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About The Ingalls Family

by |Dec 6, 2018

Thanks to the cozy, warm, and affectionate portrayal of the Ingalls family across all kinds of media platforms around the world, many people think of Ma, Pa, Mary, Laura, Carrie, Grace, Almanzo, and even Jack the bulldog as part of their family.

The Ingalls Family - The real family vs the book family vs the family on the TV show.

However, that raises the question of what version of the Ingalls family people relate to most. The prairie is a little crowded. There is the real-life Ingalls family, theversion in the books, theNBC television version, the ABC miniseries version, the versionin the musical, and those in the pageants, just to name a few.

 

Charles Phillip Ingalls or “Pa” (1836-1902)

Charles had a wandering foot in all his various incarnations. In real life, his family had long been farmers, moving several times while he was growing up in search of a better chance. Charles followed this same pattern with his own family after marrying Caroline Quiner, always in search of better financial opportunities, specifically a successful wheat farm. After many moves and attempts, with his family’s help, Charles proved up his homestead, but due to health issues, he retired from farming almost immediately afterward. Together Charles and Caroline built up one final home in De Smet, South Dakota. It’s known in Laura circles as the Third Street House and is where Charles and Caroline spent the rest of their respective lives.

TheLittle House books simplify and streamline the various moves, leaving out things like Charles’s deal to pre-empt a tree claim in Walnut Grove and then resell it a few days later. They also leave out the family’s financial problems. The books don’t portray the financial assistance the family received from the Minnesota state government during the grasshopper plague emergency and from the Dakota territorial government for Mary’s tuition to the College for the Blind.

On the NBC TV show, Charles and the Ingalls family were a far more permanent part of the community. For the majority of the episodes, they stayed firmly entrenched in Walnut Grove, Minnesota. Played without an attempt at Charles’s famous beard, Michael Landon remains theembodiment of Pa for many people around the world.

Caroline Lake Quiner Ingalls or “Ma” (1839-1924)

Caroline was raised in a blended family after her father went down in a shipwreck on the Great Lakes, and her mother later remarried. Life was hard during those years, and Caroline expressed a longing for stability. Caroline married Charles Ingalls and, drawn on by his efforts to make a better life for her family, and she was pulled from “pillar to post” as goes the expression her book character uses. Caroline was a strong pioneer woman, willing to do what she had to do to keep the family going. She valued education, having attended an academy “back east” near Milwaukee, and tried to keep the family in fashion as best as she was able.

Book Caroline was pushed farther within the Victorian ideal than real life Caroline. While Ma’s neighborliness, her creativity in desperate times, and education were described in the books, definite limitations were placed on her character to make a starker contrast between Ma’s character and Pa’s, the world of domesticity and the world of the outdoors. While book version Ma was horrified that Laura might go help with haying, the real-life Caroline went into the fields herself to help as a matter of course. While book version Ma objected to Laura working in a hotel in De Smet, Caroline had both her older daughters working with her in the Masters’ Hotel in Burr Oak, Iowa.

On the NBC TV series, Karen Grassle portrayed Ma Ingalls. Grassle’s version of Ma was calm and soft-spoken with a small fiery streak absent from the books. Her rivalry with the TV show’s Mrs. Oleson (portrayed by Katherine MacGregor) was a regular feature of the show, especially in the early years (“Really Charles, THAT WOMAN!” – pick your episode). Still, it was Grassle’s calm assurance thatmade many TV viewers feel that they, too, were safely part of the Ingalls family.

