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 Wilder, Laura Ingalls
| Why did the Ingalls family have to get a cat in 'Little Town on the Prairie'? | Laura Ingalls Wilder (tinakae) |
trouble with mice. Pa caught a mouse chewing off his hair for a nest. They got the kitten before its eyes were open, but soon it could even fight off the biggest dogs in town, and only a new dog could be set on Kitty.
| Why did the family have to leave their home in the book 'Little House on the Prairie'? | Laura Ingalls Wilder (tinakae) |
The government decided not to open it up for white settlement, it belonged to the Indians.. Their house was three miles over the line in Indian Territory.
| Why did the dog Shep run away in 'The First Four Years'? | Laura Ingalls Wilder (tinakae) |
He didn't like Rose.. They got another dog later, Nero, who thought it was his duty to watch over and protect baby Rose.
| Whom did Laura's daughter marry? | The "Little House" Series: Life of Laura Ingalls (kennell) |
Gillette Lane. Rose married Gillette Lane. He turned out to be a pretty rotten husband. He abandoned Rose, leaving her very much in debt. Rose worked out an arrangement with Gillette's boss, and became one of the first real estate sales ladies ever. She was very successful, and paid off her husband's debts. There's conflicting information as to exactly when Gillette disappeared. In the "Rose Years" series, he leaves her very early on, but if you read "West From Home", Laura's book of letters sent to Almanzo while Laura was visting Rose in San Francisco in 1916, Gillette was still around. I put more trust in Laura's letters, as she wouldn't talk about Gillette in her letters if he had already left Rose. Apparently, according to Laura's letters, Rose and Gillette owed them quite a sum of money.
| Who were Laura's parents? | Laura Ingalls Wilder (prichason) |
Charles and Caroline Ingalls. Charles Phillip Ingalls was born on January 10, 1836. Caroline Lake Quiner Ingalls was born on December 12, 1839. They were married on February 1, 1860.
| Who were Almanzo's parents? | Laura's husband: Almanzo James Wilder (prichason) |
James and Angeline Day Wilder. Charles and Caroline Ingalls was Laura's parents. Rose was Almanzo and Laura's daughter. Perley and Alice were Almanzo's brother and sister.
| Who went into the countryside to find wheat for the starving people in 'The Long Winter'? | Laura Ingalls Wilder (tinakae) |
Almanzo Wilder and Cap Garland. They nearly got caught in a blizzard, but they got the wheat and the townspeople were saved from certain starvation.
| Who was Laura's nemesis in 'On the Banks of Plum Creek' and later, in 'Little Town on the Prairie'? | Laura Ingalls Wilder (tinakae) |
Nellie Oleson . Laura got her revenge: first when they were little, Laura made Nellie swim in an area where she got covered in leaches. Later, all Nellie wanted was to ride with Almanzo, but Laura got to first.
| Who was Laura's mother? | The "Little House" Series: Life of Laura Ingalls (kennell) |
Caroline Quiner. Caroline Quiner, whom we all know as "Ma Ingalls", was born in 1839 in Brookfield, Wisconsin, the fifth of Charlotte's seven children. She married Charles Ingalls and gave birth to five children: Mary, Laura, Caroline (Carrie), Charles, Jr. (who unfortunately died at age one), and Grace. Charles Ingalls died in 1902, and Caroline died in 1924.
| Who was Laura's great grandmother? | The "Little House" Series: Life of Laura Ingalls (kennell) |
Martha Morse. Martha Morse was born in Glencaraid ("Friendly Valley"), Scotland in 1782. She was the daughter of a Lord. She married Lewis Tucker, and they had 10 children. Martha died in 1862.
| Who was Laura's grandmother? | The "Little House" Series: Life of Laura Ingalls (kennell) |
Charlotte Tucker. Charlotte Tucker was born in 1809 after her parents came to the United States, in the small village of Roxbury, near Boston. She married Henry Quiner, and they had seven children. It is said that Laura named the rag doll she received for Christmas when she was five after her Grandmother. Charlotte died in 1884.
