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10 Jan 1836 |
Charles "Pa" Ingalls born in New York |
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12 Dec 1839 |
Caroline "Ma" Quiner (Ingalls) born in Wisconsin |
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13 Feb 1857 |
Almanzo Wilder born in New York ("Farmer
Boy") |
| 1 Feb 1860 |
Charles & Caroline Ingalls married |
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10 Jan 1865 |
Mary (Laura's sister) born in Wisconsin |
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7 Feb 1867 |
Laura Elizabeth Ingalls (Wilder) born in Wisconsin |
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1868/1869 |
Ingalls family lives a short time in Chariton County, Missouri |
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1869 |
Ingalls family moves to Indian Territory in Kansas ("Little
House on the Prairie") |
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3 Aug 1870 |
Carrie (Laura's sister) born in Kansas |
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spring 1871 |
Ingalls family leaves Kansas and returns to Wisconsin ("Little
House in the Big Woods") |
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1874 |
Ingalls family leaves Wisconsin and moves near Walnut Grove, Redwood County,
Minnesota ("On
the Banks of Plum Creek") |
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1 Nov 1875 |
Charles Frederick (Laura's brother) born in Minnesota |
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27 Aug 1876 |
Charles Frederick (Laura's brother) dies in Minnesota |
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fall 1876 |
Ingalls family moves to Burr Oak, Iowa |
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23 May 1877 |
Grace (Laura's sister) born in Burr Oak, Iowa |
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1878 |
Ingalls family moves back to Walnut Grove, Minnesota |
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early 1879 to fall 1879 |
Mary loses her eyesight, family moves to Dakota Territory (early part of "On
the Shores of Silver Lake") |
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winter 1880/1881 |
DeSmet, Dakota Territory ("The
Long Winter") |
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fall 1881 |
Mary goes to the school for the blind in Iowa |
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fall 1882, early 1883 |
Laura becomes a school teacher ("Little
Town on the Prairie") |
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1883/1885 |
Laura teaches school, is courted by Almanzo Wilder ("These
Happy Golden Years") |
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25 Aug 1885 |
Laura Ingalls and Almanzo Wilder marry |
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5 Dec 1886 |
Rose Wilder (Lane), Laura and Almanzo's daughter is born in Dakota Territory
("The
First Four Years") |
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August 1889 |
Laura and Almanzo's unnamed son is born and dies twelve days later, their
house burns down |
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about 1890-91 |
Laura and Almanzo live for a time with Almanzo's parents in Spring Valley,
Minnesota, then move to Westfield in the panhandle of Florida for a short
time. They return to DeSmet. |
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summer 1894 |
Laura and Almanzo Wilder leave DeSmet, South Dakota and move to Mansfield,
Missouri, purchase Rocky Ridge Farm. ("On
the Way Home") |
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8 June 1902 |
Charles "Pa" Ingalls dies in DeSmet ("New
Dawn on Rocky Ridge") |
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1908 |
Laura and Almanzo's daughter Rose moves to San Francisco ("Bachelor
Girl") |
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24 Mar 1909 |
Rose Wilder married Gillette Lane. The marriage ends in divorce less than
ten years later. Their only known child died as an infant. |
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1915 |
Laura travels to San Francisco, California to visit her daughter Rose, now
married to Gillette Lane. ("West
From Home") |
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20 April 1924 |
Caroline "Ma" Ingalls dies in DeSmet |
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17 Oct 1928 |
Mary (Laura's sister) Ingalls dies at home of Carrie in the Black Hills of
South Dakota. Mary never married and had no children. |
|
1932 |
"Little
House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder is published |
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1933 |
"Farmer
Boy" by Laura Ingalls Wilder is published |
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1933 |
"Let the
Hurricane Roar" (reprinted as "Young
Pioneers") by Rose Wilder Lane is published |
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1935 |
"Little
House on the Prairie" by Laura Ingalls Wilder is published |
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1935 |
"Old
Home Town" by Rose Wilder Lane is published |
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1937 |
"On
the Banks of Plum Creek" by Laura Ingalls Wilder is published |
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1938 |
"Free
Land" by Rose Wilder Lane is published |
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1939 |
"By
the Shores of Silver Lake" by Laura Ingalls Wilder is published |
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1940 |
"The
Long Winter" by Laura Ingalls Wilder is published |
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1941 |
"Little
Town on the Prairie" by Laura Ingalls Wilder is published |
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10 Nov 1941 |
Grace Ingalls Dow (Laura's sister) dies. She married but had no children. |
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1943 |
"These
Happy Golden Years" by Laura Ingalls Wilder is published |
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2 Jun 1946 |
Carrie Ingalls Swanzey (Laura's sister) dies. She married a widower with
children, had none of her own. |
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23 Oct 1949 |
Almanzo Wilder, Laura's husband, dies in Missouri. |
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10 Feb 1957 |
Laura Ingalls Wilder dies in Missouri. |
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1962 |
"On
the Way Home" by Laura Ingalls Wilder and Rose Wilder Lane is published |
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30 Oct 1968 |
Rose Wilder Lane, Laura's daughter, dies in Connecticut. She was divorced
and had no surviving children. |
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1971 |
"The
First Four Years" by Laura Ingalls Wilder is published |