Mary Amelia Ingalls (1865-1928)

Mary Ingalls - Historic and TV

Mary was the fair-haired child of the Ingalls family. As the oldest sister, she was studious and enjoyed music and crafts. Her independence and future were sharply curtailed when she lost her sight at age 14. Her blindness greatly impacted the whole family. Laura had to step up and take more responsibility. The family sacrificed to get their share of the money needed to send her to the Iowa School for the Blind (support including money for tuition and books also came from the Dakota territorial government). As it did for many people, the school restored a lot of Mary’s self-confidence. After she graduated, she returned to live with Pa and Ma in De Smet, South Dakota. After Pa’s death, Mary continued to live with Ma in the Third Street house until Ma died. Mary went to stay with Carrie for a long visit, suffered a stroke, and eventually passed away while still in Keystone, South Dakota.

In the books, we saw a sharp contrast between Pa/Laura and Ma/Mary. However, some things Mary did and said in real life, according toPioneer Girl or the “Missouri Ruralist” stories, were in line with the established character of Laura. They were changed in the books and given to the Laura character, perhaps to accentuate this contrast.

Melissa Sue Anderson played Mary on the TV show from 1974-1981. They delayed the onset of Mary’s blindness for fear it would limit storyline options. Her time at the blind school was extremely truncated, and she met the fictional creation Adam Kendall who served as a teacher at the TV version of the school. Mary and Adam married and taught at the school. They weathered the school burning down, their baby dying in the fire, and finally, Adam regaining his sight and becoming a lawyer before they were moved off of the series. In real life, Mary never married nor taught school.

Laura Elizabeth Ingalls Wilder (1867-1957)

Laura Ingalls Wilder - Historic and TV

Laura was both a pioneer and an author. She helped her family create a homestead, worked as a seamstress, and taught school before marrying Almanzo James Wilder. They set out to build their own farm. They had several failed attempts before finally makinga last fresh start in Mansfield, Missouri. They were able to improve their farm slowly until they had a modestly successful farm of over 200 acres. Laura’s work sharing information to improve farm life led to a semi-regular career writing mostly magazine articles for the Missouri Ruralist. Her own ambitions and her daughter Rose’s prodding led her to write and publish a fictionalized account of her childhood in theLittle House books. The process of creating the series and later answering her fan mail would be her big project for the rest of her life.

Laura is the voice of the stories both in real life and in the books. She changed details and events to make a better story and to keep Laura front and center. As an example, Laura told her daughter Rose that in real life, Pa never would have taken her to see the work on the railroad because it was a place where men swore and had no private bathroom facilities. Her description of the railroad work inBy the Shores of Sliver Lake was from second-hand reports from Pa and Almanzo. She also moved around events and combined actions of various real people to make the story. For example, the character of Nellie Oleson is a composite of Nellie Owens, Genevieve Masters, and Stella Gilbert. The books are a fictionalized account of her life, but definitely ARE the story of her life.

On the TV show, they shift more focus on Pa and add episodes that focused on other families around town. However, Melissa Gilbert’s Laura is still an essential character. She has a much more adventurous life than either real life or book Laura. In the TV show Laura is kidnapped, travels to see the Pacific Ocean, is trapped in an abandoned cabin during a blizzard, thinks she’s discovered a gold mine, pushes Nellie Oleson down the hill in a wheelchair, runs away to the mountains and forms a close connection with a man who may or may not be an angel, among many other adventures.

Caroline Celestia Ingalls Swanzey (1870–1946)

Carrie Ingalls - Historic and TV

Carrie is the Ingalls family member whose life might be the most surprising to fans. She worked at several jobs before landing a position at the newspaper in De Smet. Carrie found her niche in newspapering and was hired by E.L. Senn, who ran a syndicate of papers in the Dakota Territory. She homesteaded, which she completed by preemption, near Phillip, South Dakota, and married widower David Swanzey. She would spend the rest of her life in Keystone, South Dakota, near Mt. Rushmore.

