List of Little House on the Prairie real people

This is a list of some of family members of Laura Ingalls Wilder

Laura Ingalls Wilder

Laura Elizabeth Ingalls Wilder was an American author who wrote the Little House series of books based on her childhood in a pioneer family...

(Little House on the Prairie
Little House on the Prairie
Little House is a series of children's books by Laura Ingalls Wilder that was published originally between 1932 and 1943, with four additional books published posthumously, in 1962, 1971, 1974 and 2006.-History:...

).
Source : Laura Ingalls Wilder discussion

The Ingalls

Delano line :

Jonathan Delano (b.1647) and Mercy Warren (1658-1727) (gdau. of Richard Warren

Richard Warren

Richard Warren was a passenger on the Mayflower in 1620. He settled in Plymouth Colony and was among ten passengers of the Mayflower landing party with Myles Standish at Cape Cod on November 11, 1620...

of the Mayflower

Mayflower

The Mayflower was the ship that transported the English Separatists, better known as the Pilgrims, from a site near the Mayflower Steps in Plymouth, England, to Plymouth, Massachusetts, , in 1620...

)

Jonathan Delano (b.1680) and Amy Hatch (b.1687)

Jabez Delano (b.1708) and Prudence Hibbard (b.1711)

Colby line :

Matthew Colby (b.1530) and (from 1555) Mary (last name unknown) (b.1532)

Thomas Colby (b.1567) and (from May 4, 1596) Anne Jackson (b.1571)

Anthony Colby (b.1605) and (from 1632) Susanna Haddon (b.1608)

John Colby (b.1633) and (from January 14, 1655) Frances Hoyt (b.1636)

John Colby (b.1656) and (from December 27, 1675) Sarah Eldridge (b.1658)

Joseph Colby (b.1680) and (from November 22, 1704) Anne Bartlett (b.1684)

Nathan Colby (b.1710) and (from December 18, 1735) Hannah Worthen (b.1716)

Based on the datas from : The Genealogy of Almanzo and Laura Ingalls Wilder

Peter Riley Ingalls (1833-1900) - born in Cuba, New York
Cuba, New York
Cuba, New York may refer to:*Cuba , New York*Cuba , New York...

. On April 21, 1842, in Brookfield, Wisconsin
Brookfield, Wisconsin
Brookfield is a city located in Waukesha County, Wisconsin, United States. It had a population of 37,920 in the 2010 census. Brookfield is the second largest city in Waukesha County, and the leading commercial suburb of Milwaukee. The City of Brookfield was formed in 1954 from the Town of...

married Eliza Ann Quiner (see : The Quiners) and the couple had six children (see below). They left Pepin
Pepin, Wisconsin
Pepin is a village in Pepin County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 837 at the 2010 census. The village is located within the Town of Pepin.-History:...

in 1874, together with Laura's family and stopped in Zumbro Falls, Minnesota
Zumbro Falls, Minnesota
Zumbro Falls is a city along the Zumbro River in Wabasha County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 207 at the 2010 census. U.S. Highway 63 and Minnesota 60 intersect in Zumbro Falls....

. Next they moved to South Troy, Minnesota
South Troy, Minnesota
South Troy is a small unincorporated community on U.S. Route 63 in Zumbro Township, Wabasha County, Minnesota, United States, west of the city of Hammond.-Notable people:...

where the Ingalls visited them for some time (in 1876).
- Alice Josephine Ingalls (23 Apr 1862-30 Jan 1934) - married Arthur Whiting. They had five children, born between 1883 and after 1899.
- Ella Estella Ingalls (23 Jan 1865-9 Mar 1945) - married Leslie Lee Whiting and had four children, born between 1885 and 1894. She spent some time in DeSmet
  De Smet, South Dakota
  -External links:* * * * *...
  