| Who came and got Laura every weekend and took her home during her first teaching job? | Laura Ingalls Wilder (tinakae) |
Almanzo. Laura told Almanzo Wilder that she appreciated him fetching her home, but she wouldn't go out with him when her job was over. She did, though, and later married him.
| Which book describes their life in Kansas? | Laura Ingalls Wilder (prichason) |
Little House on the Prairie. Even though Laura's books say that Carrie was already born when they moved to Kansas, she was not. Caroline Celestia Ingalls was born in Montgomery County, Kansas.
| Where was the last 'Little House' Laura and Almanzo lived? | The Real Laura Ingalls Wilder (sammicat) |
Mansfield. Their home was called 'Rocky Ridge Farm'. The home is preserved as 'The Laura Ingalls Wilder Home and Museum of Mansfield'.
| Where was Laura Ingalls Wilder born? | Laura Ingalls Wilder (tinakae) |
Wisconsin. This was the setting for 'Little House in the Big Woods'
| Where did the family go from there? | Laura Ingalls Wilder (tinakae) |
Minnesota. Their first home was a sod dugout on the banks of Plum Creek. They later moved to a wood house, but Pa had trouble paying for it because of a plague of grasshoppers.
| Where did Laura and Almanzo finally settle and live for the rest of their lives? | Laura Ingalls Wilder (tinakae) |
Mansfield, Missouri. The 'Land of the Big Red Apple'. You can visit the Laura Ingalls Wilder homestead and museum just outside of Mansfield and see Pa's fiddle, Laura's jewelry box, and many of their other treasures.
| When were Laura and Almanzo married? | Laura's husband: Almanzo James Wilder (prichason) |
August 25, 1885. Laura and Almanzo were married on August 25, 1885 at the home of the Rev. Brown in DeSmet, Dakota Territory. Rose was born on December 5, 1886.
| When was Laura Ingalls Wilder born? | The Real Laura Ingalls Wilder (sammicat) |
February 7, 1867. Laura Elizabeth Ingalls (Wilder) was born February 7, 1867, in a log cabin in the forests, surrounding Pepin,Wisconsin. Mary Ingalls was born in 1866, Carrie Ingalls (Swanzey) was born on August 6, 1870 and Grace Ingalls (Dow) was born in 1877.
| When was Laura Elizabeth Ingalls Wilder born? | Laura Ingalls Wilder (prichason) |
February 7, 1867. Mary Amelia Ingalls was born on January 10, 1865. Caroline Celestia (Carrie) Ingalls was born on August 3, 1870. Charles Frederick Ingalls was born on November 1, 1875. Grace Pearl Ingalls was born on May 23, 1877. These were the children of Charles and Caroline Ingalls. In real life they did not adopt any children.
| When was Almanzo James Wilder born? | Laura Ingalls Wilder (prichason) |
February 13, 1857. Almanzo was born in near Malone, New York. He died in Mansfield, Missouri on October 23, 1949 at the age of 92.
| When was Almanzo born? | Laura's husband: Almanzo James Wilder (prichason) |
February 13, 1857. Almanzo James Wilder was born on February 13, 1857 near Malone, NY. He was the 5th of six children.
| When was "The First Four Years" published? | Laura Ingalls Wilder (prichason) |
1971. "The First Four Years" was not published during Laura's lifetime. It was published 14 years after her death from her original penciled manuscripts.
| When did Laura die? | Laura Ingalls Wilder (prichason) |
February 10, 1957. She passed away three days after her 90th birthday. She is buried next to Almanzo in the Mansfield Cemetery. Rocky Ridge Farm is open to the public for tours.
| When did Laura and Almanzo marry? | Laura Ingalls Wilder (prichason) |
August 25, 1885. Laura was seventeen when Almanzo asked her to marry him. She agreed, but made him promise that their wedding ceremony would not ask that she obey him.
