA JANE WILDER, b. 3 Jan 1850, NY; d. 1930, LA; m. 1st in 1893 to Thomas Jefferson THAYER, m. 2nd in 1904 to Maxwell GORDON children: WALCOTT WILDER THAYER, b. 1894, d. 1965; m. in 1918 to Frances COCKRELL children: WALTER THAYER m. Elaine DITCH children: CYNTHIA THAYER WALTER THAYER FRANCIS GERVAISE THAYER m. Alena (?) children: THOMAS THAYER LARRY THAYER BETTIE MAE THAYER m. 1st to (?) RAYMOND m. 2nd to (?) HUEY children: CYNTHIA RAYMOND WALTER RAYMOND DAVID HUEY JOAN HUEY DONALD HUEY

ALICE M. WILDER, b. 3 Sep 1853, NY; d. 1892, FL; m. in 1879 to Albert A. BALDWIN (1848-1905) children: MYRTLE BALDWIN, b. 1880, d. 1945; m. John R. BROWN LELAND EDWARD BALDWIN, b. 1884, d. 1913

[ALMANZO JAMES WILDER, b. 1857]

PERLEY DAY WILDER, b. 13 Jun 1869, NY; d. 1934, LA; m. in 1897 to Elsie Lillian MERRITT (1879-1948) children: JAMES WILDER, b. 1903; m. Thelma GRICOURT GLADYS WILDER, b. 1905 HAROLD WILDER, b. 1909 PERLEY WILDER, JR., b. 1912, d. 1977; m. 1st Ethel SMITH, m. 2nd Dolores MOORE DOROTHY WILDER, b. 1914, d. 1966; m. Carl PITTMAN JOHN WILDER, b. 1916, d. 1916

Almanzo's Parents
JAMES MASON WILDER, b. 26 Jan 1813, VT; d. Feb 1899, Mermentau (Acadia Co.) LA m. on 6 Aug 1843, ANGELINA ALBINA DAY, b. 1821, d. 1905

Almanzo's Grandparents

 * ABEL WILDER, b. ca 1784, d. 1849 m. HANNAH PAYNE, b. 1790, d. 1842
 * JUSTIN DAY, II, b. 1790, d. 1861 m. DIADEMA BATEMAN, b. 1794, d. 1868

Almanzo's Great-Grandparents

 * DANIEL WILDER, b. 1764, d. 1851 m. MARY POLLY GOULD, b. 1765, d. 1828
 * THOMAS PAYNE m. SARAH STEWART MASON
 * JUSTIN DAY, I

Almanzo's Paternal Aunts & Uncles
ROYAL GOULD WILDER, b. 1809, d. 1815 THOMAS PAINE WILDER, b. 1811 [JAMES MASON WILDER, b. 1813] Almanzo's father HANNAH PAINE WILDER, b. 1814, d. 1891 ROYAL GOULD WILDER (Rev.), b. 1816, d. 1887; m. Eliza Jane SMITH children: ROBERT WILDER GRACE WILDER WILLIAM WILDER EDWARD WILDER MARY JANE WILDER PHEBE WILDER, b. 1821, d. 1890; m. Joseph C. LAMSON children: CHESTER LAMSON, b. 1854, d. 1934; m. Catherine McDONOUGH children: MABEL LAMSON, b. 1888, d. 1982 CHARLES LAMSON GUSSIE LAMSON BABY GIRL LAMSON POLLY MARIA WILDER, b. 1824, d. 1851 WILLIAM WILDER, b. 1828, d. 1909 SARAH CHARLOTTE WILDER, b. 1830, d. 1892; m. Andrew DAY children: CARRIE MAY DAY, b. 1856, d. 1898; m. Orville EVERETT children: FRANCES EVERETT, m. (?) SMITH children: DOROTHY BELLE SMITH ELMER A. DAY, b. 1862, d. 1947; m. Mary MacMASTER (1864-1945) WILLARD R. DAY, b. 1858, d. 1891; m. Emma HUBBARD GRACE DAY, b. 1864, d. 1894; m. Grant COLLINS

Almanzo's Maternal Aunts & Uncles
LAURA DAY, b. 1819 DELIA DAY, b. 1824 [ANGELINA ALBINA DAY, b. 1821] Almanzo's mother CELINDA A. DAY, b. 1826 ANDREW DAY, b. 1828; m. SARAH CHARLOTTE WILDER (see Almanzo's paternal aunts & uncles) JOHN WESLEY DAY, b. 1829, d. 1907; m. to Alcesta (Lindy?) ? children: FRED DAY FRANK DAY ALBERT DAY WILTON DAY GEORGE W. DAY, b. 1831, d. 1873