  , together with her husband and the eldest baby; Earl Leland.
- Peter Franklin Ingalls (16 Nov 1866-23 Sep 1932) - he lived with Laura and Almanzo in DeSmet for a while. Had a wife Mary Edith "Molly" McGowin and they had seven children.
- Lansford Newcomb Ingalls (b. 5 Apr 1870),
- Edith Florence "Dolly Varden" (23 Jun 1872-13 Jul 1951), on 9 Jun 1892 married Heil Nelson Bingham and they had eight children, born between 1893 and 1912.
- Edmond Llewellyn Ingalls (b. 26 Aug 1880), married Edith Mae (last name unknown) and they had two children.
"baby boy" Ingalls (1835-1835). Died at approximately two weeks of age, of "convulsions", and had not been named yet.
Charles Phillip Ingalls (1836-1902) - Laura's father
- Mary
  Mary Ingalls
  Mary Amelia Ingalls was born near the town of Pepin, Wisconsin. She was the first child of Caroline and Charles Ingalls...
- Laura
  Laura Ingalls Wilder
  Laura Elizabeth Ingalls Wilder was an American author who wrote the Little House series of books based on her childhood in a pioneer family...
- Carrie
  Carrie Ingalls
  Caroline Celestia "Carrie" Ingalls Swanzey was the third child of Charles and Caroline Ingalls, and was born in Montgomery County, Kansas...
- Freddie
- Grace
  Grace Ingalls
  Grace Pearl Ingalls Dow was the fifth and last child of Caroline and Charles Ingalls. She was the youngest sister of Laura Ingalls Wilder, known for her Little House on the Prairie books.-Biography:...
Lydia Louise Ingalls (1838-1913) - on 15 Jan 1856, she married Robert Fulton Clough and later - in 1859, Joseph Stouff. She had five children, first of whom was Clough's.
- Issac Lafayette Clough (b.1857, got married in 1876)
- Robert Stouff
- Minnie Stouff - married a man with the last name of Phillips.
- Amy Stouff
- Amos Alvin Stouff
Polly Melona Ingalls (1840-1886) - born in Cuba, New York
Cuba, New York
Cuba, New York may refer to:*Cuba , New York*Cuba , New York...

. In 1859 married Henry Odin Quiner (see : The Quiners) and they had six children (see below). The family left Pepin with Laura's family in 1868 and both families stopped in Rothville, Missouri
Rothville, Missouri
Rothville is a village in Chariton County, Missouri, United States. The population was 93 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Rothville is located at ....

. In 1869 they returned to Pepin. Some time later they went West.
- Louisa Quiner (b. 1860),
- Charles Quiner (b. 1862),
- Albert Quiner (b. 1865),
- Charlotte "Lottie" Quiner (b. 1867),
- Ruby Quiner
- Lillian Quiner
Lansford James Ingalls (1842-1928) - was married twice; to Sarah Dickinson (1846-1897) and later to Mary Dickinson. Both of them were born in England.
- Samuel James Ingalls
- Sara Belle Ingalls
- William Walter Ingalls
- Mary Elizabeth Ingalls
- Edward Eugene Ingalls
- Horace Foster Ingalls
- Andrew Jackson Ingalls - had a son
- Olive May Ingalls
- Martha Esther Ingalls
Laura Ladocia "Docia" Ingalls (1845-1918) - married August Waldvogel (divorced later) and the couple had two children (see below). Next she married Hiram "Hi" Forbes and they had 7 daughters. Hiram was a contractor for the Chicago and North Western Railway. They spent some time in DeSmet
De Smet, South Dakota
-External links:* * * * *...

with the Ingalls but soon moved to Nebraska
Nebraska
Nebraska is a state on the Great Plains of the Midwestern United States. The state's capital is Lincoln and its largest city is Omaha, on the Missouri River....

. They lost contact. Hiram died in 1906.
- Lena Waldvogel (1866-1943)
- August Eugene "Jean" Waldvogel (b.1870).
Hiram Lemuel Ingalls (1848-1923) - on 18 Oct 1867, married Sarah Elizabeth Woodward (1847-1910) and on 27 Feb 1919 - Ellen Parker
- Laura Eliza Ingalls
- Ruby Evaline Ingalls
- Phillip L. Ingalls
- Sarah Jeanette Ingalls
- Mary Rose Ellen Ingalls
- Hiram LeRoy "Roy" Ingalls
- Leo Vincent Ingalls
George Whiting Ingalls (1851-1901)
Ruby Celestia Ingalls (1855-1881) (Father of the children unknown)
- George
- Dolly Warden
- Sherman

The Quiners

(Laura's maternal great-great-grandparents)

Allan Alexander Morse and Margaret Drummond *These are fictional names. Real names unknown.