| When did Almanzo pass away? | Laura's husband: Almanzo James Wilder (prichason) |
October 23, 1949. Almanzo passed away on October 23, 1949 at the age of 92 from heart failure. He and Laura had been married 64 years.
| What year was Laura Ingalls born? | The "Little House" Series: Life of Laura Ingalls (kennell) |
1867. Laura was the second daughter of Caroline and Charles Ingalls. She married Almanzo James Wilder on August 25, 1885. Together, they had two children. Rose was born in December, 1886. The following year, Laura and Almanzo had a boy, but he lived only a short time and died from convulsions before he could even be named. Laura died in 1957.
| What year was "Little House in the Big Woods" published? | Laura Ingalls Wilder (prichason) |
1932. "Little House in the Big Woods" described her life as a small child in the Big Woods of Wisconsin. They left the Big Woods in 1869 and moved to Kansas.
| What year did Laura, Almanzo and their daughter leave De Smet, South Dakota? | The "Little House" Series: Life of Laura Ingalls (kennell) |
1894. Laura and Almanzo had hard times in De Smet. There was illness and crop failure, and the Wilders were deep in debt. They decided to move to "The Land of the Big Red Apple"--Mansfield, Missouri. There they bought a farm and raised chickens and apples. This was where Laura wrote her "Little House" series.
| What year did Laura and Almanzo get married? | The Real Laura Ingalls Wilder (sammicat) |
1885. Laura Elizabeth Ingalls and Almanzo James Wilder were married in the town of DeSmet, on August 25, 1885 by Rev. Edward Brown. They remained together for sixty-four years until Almanzo's death on the 23rd of October 1949.
| What won Almanzo first prize at the county fair in 'Farmer Boy'? | Laura Ingalls Wilder (tinakae) |
his pumpkin. It was a milk-fed pumpkin.
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- I have it from a reputable source, in the Laura Ingall Wilder book series collection set, that in 'On The Way Home' Laura breaks her wedding vow by letting her husband know, "You're not telling me what to do." What was her statement about? ( goto )
- How did Charles and Caroline Ingalls die? ( goto )
- What is the lifespan of Laura Secord? ( goto )
- How many children did the Ingalls have altogether in their home during the run of 'Little House on the Prairie?' ( goto )
- What are the names of fictional hero Laura Croft's mother and father? ( goto )
- In Eastenders, does Laura find out that the baby was really Ian's? ( goto )
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- In the Laura Lee Hope books, the Bobbsey Twins, are these books based on real peoople? ( goto )
- Sherlock Holmes had a brother called Mycroft, but in the Gene Wilder movie "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother" there is a third brother. Can you name him? ( goto )
- In the show 'Little House on the Prairie' Laura Ingels has two dogs. What are their names? ( goto )
- From the Dick Van Dyke Show, where did Rob Petrie meet Laura Meeker? ( goto )
- In the TV sitcom 'The Dick Van Dyke Show' what was Laura Petrie's favorite soap opera? ( goto )
- What was the real name of the Welshman who had a hit with 'Tell Laura I Love Her'? ( goto )
- What connection does Laura Ingles from 'Little House on the Prairie' have with the TV shows 'Roseanne' and '24'? ( goto )
- In 1982 'Strong Medicine's Janine Turner joined the cast of 'General Hospital' as Laura Templeton. Who played Templeton's sister? ( goto )
- Who dumped Laura Dern to make Pushing Tin co-star Angelina Jolie his fourth wife?
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- Who portrayed the off-duty cop in the early 80's who ran over and killed Laura Cudahy on 'All My Children'? ( goto )
- Which of these products is artificial blood used for special effects in movies---Dracula {Spit;Lipstick} {Laura;Kensington} {Gore;OR} Frank'n'stain? ( goto )
- Laura Bush is at present in Afghanistan. How does she travel, is she travelling on Air Force 1, or does she travel by commercial jet? ( goto )
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