In the earlier books in the Little House series, Baby Carrie is noted for clapping her hands and banging her cup, but about the time ofBy the Shores of Silver, Lake Carrie emerges as Laura’s new partner as her blindness limits Mary’s actions. It is Carrie who runs across the frozen lake with Laura, Carrie, who is with Laura when they get lost in the slough before they find Almanzo in his hayfield, and Carrie, who goes with Laura to buy Pa’s Christmas suspenders duringThe Long Winter. In the final books, Laura’s attention turns away from the family towards jobs, her circle of friends, and of course, Almanzo, while Carrie fades into the background. By the time the series ends, Carrie is still a young teen, and we never really meet her as a grown-up.

On the TV show Carrie, portrayed by twins under the stage names of Lindsay and Sidney Greenbush, is best known for falling downhill during the opening credits and the two Carrie-centric episodes,“Little Girl Lost” Season 3, Episode 4 and “The Godsister” Season 5, Episode 15. She fades into the background for the second half of the series.

Grace Pearl Ingalls Dow (1877–1941)

Grace Ingalls - Historic and TV

Grace was born ten years after Laura. Grace is still very young when Laura’s attention turned outside the family and was only eight when Laura left the family to get married. In real life, Grace graduated from normal school, taught school, and married local farmer Nat Dow, moving to Manchester, the next town down the railroad from De Smet.

In the books, as Carrie grows up, Grace is born and takes on the role of youngest sister. She is known as Baby Grace. Grace’s two most memorable turns in the books are when she wears the swan down coat with the blue lining that Ma made for her and when she is lost and found in the fairy ring of violets. She never really gets much of a personality in the book series.

Grace, also arrived later in the TV series, played by Wendi and Brenda Turnbaugh from 1978-1982. She was an infant or a toddler during her run on the series. The only Grace-centric episode is if you count the one when Caroline obsesses on how she wants this fifth child to be a boy.

Almanzo James Wilder or “Manly” (1857-1949)

Laura and Almanzo - Historic and TV

The son of a prosperous farmer, Almanzo, wanted to build a successful farm of his own. Born in New York, Almanzo moved with his parents to southeastern Minnesota and then sought his own land further west. While in De Smet,he met and married Laura, and they began work towards their goal. Their first attempts were defeated at every turn. They made one last fresh start in Mansfield, Missouri, and slowly were able to build a modestly successful farm. His stories helped inspire his wife’s books.

InFarmer Boy, Almanzo got his own book. The book explores a different world from Laura’s prairie tales.Farmer Boy is set on a successfully established farm in Upstate New York. It’s known for its detailed descriptions of all the different things he had to eat. Laura erased Almanzo’s oldest sister Laura to prevent confusion with readers. Almanzo doesn’t reappear untilThe Long Winter starting the slow lead up to his marriage to Laura when they create their own “little gray home in the west,” providing the happy ending of the book series. Unfortunately, that happy ending didn’t happen in real life, and the next few years would be some of the most challenging in the Wilder family’s life until they finally got to their real happy ending in Mansfield, Missouri. Another change was made in the books related to Laura and Almanzo’s age difference. In real life, Almanzo was ten years older than she was, so Laura invented the whole bit about Almanzo not being old enough to file on a homestead when, in fact, he was old enough.

Dean Butler played Almanzo from 1979-1984. Dean has said that it was a role he took seriously to make sure people felt that Laura would be safe with him. They kept the age difference more true to life than it was in the books. Dean was about eight years older than Melissa. On the TV show, Laura knew she wanted Manly from the beginning and he, quite rightly, saw her as still a little girl. Getting him to see her as an adult was a major storyline of the series. The details of the lives of Almanzo and all his relatives were changed a lot for the show. However, most of the storylines were very loosely based on fact. Tragedies like the death of Laura and Almanzo’s son, their house burning down, and Almanzo’s illness (except the wheelchair story) were based on things that happened. However, the entire story about Laura and Almanzo living in a giant white boarding house with a British author were figments of Landon’s imagination.

No matter what version of the Ingalls family you know best, explore this site to learn about the other versions of your favorite family.