(Laura's maternal great-grandparents)

Lewis Tucker (1779-1870) and Martha Gráinne Morse (1772-1862)

William Quiner (1773-1831) and Margaret Doer (1774-1839)

(Laura's maternal grandparents)

Charlotte Tucker and Henry Quiner

THEIR CHILDREN (Laura's aunts and uncles) :

Martha Morse Quiner (1832-1836)
Joseph Carpenter Quiner (1834-1862). He married Nancy Frank in Wisconsin in 1856. Died of wounds suffered at the Battle of Shiloh
Battle of Shiloh
The Battle of Shiloh, also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing, was a major battle in the Western Theater of the American Civil War, fought April 6–7, 1862, in southwestern Tennessee. A Union army under Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant had moved via the Tennessee River deep into Tennessee and...

.
Henry Odin Quiner (1835-1880) - born on December 7 in Ohio
Ohio
Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...

. He married Polly Ingalls (for more - see above)
Martha Jane Quiner (1837-1927) - married Charles Carpenter in 1860.
- William Augustus (1861-1884)
- Joseph Quiner (1863-1923) married Elizabeth C.Reese.
  - Phoebe Quiner
  - Joseph Quiner
  - Elizabeth Quiner
  - Clara Quiner
  - Martha Quiner
  - Charles Quiner
  - Theodore Quiner
  - Donald Quiner
  - Lillian Quiner
  - Emilie Quiner
- Lettice "Lottie" Jane (1864-1949)
- Nancy Cora (1865-1955)
- Martha Eliza (1868-1871)
- Millicent Ann (1869-1960)
- Charles Carr (1871-1918)
- Emma Bertha (1873-1955)
- Etta Minerva (1874-1899)
- Martha Josephine (1876-1962)
- Marion Caroline (1879-1939)
- Myrtie Emmeline (1879-1956)
- Thomas Quiner (1882-1944)
- George Lockwood (1882-1954)
Caroline Lake Quiner
Caroline Ingalls
Caroline Ingalls, born Caroline Lake Quiner was the mother of Laura Ingalls Wilder, author of the Little House books.-Biography:...

(December 12, 1839-April 20, 1924) - Laura's mother
Eliza Ann Quiner (1842-1931) - born on April 21 in Brookfield, Wisconsin
Brookfield, Wisconsin
Brookfield is a city located in Waukesha County, Wisconsin, United States. It had a population of 37,920 in the 2010 census. Brookfield is the second largest city in Waukesha County, and the leading commercial suburb of Milwaukee. The City of Brookfield was formed in 1954 from the Town of...

. Both families - the Ingalls and the Quiners - moved several times and stopped finally in Jefferson County, Wisconsin
Jefferson County, Wisconsin
Jefferson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of 2000, the population was 74,021. Its county seat is Jefferson.-Geography:According to the U.S...

. Eliza married Peter Ingalls in Concord, Wisconsin
Concord, Wisconsin
Concord is a town in Jefferson County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 2,023 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 36.6 square miles , of which, 36.0 square miles of it is land and 0.6 square miles of...

, on June 5, 1861 (for more - see above).
Thomas Lewis Quiner (1844-1903) - born on November 23. He married Lillian Graham Hill. They lived for some time in DeSmet. Died in an accident at the Columbia River
Columbia River
The Columbia River is the largest river in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. The river rises in the Rocky Mountains of British Columbia, Canada, flows northwest and then south into the U.S. state of Washington, then turns west to form most of the border between Washington and the state...

on February 23, 1903.
- Helen Marion Quiner
- Alice Quiner
- Donald Quiner
- Dugold Lewis Quiner
- Lillian Josephine Quiner
- John Hill Quiner(born in 1902 or 1903).

