Laura Ingalls Wilder

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Lake Pepin, Minnesota-Wisconsin border

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Laura's Album: A Remembrance Scrapbook

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

 

Ancestry of Laura Ingalls Wilder

Abraham DAY [Parents] married Irene FOOTE.

Irene FOOTE married Abraham DAY.

They had the following children:

  M i Elijah DAY.

John DAY [Parents] married Grace SPENCER.

Grace SPENCER married John DAY.

They had the following children:

  M i Abraham DAY.

John DAY married Sarah BUTLER.

Sarah BUTLER married John DAY.

They had the following children:

  M i John DAY.

Peter Riley INGALLS [Parents] was born 14 Feb 1833 Or 1835 in Cuba Township, Allegeny Co., New York. He died Mar 1900 in Mazeppa, Minnesota. Peter married Eliza Ann QUINER on 5 Jun 1861 in Concord, Jefferson Co., Wisconsin.

Census: In 1880 in Guilford, Wabasha Co., Minnesota, a laborer.
Census: In 1860 living at home with parents, a carpenter.

Eliza Ann QUINER [Parents] was born 21 Apr 1842 in Brookfield Township, Waukesha, Wisconsin. She died 1931. Eliza married Peter Riley INGALLS on 5 Jun 1861 in Concord, Jefferson Co., Wisconsin.

They had the following children:

  F i Alice Josephine INGALLS was born 23 Apr 1862 and died 30 Jan 1934.
  F ii Ella Estelle INGALLS was born 23 Jan 1865 and died 9 Mar 1945.
  M iii Peter Franklin INGALLS was born 16 Nov 1866 and died 23 Sep 1932.
  M iv
Lansford Newcomb INGALLS was born 5 Apr 1870 in Wisconsin.
  F v Edith Florence Dolly INGALLS was born 29 Jun 1872.
  M vi Edmond Llewellyn INGALLS was born 1880.
Little House in the Big Woods This family is the one who spent Christmas with the Ingalls in "Little House in the Big Woods." Peter was Pa's brother, and Eliza was Ma's sister, making these children and Laura "double cousins."

George Whiting INGALLS [Parents] was born 15 Jul 1851 in Concord, Jefferson, Wisconsin. He died 15 Feb 1901 in Burnett County, Wisconsin and was buried in Orange Cemetery, Burnett County, Wisconsin. George married Julia BARD OR FORBES.

Little House in the Big Woods

On the Shores of Silver Lake

 Uncle George was the one Laura was afraid of in "Little House in the Big Woods" because everyone said he was a 'wild man.' "Uncle George had run away to be a drummer boy in the army, when he was fourteen years old," Laura said. In "Pioneer Girl," her unpublished memoirs, she added, "Afterward Uncle George stole a cow and was arrested... Pa said, What could you expect of a boy who had joined the army when he was fourteen, and lived off the country all those years? In the South, when the Union soldiers wanted anything they just took it, and George had got used to that way of doing. All that was wrong with George was that he couldn't seem to realize the war was over and that he was in the North, where he couldn't live off the country any more."

Civil War service records from Ancestry.com also indicate that George may have deserted the army. The enlistment information matches, but his middle initial is given as "A".

Ancestry.com link: American Civil War Soldiers

In "On the Shores of Silver Lake" Laura says, "Uncle George was a lumberjack, logging on the Mississippi."

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

Census: In 1880 in Alden, Polk Co., Wisconsin

Julia BARD OR FORBES was born 1859 in Michigan. She married George Whiting INGALLS.

August Eugene WALDVOGEL was born 1845 in Switzerland. He married Laura Ladocia INGALLS.

Laura Ladocia INGALLS [Parents] was born 8 Jul 1845 in Washington, Tazewell, Illinois. She died 18 Jan 1918 in Reggen, Weld, Colorado. Laura married August Eugene WALDVOGEL.

Other marriages:
FORBES, Hiram

They had the following children:

  F i Lena Evelyn WALDVOGAL was born 7 Nov 1866 and died 13 Jun 1943.
  M ii Eugene August WALDVOGAL was born 11 Aug 1868 and died 24 Dec 1945.

Hiram FORBES was born 1838 in Louisiana. He married Laura Ladocia INGALLS on 1 Apr 1874 in Minnesota.

Laura Ladocia INGALLS [Parents] was born 8 Jul 1845 in Washington, Tazewell, Illinois. She died 18 Jan 1918 in Reggen, Weld, Colorado. Laura married Hiram FORBES on 1 Apr 1874 in Minnesota.

Other marriages:
WALDVOGEL, August Eugene

They had the following children:

  F i Lena Evelyn WALDVOGAL was born 7 Nov 1866 and died 13 Jun 1943.
  M ii Eugene August WALDVOGAL was born 11 Aug 1868 and died 24 Dec 1945.
  F iii Ida FORBES was born 19 Mar 1875.
  F iv Abby FORBES was born 22 Apr 1877.
  F v Emmy FORBES was born 23 Nov 1879.
  F vi Mary Amanda FORBES was born 26 Dec 1881 and died 11 Aug 1958.
  F vii Maude FORBES was born 21 Mar 1885.
  F viii Frances FORBES was born 27 Jun 1887.
  F ix Katie FORBES was born 18 Apr 1889.
On the Shores of Silver Lake Lena and Eugene are the two cousins Laura rode the black ponies with in "On the Shores of Silver Lake." Their first father had been sent to prison for killing a man who had broken into their home and Laura Ladocia divorced him, remarrying to Hiram Forbes.