Sarah S. Uthoff is the main force behind Trundlebed Tales striving to bring the History, Mystery, Magic and Imagination of Laura Ingalls Wilder and other greats of children’s literature and history to life for a new generation. Uthoff is a nationally-known Laura Ingalls Wilder authority and has presented at five of the Wilder homesites, many conferences and numerous libraries, museums, and events around the Midwest.

344 Comments

  1. Hazel Cardozoon November 3, 2025 at 12:34 pm

    Thank you for this . Much appreciated It really helps to put life in a perspective we New Immigrants ( I came 1974 with my whole family of four children then)
    I recently watched a few old episodes – of Little House never dreaming they were based on a True life family. As always there is fiction and imagination thrown into Books and TV . It reminds me of Louis M Alcotts’ Little women not far from here in Massachusetts.. and The story of Michael Learned She was the star in The Waltons Family- and The First Town I lived in in America Claremont NH wa shome to her Family for a short time. Of course the most famous were the Von Trapps and their Sound of Music Just up the road off the Interstate 911 in VT.

  2. michael leeon July 28, 2025 at 7:13 pm

    I would love to go there someday

  3. robert Drawbaughon May 25, 2025 at 2:18 pm

    My first year of retirement I watched the entire series of Little House. Just to make my time on the treadmill bearable. Last year a former coworker went to Walnut grove and sent me som pictures. Just last week My wife and I went to Mansfield to the Laura Inglis Wilder home and museum. We toured the museum and both Houses. It was very interesting to say the least. I was trying to find out about her siblings. So, this web site answered a lot of questions.

    • Rose Lang Sanderson October 20, 2025 at 8:13 am

      I was in 3rd grade when I first was read the first chapter of little house on the prairie in 1963. I fell in love with the stories. I am still enchanted with the Laura Ingalls books and stories. I ve always loved michael landon. He brought the books to life for me with his series of lille house on tje prairie. I still watch the reruns of the series in my spare time. I would love to set foot on land where the ingalls lived and visit laura’s homes they actually lived in.

  4. Dianne Gaudon May 21, 2025 at 5:50 pm

    I love watching little house on the prairie and love melissa Gilbert ..also michael landon and his girls

  5. Beccaon February 26, 2025 at 6:29 pm

    Thank you for posting this ❤

  6. L Marie Wiebeon February 26, 2025 at 2:22 pm

    How many visits did Laura get to have with her De Smet family after she moved to Missouri? And did they ever see her new home? Thank you

  7. claudie tardivelon October 31, 2024 at 7:54 am

    Je suis française et je dois dire que même à 60 ans j aime toujours autant cette série .

  8. Miguel angelon October 22, 2024 at 5:56 pm

    Me gusta mucho la historia. Quisiera conseguir el libro en español

  9. Geeon October 22, 2024 at 12:57 am

    I have loved “Little House and the Prarie” since childhood and ongoing into my adulthood!
    This is one of the most well written series in the history of television programming. The series always presented a sense of thought provoking humanitarian outlook in a community that experienced trials and tribulations.

    Each time I watch this program, I experience something new. For example, the strong spiritual commitment to God for one and how that faith impacted and lead the Ingall’s family through tribulation with Charles Ingall’s being the spiritual insight when folks fell on tough times!

    This will forever be one of my best childhood programs that was most impactful in my life. Laura Ingall’s was the little girl that experienced adventures upon adventures that kept life even more interesting! She lived life to the fullest

  10. Esmeralda Pattersonon September 6, 2024 at 7:44 pm

    Little House on the Prairie was my absolute favorite show growing up. My age is in between Melissa Gilbert and Melissa Sue Anderson’s so I connected with them well. I loved the heart warming way that Charles brought up his family, the way he incorporated his spirituality in their upbringing, and the love he had for everyone he came upon; very much like my own dad. I believe the wholesomeness of the show taught me to be a better person as well as made me want to be better. I’ll always love Laura Ingalls Wilder for sharing her stories with us. Side note: my sister is exactly, to the day, 100 years younger than Laura. I found that to be interesting. 😊

  11. Jeanne Marie Ulmeron September 5, 2024 at 1:27 pm

    The Little House On The Prairie is my favorite television show since I was a teenager!