Henry Quiner died in October 1844 in the sinking of a trading ship on the Great Lakes. Charlotte Tucker Quiner remarried, to Frederic Holbrook, and they had one child

Charlotte E. "Lottie" Holbrook (January 20, 1854-February 15, 1939). She married Henry Moore (b.1852) in 1875.
- Frederick Moore (b.1878)
- Arvin Moore (b.1880)
- Harry C. Moore (b.1882)
- Ralph Moore (b.1887)
- Pearl Eva Moore (b.1888)

Charlotte Tucker

Charlotte Wallis Tucker was born on May 25, 1809 in Roxbury, Massachusetts

Roxbury, Massachusetts

Roxbury is a dissolved municipality and current neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It was one of the first towns founded in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630, and became a city in 1846 until annexed to Boston on January 5, 1868...

(a suburb of Boston

Boston

Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...

). She died September 20, 1884 in Rome, Wisconsin

Rome, Jefferson County, Wisconsin

Rome is a census-designated place in Jefferson County, Wisconsin, along the Bark River. The population was 689 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Rome is located at ....

. Her mostly fictionalised story was described in The Charlotte Years four books by Melissa Wiley

Melissa Wiley

Melissa Wiley is a pen name for Melissa Anne Peterson . She is the author of two book series about Laura Ingalls Wilder's ancestors, the Martha Years and the Charlotte Years.-Personal life:...

. Charlotte was a maternal grandmother to Laura Ingalls Wilder

Laura Ingalls Wilder

Laura Elizabeth Ingalls Wilder was an American author who wrote the Little House series of books based on her childhood in a pioneer family...

.

As a young woman, Charlotte married Henry Newton Quiner from Connecticut

Connecticut

Connecticut is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south .Connecticut is named for the Connecticut River, the major U.S. river that approximately...

. She was the first woman in her family to travel west, living in Ohio

Ohio

Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...

and Indiana

Indiana

Indiana is a US state, admitted to the United States as the 19th on December 11, 1816. It is located in the Midwestern United States and Great Lakes Region. With 6,483,802 residents, the state is ranked 15th in population and 16th in population density. Indiana is ranked 38th in land area and is...

before settling in the frontier town of Brookfield, Wisconsin

Brookfield, Wisconsin

Brookfield is a city located in Waukesha County, Wisconsin, United States. It had a population of 37,920 in the 2010 census. Brookfield is the second largest city in Waukesha County, and the leading commercial suburb of Milwaukee. The City of Brookfield was formed in 1954 from the Town of...

Martha Morse

Martha Morse was born on January 2, 1782 in Scotland, where she spent all her childhood, with father, a wealthy landowners in the Scottish Highlands. Her mostly fictionalised story was said in The Martha Years four books by Melissa Wiley. Martha was a mother of Charlotte Tucker and a great-grandmother to Laura Ingalls Wilder.

Martha married a blacksmith's son; Lewis Tucker. First Lewis and then Martha travelled to the United States. Martha and Lewis began their new life near Boston, Massachusetts, becoming the first of Laura's ancestors to pioneer America.

The Wilders

Royal Gould Wilder (1809-1815)

Thomas Payne Wilder (1811-?)

James Mason Wilder (1812-?) - Almanzo's father. Married Angeline Albina Day.
- Laura Ann Wilder (1844-1899) - born June 15, 1844, in 1874 married Harrison Lomanzo Howard.
  - Angelina Esther Howard (1876-1964), in 1897 married Fred Merritt.
    
