Ingalls-Wilder Family Genealogy
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Almanzo James WILDER [Parents] was born 13 Feb 1857 in New York. He died 23 Oct 1949 in Missouri and was buried in Mansfield, Missouri. Almanzo married Laura Elizabeth INGALLS on 25 Aug 1885 in DeSmet, Dakota Territory.
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Laura Elizabeth INGALLS [Parents] was born 7 Feb 1867 in Pepin, Wisconsin. She died 10 Feb 1957 in Missouri and was buried in Mansfield, Missouri. Laura married Almanzo James WILDER on 25 Aug 1885 in DeSmet, Dakota Territory.
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Rose WILDER was born 5 Dec 1886 and died 30 Oct 1968. |
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Unnamed WILDER was born Aug 1889 in Dakota Territory. He died Aug 1889 in Dakota Territory. |
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Claire Gillette LANE was born in Minnesota. He married Rose WILDER on 24 Mar 1909.
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Rose WILDER [Parents] was born 5 Dec 1886 in Dakota Territory. She died 30 Oct 1968 in Connecticut and was buried in Mansfield, Missouri. Rose married Claire Gillette LANE on 24 Mar 1909.
Rose's husband has been
difficult to search. His birthplace is from the 1930 census, which showed
him in Marin County, California, remaried, but no children. I
could not find either Gillette or Rose in the 1920 census.
" Ghost in the Little House"
by William Holtz suggested that Gillette had been remarried twice after
Rose
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They had the following children:
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Unkn LANE.
Rose had a male child that
died at birth or in infancy about 1909, possibly a stillbirth or late-term
miscarriage, probably in Mansfield, Missouri. She required surgery to
recover, which took place in Kansas City, which took her considerable time
to recover from, and left her unable to have more children.
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Charles Phillip INGALLS [Parents] was born 10 Jan 1836 in Cuba Township, Allegeny Co., New York. He died 8 Jun 1902 in DeSmet, South Dakota and was buried in DeSmet, South Dakota. Charles married Caroline Lake QUINER on 1 Feb 1860 in Concord, Jefferson, Wisconsin.
Census: In 1860 census, at home with parents, age 24, a farm laborer.
In 1870 census in Montgomery County, Kansas.
In 1880 census in De Smet, Kingsbury County, Dakota Territory. See the De Smet, South Dakota page for pictures of
his gravesite
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Caroline Lake QUINER [Parents] was born 12 Dec 1839 in Brookfield Township, Waukesha, Wisconsin. She died 20 Apr 1924 in DeSmet, South Dakota and was buried in DeSmet, South Dakota. Caroline married Charles Phillip INGALLS on 1 Feb 1860 in Concord, Jefferson, Wisconsin.
Caroline's childhood is the subject of the new " Caroline Years" books series.
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Mary Amelia INGALLS was born 10 Jan 1865 in Wisconsin. She died 17 Oct 1928 in Keystone, South Dakota. |
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Laura Elizabeth INGALLS was born 7 Feb 1867 and died 10 Feb 1957. |
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Caroline Celestia INGALLS was born 3 Aug 1870 and died 2 Jun 1946. |
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Charles Frederick INGALLS was born 1 Nov 1875 in Redwood Co., Minnesota. He died 27 Aug 1876 in Wabasha Co., Minnesota. |
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Grace Pearl INGALLS was born 23 May 1877 and died 10 Nov 1941. |
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Nathaniel William DOW was born 1859. He died 1943. Nathaniel married Grace Pearl INGALLS on 16 Oct 1901 in DeSmet, South Dakota.
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Grace Pearl INGALLS [Parents] was born 23 May 1877 in Burr Oak, Iowa. She died 10 Nov 1941 in DeSmet, South Dakota. Grace married Nathaniel William DOW on 16 Oct 1901 in DeSmet, South Dakota.
Grace was born during a time in Iowa that
Laura did not include in her "Little House series of books. The story has
been told recently by Cynthia Rylant in
Old Town in the Green Groves: Laura Ingalls Wilder's Lost Little House Years
(fiction, available from Amazon.com)
Laura wrote in her memoirs, "...I found a new little
sister. We named her Grace. Her hair was golden like Mary's and her eyes
were blue and bright like Pa's."
Grace was a school teacher before she married.
She had no children.
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David Nevin SWANZEY was born 18 Apr 1854 in St Louis, Missouri. He died 15 Apr 1938 in Keystone, South Dakota. David married Caroline Celestia INGALLS on 1 Aug 1912 in Rapid City, South Dakota.
Other marriages:
GORDON, Elizabeth Jane
BIOGRAPHY: Named Mt. Rushmore.
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Caroline Celestia INGALLS [Parents] "Carrie" was born 3 Aug 1870 in Montgomery Co., Kansas. She died 2 Jun 1946 in Rapid City, South Dakota. Carrie married David Nevin SWANZEY on 1 Aug 1912 in Rapid City, South Dakota.
Carrie worked at a newspaper in DeSmet for years, then moved on to the west to homestead her own claim. She had two step-children, but none of her own.