The Family of LAURA ELIZABETH INGALLS
LAURA ELIZABETH INGALLS, b. 7 Feb 1867, (Pepin Co) WI; d. 10 Feb 1957, Mansfield (Wright Co) MO m. 25 Aug 1885 in De Smet (Kingsbury Co) Dakota Terr. to ALMANZO JAMES WILDER children: ROSE WILDER, b. 5 Dec.1886 (Kingsbury Co.) Dakota Territory d. 30 Oct 1968 Danbury (Fairfield Co) CT                                        m. 24 Mar 1909 Claire Gillette Lane (b. 1887); div. 1918                                 children: BABY BOY LANE, b. & d. ca 1910 BABY BOY WILDER, b. & d. Aug 1889

Laura's Siblings
MARY AMELIA INGALLS, b. 10 Jan 1865 (Pepin Co) WI, d. 17 Oct 1928 (Pennington Co) SD

[LAURA ELIZABETH INGALLS, b. 1867]

CAROLINE CELESTIA INGALLS, b. 3 Aug 1870 (Montgomery Co) KS, d. 2 Jun 1946 (Pennington Co) SD m. 1 Aug 1912 to David SWANZEY (1854-1938) step-children: Mary Swanzey, b. 1904; m. Monroe Harris 15 children Harold Swanzey, b. 1908, d. 1936

CHARLES FREDERIC INGALLS, b. 1 Nov 1875 (Redwood Co) MN, d. 27 Aug 1876 (Wabasha Co) MN

GRACE PEARL INGALLS, b. 23 May 1877 (Winneshiek Co) IA, d. 10 Nov 1941 (Kingsbury Co) SD m. 16 Oct 1901 to Nathan William DOW (1859-1943)

Laura's Parents
CHARLES PHILLIP INGALLS, b. 10 Jan 1836, Cuba Twp (Allegheny Co) NY; d. 8 Jun 1902, De Smet, SD m. on 1 Feb 1860 in Concord (Jefferson Co) WI to CAROLINE LAKE QUINER, b. 12 Dec 1839, (Milwaukee Co) WI; d. 20 Apr 1923, De Smet, SD

Laura's Grandparents

 * LANSFORD WHITING INGALLS, b. 1812, d. 1896; m. 1832 in Holland, NY to LAURA LOUISE COLBY, b. 1810, d. 1883.
 * HENRY NEWTON QUINER, b. 1807, d. 1844 (drowned) m. on 2 Apr 1831 in (New Haven, Conn.) to CHARLOTTE WALLIS TUCKER, b. 25 May 1809, d. 1884; Charlotte m. 2nd, Frederick M. HOLBROOK

Laura's Great-Grandparents

 * WILLIAM QUINER, b. 1773, d. 1831; m. to MARGARET DOER
 * LOUIS TUCKER to MARTHA MORSE, b. 1773 in Scotland, d. 1862
 * NATHAN COLBY, b. 1778; m. on 25 Jan 1801 in Corinth (Orange Co.) VT to to EUNICE BLOOD, b. 1782; d. 1862 in N. Cuba, NY;

Laura's Great-Great-Grandparents
[DELANO line]: JABEZ DELANO, b. 1708; m. to PRUDENCE HIBBARD, b. 1711 JONATHAN DELANO, b. 1680; m. to AMY HATCH, b. 1687 JONATHAN DELANO, b. 1647; m. to MERCY WARREN, b. 1658; d. 1727 (gdau. of Richard Warren of the ěMayflowerî
 * JONATHAN INGALLS, b. 1750; d. 1834; m. 1769 to MARTHA JANE LOCKE, b. 1753, Grafton, NH; d. 1785
 * JONATHAN DELANO, b. 1735, d. 1811; m. on 8 Oct 1754 to ANNE LADD, b. 1734, d. 1816

[COLBY line]: NATHAN COLBY, b. 1710; m. on 18 Dec 1735 to HANNAH WORTHEN, b. 1716 JOSEPH COLBY, b. 1680; m. on 22 Nov 1704 to ANNE BARTLETT, b. 1684 JOHN COLBY, b. 1656; m. on 27 Dec 1675 to SARAH ELDRIDGE, b. 1658 JOHN COLBY, b. 1633; m. 14 Jan 1655 to FRANCES HOYT, b. 1636 ANTHONY COLBY, b. 1605; m. in 1632 to SUSANNA HADDON, b. 1608 THOMAS COLBY, b. 1567; m. 4 May 1596 to ANNE JACKSON, b. 1571 MATTHEW COLBY, b. 1530; m. in 1555 to MARY ?, b. 1532
 * EZEKIEL COLBY, b. 1739, m. in 1758 to SALLY FOWLER, b. 1734;
 * ELIJAH BLOOD, m. to EUNICE SLEEMAN