    Ralph Merritt
    
    Ethel Merritt
    
    Howard Merritt
  - Harrison J.Howard (1878-1918)
  - Josephine Howard (1880-1918), married to William Walker
  - Ralph Waldo Howard (1881-1934), married to Estelle C.
- Royal Gould Wilder (1847-1925), born February 20, 1847. In 1893, married Electa Averill Hutchison.
  - Angeline Bernice Wilder (1894-1957), in 1917 married Arlow Laging and in 1929, George Granger.
  - "baby girl" Wilder (stillborn in 1897)
  - Susan E. Wilder (1898-1899)
- Eliza Jane Wilder (1850-1930), born January 3, 1850. In 1893, married Thomas Jefferson Thayer and in 1904, Maxwell Gordon. Died in Los Angeles.
  - Walcott Wilder Thayer (1894-1965), in 1918 married Frances Cockrell.
    - Walter Thayer - married Elaine Ditch
      - Cynthia Thayer
      - Walter Thayer
    - Francis Gervaise Thayer - married Alena (last name unknown).
      - Thomas Thayer
      - Larry Thayer
    - Betty Mae Thayer - married a man with the last name of Raymond, and later, a man with the last name of Huey.
      - Cynthia Raymond
      - Walter Raymond
      - David Huey
      - Joan Huey
      - Donald Huey
- Alice Wilder (1853-1892), born September 3, 1853. In 1879 married Albert A.Baldwin (1848-1905). Died in Florida.
  - Myrtle Baldwin (1880-1945), married to John R. Brown
  - Leland Edward Baldwin (1884-1913)
- Almanzo Wilder
  Almanzo Wilder
  Almanzo James Wilder was the husband of Laura Ingalls Wilder and father of Rose Wilder Lane, both noted U.S. writers.- Early life :...
  
  (1857-1949)
- Perley Day Wilder (1869-1934), born June 13, 1869, In 1897 married Elsie Lillian Merritt (1879-1948). Died in Los Angeles.
  - James Wilder (1903-?), married Thelma Gricourt
  - Gladys Wilder (1905-?)
  - Harold Wilder (1909-?)
  - Perley Wilder Jr., (1912-1977), married to Ethel Smith, and later, Dolores Moore
  - John Wilder (1916-1916)

Hannah Payne Wilder (1814-1891)

Royal Gould Wilder (1816-1887) - born after his eldest brother's death (and so named after him). He became a reverend and married Eliza Jane Smith.

Robert Wilder

Grace Wilder

William Wilder

Edward Wilder

Mary Jane Wilder

Phoebe Wilder (1821-1890) - married Joseph C.Lamson.
- Chester Lamson (1854-1934) - married Catherine McDonough.
  - Mabel Lamson (1888-1982)
- Charles Lamson
- Gussie Lamson
- "baby girl" Lamson
Polly Maria Wilder (1824-1851)
William Wilder (1828-1909)
Sarah Charlotte Wilder (1820-1892) - married Andrew Day (her sister-in-law's - Almanzo's mother - brother)
- Carrie May Day (1856-1898) - married Orville Everett.
  - Frances Everett - married a man with the last name of Smith.
    - Dorothy Belle Smith
- Elmer A.Day (1862-1947) - married to Mary MacMaster (1864-1945)
- Willard R.Day (1858-1891) - married Emma Hubbard
- Grace Day (1864-1894) - married to Grant Collins
Joshua Prince Wilder (1832-1832)

The Days

Laura Day (1819-?)
Delia Day (1824-?)
Angelina Albina Day (1821-?) - married James Mason Wilder and they six children, including Almanzo James Wilder (Laura Ingalls Wilder's husband). For more information, see above.
Celinda A.Day (1826-?)
Andrew Day (1828-?) - married Sarah Charlotte Wilder (1820-1892) and they had four children. For more information, see the Wilder's tree above (since Sarah was a sister of Almanzo's father).
John Wesley Day (1829-1907) - married Alcesta Lindy.
- Fred Day
- Frank Day
- Albert Day
- Wilton Day
George W.Day (1831-1873)

Neighbors, friends and acquaintances

Nellie Oleson
Nellie Oleson
Nellie Oleson is a fictional character that appeared in the children's books written by Laura Ingalls Wilder. Her character was later adapted for the NBC television show, Little House on the Prairie. She also stars in the book Nellie Oleson Meets Laura Ingalls, by Heather Williams.Nellie was a...

was actually three real people: Nellie Owens, Genevieve Masters, and Stella Gilbert.
Lew Brewster was a pseudonym for Louis Bouchie, a homesteader who offered Laura her first teaching job.

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