Laura Ingalls Wilder

New September 2007:
A visit to Almanzo's home in Malone, New York
Caroline Quiner Ingall's home, Brookfield, Wisconsin
Lake Pepin, Minnesota-Wisconsin border

Laura's Album: A Remembrance Scrapbook


Laura's Album: A Remembrance Scrapbook

Little House Season 6

Little House on DVD  available from Amazon.com

Laura Ingall Wilder CountryLaura Ingalls Wilder Country: The People and places in Laura Ingalls Wilder's life and books

 

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Ancestry of Laura Ingalls Wilder

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.

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.

See the DeSmet, South Dakota page for pictures of their Dakota homes and home site. See the Mansfield, Missouri-Rocky Ridge page for pictures of their final home and the place the "Little House" books were written, and photos of their gravesites.

They had the following children:

  F i Rose WILDER was born 5 Dec 1886 and died 30 Oct 1968.
  M ii
Unnamed WILDER was born Aug 1889 in Dakota Territory. He died Aug 1889 in Dakota Territory.

See the DeSmet, South Dakota page for pictures of his gravesite

Claire Gillette LANE was born in Minnesota. He married Rose WILDER on 24 Mar 1909. They divorced by 1920. He remarried but does not appear to have had any children.

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 (see review) suggested that Gillette had been remarried twice after Rose.

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.

Little House on Rocky Ridge Laura and Almanzo's daughter, born in "The First Four Years" and now subject of her own books series beginning with "Little House on Rocky Ridge." She meets future husband Gillette Lane in the final book in the series.

Rose was also a noted author of numerous books. Follow link for listings of Rose's books.

See the Mansfield, Missouri-Rocky Ridge page for photos of her gravesite.

They had the following children:

  M i
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.

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.

Charles "Pa" Ingalls

Census: In 1860 census, at home with parents, age 24, a farm laborer.

In 1870 census in Montgomery County, Kansas.

In 1880 census in DeSmet, Kingsbury County, Dakota Territory.

See the DeSmet, South Dakota page for pictures of his gravesite

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.

Little House in Brookfield Caroline "Ma" Ingalls, in all Laura's books, and now subject of new books series beginning with "Little House in Brookfield."

More books from this series

They had the following children:

  F i
Mary Amelia INGALLS was born 10 Jan 1865 in Wisconsin. She died 17 Oct 1928 in Keystone, South Dakota at the home of sister Carrie. Mary never married and had no children.
  F ii Laura Elizabeth INGALLS was born 7 Feb 1867 and died 10 Feb 1957.
  F iii Caroline Celestia INGALLS "Carrie", was born 3 Aug 1870 and died 2 Jun 1946.
  M iv
Charles Frederick INGALLS "Freddie", was born 1 Nov 1875 in Redwood Co., Minnesota. He died 27 Aug 1876 in Wabasha Co., Minnesota.

Freddie died at the home of Peter and Eliza Ingalls, by the Zumbro River. From there Laura's family moved on to Burr Oak, Iowa.
  F v Grace Pearl INGALLS was born 23 May 1877 and died 10 Nov 1941.

Nathaniel William DOW was born 1859. He died 1943. Nathaniel married Grace Pearl INGALLS on 16 Oct 1901 in DeSmet, South Dakota.

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.

Old Town in the Green Groves

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.

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.

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.

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.

Little House in the Big Woods 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 Grandpas' house..."

LINK: Orange Cemetery, Burnett County, Wisconsin, records from Rootsweb

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.

Lansford Ingalls' grave

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.

Little House in the Big Woods 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."

LINK: Orange Cemetery, Burnett County, Wisconsin, records from Rootsweb

Laura Louisa Colby Ingalls' grave

Lansford & Laura Ingalls' gravesites

Orange Lakeside Cemetery,

Burnett County, Wisconsin

Final home and resting place of Lansford and Laura Ingalls is a few miles from this spot on the St. Croix River, in Wisconsin

left bank Minnesota,

right bank Wisconsin

Lansford Whiting Ingalls and Laura Louisa Colby had the following children:

  M i Peter Riley INGALLS was born 14 Feb 1833 Or 1835 and died Mar 1900.
  M ii Charles Phillip INGALLS was born 10 Jan 1836 and died 8 Jun 1902.
  F iii Lydia Louise INGALLS was born 12 Apr 1838 and died 2 Jan 1913.
  F iv Pauline Melona INGALLS was born 14 Oct 1841 and died 1886.
  F v Laura Ladocia INGALLS was born 8 Jul 1845 and died 18 Jan 1918.
  M vi Lansford James INGALLS was born 4 Mar 1843.
  M vii Hiram Lemuel INGALLS was born 27 Apr 1848 and died 28 Mar 1923.
  M viii George Whiting INGALLS was born 15 Jul 1851 and died 15 Feb 1901.
  F ix Ruby (Ruba) Celestia INGALLS was born 23 May 1855 and died 1 Dec 1881.
Little House in the Big Woods 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."

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.

Margarette DELANO [Parents] was born 1773 in Tolland, Connecticut. She died 6 May 1837 in North Cuba, New York. Margarette married Samuel Worthen INGALLS.

They had the following children:

  F i
Mary Polly INGALLS was born 25 Jan 1795 in Vermont. She died 1869.
  M ii
Daniel INGALLS was born 1796 in Vermont.
  M iii
James INGALLS was born 1798 in Vermont. He died 12 May 1865 and was buried in New Oregon Cemetery, Iowa.
  F iv
Martha Patty INGALLS was born 1798 in Vermont. She died 1854 in New York.
  M v
Hiram INGALLS was born 1800 in Canada. He died 1865.
  M vi Aaron INGALLS was born 22 Feb 1802 and died Feb 1886.
  M vii Benjamin INGALLS was born 18 Oct 1804 and died 18 Feb 1894.
  M viii
John W INGALLS was born 31 Dec 1806 in Canada. He died 1893.
  M ix Samuel Worthen INGALLS was born 29 Jun 1809 and died 20 May 1861.
  M x Lansford Whiting INGALLS was born 12 Nov 1812 and died 21 May 1896.

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.

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.

They had the following children:

  F i Margarette DELANO was born 1773 and died 6 May 1837.

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.

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.

They had the following children:

  M i Jonathan DELANO III was born 2 Dec 1715 and died 28 Sep 1811.

Jonathan DELANO was born 1647 in Duxbury, Massachusetts. He died 23 Dec 1720 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts. Jonathan married Mercy WARREN.

Mercy WARREN [Parents] was born 20 Feb 1657/1658. She married Jonathan DELANO.

They had the following children:

  M i Jonathan DELANO Jr was born 30 Jan 1679/1680 and died 26 Mar 1752.

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