Laura's Paternal Aunts & Uncles
PETER RILEY INGALLS, b. 1833, d. 1900; m. ELIZA ANN QUINER, b. 1842, d. 1931 children: ALICE JOSEPHINE INGALLS, b. 23 Apr 1862; d. 30 Jan 1934; m. 20 Mar 1881, Arthur WHITING children: ALTHA ALICE WHITING Taylor, b. 1883 JAY RILEY WHITING, b. 1887; d. 1905 FRED ARTHUR WHITING, b. 1891; d.                                        VENA LOIS WHITING Clark, b. 1899; d. 1970 ROY Q. WHITING ELLA ESTELLA INGALLS, b. 23 Jan 1865; d. 9 Mar 1945; m. Leslie Lee WHITING children: EARL LELAND WHITING, b. 1885, d. 1945 FLOYD NEWCOMB WHITING, b. 1887, d. 1953 HARRY JACKSON WHITING, b. 1891, d. 1947 CLARENCE M. WHITING, b. 1894, d. 1944 PETER FRANKLIN INGALLS, b.16 Nov 1866, d. 23 Sep 1932; m. Mary Edith (Molly) McGOWIN children: EDITH ELSIE INGALLS ALEXANDER INGALLS, b. 1895 FLORENCE INGALLS PERLIE BELLE INGALLS FREDIE FRANKIN INGALLS MARY EMILY INGALLS INFANT INGALLS LANSFORD NEWCOMB INGALLS, b. 5 April 1870 EDITH FLORENCE INGALLS, b. 29 Jun 1872; d. 13 Jul 1951; m. 9 Jun 1892 to Heil Nelson BINGHAM children: FREDERICK LLEWELLYN BINGHAM, b. 1893; d. 1957 ESTELLA CORA BINGAHM Mahoney, b. 1895; d. 1967 PEARL ELIZA ANN BINGHAM Shanahan, b. 1897; d. 1976 PERCY HIEL BINGHAM, b. 1900; d. 1976 MABEL JOSEPHINE BINGHAM Leverty, b. 1902 THOMAS FRANKLIN BINGHAM, b. 1905; d. 1908 EDNA FLORENCE BINGHAM, b. 1908, d. 1911 JAMES DUANE BINGHAM, b. 1912; d.1995 E. EDMOND LLEWELYN INGALLS, b. 26 Aug 1880; m. Edith Mae ? children: WILLIAM INGALLS LOIS INGALLS Gibson

BABY BOY INGALLS, b. 1835, d. 1835

[CHARLES PHILLIP INGALLS, b. 1836] Laura's father

LYDIA LOUISE INGALLS, b. 1838, d. 1913; m. 15 Jan 1856 Robert Fulton CLOUGH; m. 2nd in 1859, Joseph STOUFF children: ISSAC LAFAYETTE CLOUGH, b. 1857 m. 1876 ROBERT STOUFF MINNIE STOUFF m. ? PHILLIPS AMY STOUFF AMOS ALVIN STOUFF

POLLY MELONA INGALLS, b. 1840, d. 1886; m. in 1859, HENRY ODIN QUINER children: LOUISA QUINER, b. 1860 CHARLES QUINER, b. 1862 ALBERT QUINER, b. 1865 CHARLOTTE QUINER, b. 1867 RUBY QUINER LILLIAN QUINER

LANSFORD JAMES INGALLS, b. 1842, d. 1928; m. 1st Sarah DICKINSON (1846, Eng. - 1897) m. 2nd Mary DICKINSON (b. England) children: SAMUEL JAMES INGALLS SARA BELLE INGALLS WILLIAM WALTER INGALLS MARY ELIZABETH INGALLS CHARLES REUBEN INGALLS EDWARD EUGENE INGALLS HORACE FOSTER INGALLS ANDREW JACKSON INGALLS children: ROY ANDREW INGALLS OLIVE MAY INGALLS MARTHA ESTHER INGALLS

LAURA LADOCIA INGALLS, b. 1845, d. 1918; m. 1st L. D. (August) WALVOGEL m. 2nd in 1875, Hiram FORBES children: LENA WALVOGEL, b. 1866 AUGUST EUGENE WALVOGEL, b. 1869