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Lansford Whiting INGALLS [Parents] was born 12 Nov 1812 in Dunham, Missisquoi County, Quebec, Canada. He died 21 May 1896 in Burnett County, Wisconsin and was buried in Orange Cemetery, Burnett County, Wisconsin. Lansford married Laura Louisa COLBY on 1830.
Census: In 1860 census for Concord, Jefferson Co., Wisconsin as Lansford Ingles, a farmer.
Census: In 1850 in Kane Co., Illinois, as Lansford Ingals, a laborer.
This was Grandpa Ingalls who was chased home by the panther in "Little House in the Big Woods." In her memoirs, Laura said, "Grandpa Ingalls lived in a log house like ours... There seemed to be nothing but trees for miles all around Grandpa's house..."

He's buried in Burnett County, Wisconsin
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Laura Louisa COLBY [Parents] was born 5 Nov 1810 in Whiting, Vermont. She died 18 Oct 1883 in Burnett County, Wisconsin and was buried in Orange Cemetery, Burnett County, Wisconsin. Laura married Lansford Whiting INGALLS on 1830.
This was Grandma Ingalls of the sugaring off dance in "Little House in the Big Woods." Laura said, "Her eyes sparkled just like Pa's when he laughed."

She's buried in Burnett County, Wisconsin
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Peter Riley INGALLS was born 14 Feb 1833 Or 1835 and died Mar 1900. |
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Charles Phillip INGALLS was born 10 Jan 1836 and died 8 Jun 1902. |
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Lydia Louise INGALLS was born 12 Apr 1838 and died 2 Jan 1913. |
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Pauline Melona INGALLS was born 14 Oct 1841 and died 1886. |
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Laura Ladocia INGALLS was born 8 Jul 1845 and died 18 Jan 1918. |
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Lansford James INGALLS was born 4 Mar 1843. |
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Hiram Lemuel INGALLS was born 27 Apr 1848 and died 28 Mar 1923. |
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George Whiting INGALLS was born 15 Jul 1851 and died 15 Feb 1901. |
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Ruby (Ruba) Celestia INGALLS was born 23 May 1855 and died 1 Dec 1881.
Ruby and sister Docia (Laura Ladocia) are the Aunt Ruby and Aunt Docia that Laura describes in "Little House in the Big Woods" getting ready for the dance at Grandpa Ingalls. "They looked lovely, sailing over the floor so smoothly with the large, round skirts. Their little waists rose up tight and slender in the middle, and their cheeks were red and their eyes bright, under wings of shining sleek hair."
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Samuel Worthen INGALLS [Parents] was born 11 Jul 1771 in Sandown, New Hampshire. He died 15 Feb 1841 in Bolivar, New York. Samuel married Margarette DELANO.
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Margarette DELANO [Parents] was born 1773 in Tolland, Connecticut. She died 6 May 1837 in North Cuba, New York. Margarette married Samuel Worthen INGALLS.
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Mary Polly INGALLS was born 25 Jan 1795 in Vermont. She died 1869. |
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Daniel INGALLS was born 1796 in Vermont. |
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James INGALLS was born 1798 in Vermont. He died 12 May 1865 and was buried in New Oregon Cemetery, Iowa. |
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Martha Patty INGALLS was born 1798 in Vermont. She died 1854 in New York. |
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Hiram INGALLS was born 1800 in Canada. He died 1865. |
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Aaron INGALLS was born 22 Feb 1802 and died Feb 1886. |
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Benjamin INGALLS was born 18 Oct 1804 and died 18 Feb 1894. |
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John W INGALLS was born 31 Dec 1806 in Canada. He died 1893. |
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Samuel Worthen INGALLS was born 29 Jun 1809 and died 20 May 1861. |
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Lansford Whiting INGALLS was born 12 Nov 1812 and died 21 May 1896. |
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Jonathan DELANO III [Parents] was born 2 Dec 1715 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts. He died 28 Sep 1811 in Hartford, Vermont. Jonathan married Anne Parker LADD on 8 Oct 1754 in Coventry, Connecticut.
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Anne Parker LADD was born 31 Oct 1734 in Havehill, Massachusetts. She died 11 Feb 1816 in Hartford, Vermont. Anne married Jonathan DELANO III on 8 Oct 1754 in Coventry, Connecticut.
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Jonathan DELANO Jr [Parents] was born 30 Jan 1679/1680 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts. He died 26 Mar 1752 in Tolland, Connecticut. Jonathan married Amy Allen HATCH on 20 Jun 1704.
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Amy Allen HATCH was born 15 Jul 1684 in Falmouth, Massachusetts. She died 1 Jun 1764 in Tolland, Connecticut. Amy married Jonathan DELANO Jr on 20 Jun 1704.
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Jonathan DELANO was born 1647 in Duxbury, Massachusetts. He died 23 Dec 1720 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts. Jonathan married Mercy WARREN.
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Mercy WARREN [Parents] was born 20 Feb 1657/1658. She married Jonathan DELANO.
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They had the following children:
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