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

The Family of ALMANZO JAMES WILDER

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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

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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

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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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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                  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

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                  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

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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

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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

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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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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
                    [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
            
  • EZEKIEL COLBY, b. 1739, m. in 1758 to SALLY FOWLER, b. 1734;
                    [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
            
  • ELIJAH BLOOD, m. to EUNICE SLEEMAN


Laura's Paternal Aunts & Uncles

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                           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

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                    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