HIRAM LEMUEL (LeROY?) INGALLS, b. 27 Apr 1848 Rockford, IL; d. 28 Mar 1923 m. (1st) 18 Oct 1867, Sarah Elizabeth WOODWARD, b. 5 Apr 1847, NY; d. 27 May 1910 (2nd) 27 Feb 1919, Ellen PARKER in Duluth, (St. Louis Co.) MN                     children: LAURA ELIZA INGALLS, b. 25 Nov 1868, d. 22 May 1943                                          m. on 24 Oct 1884, John Monroe BUTTERFIELD (1857-1943) RUBY EVALINE INGALLS, b. 21 Sep 1871, (Pierce Co.) WI; d. 21 Dec 1941                                         m. 21 Dec 1884, Austin Johnson Beers (1852-1929) PHILLIP L. INGALLS, b. 22 Apr 1873, Rockelm (Pierce) WI; d. 11 Sep                                          m. Etta ? SARAH JEANETTE INGALLS, b. 3 Aug 1877, Alden (Polk) WI; d. 7 May 1956                                         m. Bernard Connor MARY ROSE ELLEN INGALLS, b. 1 Sep 1880, Maiden Rock (Pierce) WI; d. 2 Jan 1951                                         m. Marion Kezer HIRAM LeROY "Roy" INGALLS, b. 22 Jun 1882, Rock Elm (Pierce) WI                                                          d.16 May 1949, Danbury (Burnett) WI m. Mathilda BARTASH (1883-1966) children: WILLIAM EDWARD INGALLS, b. 13 Jan 1902, d. 22 Apr 1977 m. (1st) Madeline REVOR (div.) children: MARIAN INGALLS, b. 1924 (2nd) Alma GRIMMELMAN children: WILLIAM ALLEN INGALLS EARL LaMAR INGALLS LOWELL LEROY INGALLS m. (1st) Velma COGSWELL (div.) (2nd) Janet RACHNER children: DOUGLAS LOWELL INGALLS STEVEN MICHAEL INGALLS CHERYL ANNETTE INGALLS BEN LeROY, b. 1903; m. Dagny MYER children: WARREN INGALLS m. Jacqueline FAWVER MERRILL PHILLIP INGALLS (1909-1960) m. Alice O. MYER (1910-1992) children: BETH ELAINE INGALLS, b. 8 Sep 1937 MILDRED INGALLS, b. 1913; m. John HARTSHORN GLADYS INGALLS, b. 1915; m. John HARTSHORN MARIAN INGALLS (adopted), b. 1924 LEO VINCENT INGALLS, b. 4 Oct 1896 (ěadoptedî); d. 16 Jul 1974

GEORGE WHITTING INGALLS, b. 1851, d. 15 Feb 1901; m. Julia E. BARD

RUBY CELESTIAL INGALLS, b. 1855, d. 1881; m. ? CARD children: DOLLY VARDEN CARD (2 sons) CARD

Laura's Maternal Aunts & Uncles
JOSEPH CARPENTER QUINER, b. 1834, d. 28 Apr 1862 (from wounds suffered in the Battle of Shiloh); m. in 1856, Nancy FRANK (d. 1923)

HENRY ODIN QUINER, b. 1835, d. 1880; m. in 1859, Polly Melona Ingalls (see above)

MARTHA JANE QUINER, b. 1837, d. 1927; m. in 1860, Charles Carr CARPENTER children: WILLIAM AUGUSTUS CARPENTER, b. 1861, d. 1884 JOSEPH QUINER CARPENTER, b. 1863, d. 1923; m. Elizabeth C. REESE children: PHOEBY CARPENTER JOSEPH CARPENTER ELIZABETH CARPENTER CLARA CARPENTER MARTHA CARPENTER CHARLES CARPENTER THEODORE CARPENTER DONALD CARPENTER LILLIAN CARPENTER EMILIE CARPENTER LETTICE (LOTTIE) JANE CARPENTER, b. 1864, d. 1949 NANCY CORA CARPENTER, b. 1865, d. 1955 MARTHA ELIZA CARPENTER, b. 1868, d. 1871 MILLICENT ANN CARPENTER, b. 1869, d. 1960 CHARLES CARR CARPENTER, b. 1871, d. 1918 EMMA BERTHA CARPENTER, b. 1873, d. 1955 ETTA MINERVA CARPENTER, b. 1874, d. 1899 MARTHA JOSEPHINE CARPENTER, b. 1876, d. 1962 MARION CAROLINE CARPENTER, b. 1879, d. 1939 MYRTIE EMMELINE CARPENTER, b. 1879, d. 1956 THOMAS QUINER CARPENTER, b. 1882, d. 1944 GEORGE LOCKWOOD CARPENTER, b. 1882, d. 1954

[CAROLINE LAKE QUINER, b. 1839] Laura's mother

ELIZA ANN QUINER, b. 1842, d. 1931; m. 1861 to PETER RILEY INGALLS (see above)

THOMAS LEWIS QUINER, b. 1844, d. 1903; m. Lillian Graham HILL children: HELEN MARION QUINER ALICE QUINER DONALD QUINER DUGOLD LEWIS QUINER LILLIAN JOSEPHINE QUINER JOHN HILL QUINER

CHARLOTTE E. (LOTTIE) HOLLBROOK, b. 1854; m. ca 1875, Henry MOORE, b. 1852 children: FREDERICK MOORE, b. 1878 ARVIN MOORE, b. 1880 HARRY C. MOORE, b. 1882 RALPH MOORE, b. 1887 PEARL EVA MOORE, b. 1888