At a recent program I was asked about birthdays of the Ingalls and Wilder Families. Here’s a list in chronological order below.
1813 – James Mason Wilder [Father Wilder] born near Milton, Vermont [January 26].
1821 – Angeline Day [Mother Wilder] born in Chateaugay, New York.
1836 – Charles Ingalls [Pa] born in Cuba, New York [Jan.11].
1839 – Caroline Quiner [Ma] born in Brookfield, Wisconsin [Dec. 12].
1844 – Laura Wilder born [June 15].
1847 – Royal Wilder born [February 20].
1850 - Eliza Jane Wilder is born [January 1].
1853 – Alice Wilder born [September 3].
1857 – Almanzo James Wilder born in New York [Feb. 13].
1865 – Mary Amelia Ingalls born at Pepin, Wisconsin [Jan. 10].
1867 – Laura Elizabeth Ingalls born in Pepin, Wisconsin [Feb. 7].
1869 – The final child of the James Wilder Family, Perley Day Wilder was born after Farmer Boy was set [June 13].
1870 – Caroline Ingalls [Carrie] born in Montgomery County, Kansas [Aug. 3].
1875 – Charles Frederick Ingalls born in Walnut Grove, Minnesota [Nov. 1].
1876 – Charles Frederick Ingalls dies at South Troy, Minnesota [Aug. 27].
1877 – Grace Pearl Ingalls born in Burr Oak, Iowa [May 23].