In "On the Shores of Silver Lake" Laura identifies them as "Lena and Jean" and says they were Hiram Forbes children, not Docia's; that Hiram was a widower. This does not appear to be correct. The revisions may have been to avoid mention of Docia's divorce. In her memoirs, Laura names them "Lena and Gene," but names Docia as "Docia Holmes."

more on Lena

Joseph CARD [Parents] was born 18 Mar 1849 in Michigan. He married Ruby (Ruba) Celestia INGALLS.

Ruby (Ruba) Celestia INGALLS [Parents] was born 23 May 1855 in Concord, Jefferson, Wisconsin. She died 1 Dec 1881 in Nebraska. Ruby married Joseph CARD.

Census: In 1880 census in Bergen, Mcleod Co., Minnesota.

On the Shores of Silver Lake Ruby reappears in "On the Shores of Silver Lake" with Laura saying, "...Aunt Ruby, was married and had two boys and a beautiful little baby girl named Dolly Varden."

They had the following children:

  M i
Sherman CARD was born after 1880.
  F ii
Dolly Varden CARD was born after 1880.
  M iii George CARD was born 1878.

Hiram Lemuel INGALLS [Parents] was born 27 Apr 1848 in Fairfield, Kane, Illinois. He died 28 Mar 1923 in Danbury, Burnett County, Wisconsin and was buried in Orange Cemetery, Burnett County, Wisconsin. Hiram married Elizabeth Elvira Sarah WOODWARD on 18 Oct 1867 in Oconomowoc, Waukesha, Wisconsin.

Other marriages:
BURNS, Ellen I

Hiram Ingalls home in Burnett County, Wisconsin

BIOGRAPHY: First postmaster of Dongola, Wisconsin.
 

Civil War soldier: MN, H. A. Co. E, GAR 1861-1865. Enlisted as a Private on 05 January 1865 at the age of 19. Enlisted in Company E, 1st Heavy Artillery Regiment Minnesota on 05 January 1865. Mustered out on 27 September 1865. Filed for a Union pension 13 May 1889.
 

Census: Occupation listed in 1910 as hunter and trapper.

 

1915 plat of L. R. Ingalls and H. Ingalls property in Burnett Co., Wisconsin

Township 39N, Range 15W, Section 7 & 8

 

LINK: Diary of a Frontiersman at Rootsweb--donated by the Ingalls family of Burnett County, Wisconsin.

Buried in Orange Cemetery, Burnett County, Wisconsin.

LINK: Orange Cemetery records from Rootsweb.

Elizabeth Elvira Sarah WOODWARD was born 5 Apr 1847 in New York. She died 27 May 1910 in Burnett County, Wisconsin and was buried in Orange Cemetery, Burnett County, Wisconsin. Elizabeth married Hiram Lemuel INGALLS on 18 Oct 1867 in Oconomowoc, Waukesha, Wisconsin.

Census: In 1910 census listed as having had 6 children of which 5 were still living.
DEATH: Appears in the 1910 census--she died less than two weeks after the census was taken.

They had the following children:

  F i Laura Elizabeth INGALLS was born 25 Nov 1869 and died 22 May 1943.
Little House in the Big Woods Though in "Little House in the Big Woods" Laura said she argued with another little girl also called Laura Ingalls, saying she was the daughter of Uncle James and Aunt Libby, she appears to be mistaken, that this Laura Ingalls was her Uncle Hiram's daughter (Libby being a nickname for Elizabeth).  Uncle James--Lansford James Ingalls--was married to Sarah and named none of his daughters Laura.
  F ii Ruby Eveline INGALLS was born 21 Sep 1871 and died 21 Dec 1941.
  M iii Phillip L INGALLS was born 22 Apr 1873 and died 1 Sep 1896.
  F iv Sarah Jeanette INGALLS was born 3 Aug 1877 and died 7 May 1956.
  F v Mary Rose Ellen INGALLS was born 1 Sep 1880 and died 2 Jan 1951.
  M vi Hiram Leroy INGALLS was born 22 Jun 1882 and died 16 May 1949.
  M vii
Leo Vincent INGALLS was born 4 Oct 1896 in Wisconsin. He died 16 Jul 1974. He was related to his parents by adoption.

Parents: Listed in 1910 census as adopted.

Isaiah CLOUGH was born 1838. He died 1859. Isaiah married Lydia Louise INGALLS.

Lydia Louise INGALLS [Parents] "Julia?" was born 12 Apr 1838 in Cuba Township, Allegeny Co., New York. She died 2 Jan 1913 in Pierce Co., Wisconsin. Julia? married Isaiah CLOUGH.

Other marriages:
STOUFF, Joseph

 

Census: On 1860 census as Julia L.

Census: In 1880 census in Rock Elm, Pierce Co., Wisconsin, with second husband J. Stouff, a farmer born in France.

They had the following children:

  M i Lafayette CLOUGH was born 29 Jan 1858 and died 4 Feb 1893.

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