"Out in the meadow, I picked a wild sunflower, and as I looked into its golden heart, such a wave of homesickness came over me that I almost wept. I wanted Mother, with her gentle voice and quiet firmness; I longed to hear Father's jolly songs and to see his twinkling blue eyes; I was lonesome for the sister with whom I used to play in in the meadow picking daisies and wild sunflowers."

Laura Ingalls Wilder, August 1923

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This is a genealogy of Laura Ingalls Wilder and her family. There are 1670 people listed herein, the greatest portion of them with the surname Ingalls. Also followed are the Quiners (Ma's family), and the Wilders (Almanzo's family). The emphasis was on those with the surname Ingalls.

The Ingalls family in America started about 1628 with two brothers, Edmund and Francis, arriving from England to Massachusetts. From them, most Ingalls in the USA are descended. Laura Ingalls Wilder is descended from Edmund Ingalls.

An interesting thing to do with the Wilder family is to page back through Almanzo's parentage, by following the "parent" links, to see just exactly how many "Almanzos" the "family tradition" really had!

As many people as are listed here, this is not a complete listing of all the Ingalls descendents, nor is it error-free. Use this genealogy as a guideline to aid your own research rather than an absolute source.