  12. Dalila Caetanoon April 6, 2024 at 9:19 am

    Muito obrigada, amo estas histórias.

  13. Stacyon April 3, 2024 at 7:52 pm

    Very enjoyable website.

  14. Jewel Leigh Stoneon March 23, 2024 at 1:50 pm

    Quite by accident I heard of, ordered, and read: Old Town in the Green Groves by Cynthia Rylant. Until then I never knew the Charles Ingals family lived in Iowa, nor that they had a baby boy they named Charles Fredrick, and that he died, and was burried near Charles’s bother Peter near Walnut Grove Iowa.

  15. Theresa Thelenon February 28, 2024 at 5:55 am

    Thank you very much for this Information. Growing up near Walnut Grove, MN, I believed the events in the books were real. Now I know differently. Thanks. I wonder if Desmet, SD, has museums, etc. It sounds like MN. (REAL) Ingalls family lives were more established in South Dakota, than in Walnut Grive, Mn.

  16. Summeron February 17, 2024 at 7:24 am

    What is the age difference between Laura and Albert?

  17. Rebecca D Coatson January 25, 2024 at 10:09 pm

    I love Little House, I watch it whenever I can find it on TV. When I was younger I watched with my grandmother. I loved watching it with her, she told me a lot of her childhood was just like Laura’s.

  18. Emma J Hodgeson January 18, 2024 at 7:25 pm

    It so crazy to think Laura lived the longest!!!

  19. Judy and Brian Evanson January 14, 2024 at 8:08 am

    Hi Sarah, my bride and I have started traveling out west, from New Hampshire, doing a fly/ drive, since 2021 visiting the different locations the Ingalls had lived in and found them each very different. We stayed in Desmet, SD., in a covered wagon which was very cool. We visited the Indepence, KS. homestead and would like to visit more locations. This year in 2024 ours plans at this point are to tour Wisconsin, Minnesota, N. Dakota, Montana, and down to Wyoming to visit our son.

  20. Cathyon October 13, 2023 at 6:35 pm

    Watch 3 hours per day. Love it over and over

  21. bernieon October 5, 2023 at 1:08 pm

    i watch little house everyday and everynight i also have alot of the books

  22. Syedon September 30, 2023 at 9:39 am

    An excellent comprehension of such big events All the aspects of the book have so neatly woven that a person without goin gthrouvgh the book can picturise the whole scenarios in its totality.This will give the readers as to the real situation of the location and time.
    Thanks to the writer.

  23. Cindy Belangeron September 18, 2023 at 6:44 pm

    I really like the history of the Ingalls family! I am glad someone is still keeping it a live! I still watch the series and I am 64 years old!

  24. Reginaon September 15, 2023 at 5:25 pm

    I love watching the little house on the prairie over and over I catch myself crying and laughing all at the sametime with all the episodes day and night
    Thank you for sharing these shows with me
    Regina olivarez

  25. Lisa Snyderon June 17, 2023 at 3:35 pm

    I read all the books when I was in grade school. When the series came out I was thrilled. Still watch all the re runs. Many memories. I am 62.

  26. elephant loveron September 9, 2021 at 5:33 pm

    I love the books and show, I think this is a great website. This information is really helpful for me, I’m pretty intrested in this kind of stuff. tell me if any other websites are good.

  27. Luciana Gideonon August 5, 2021 at 5:13 am

    I am from another Country and “Little House in the Prairie “ books it was my first books I learned how to reading in English. I became American citizen and I am very proud of myself.
    Laura Ingall’s books really helped me understand English.
    I love all the TV series and the books.

  28. JessHaiaron July 23, 2021 at 10:09 pm

    I grew up in Mitchell, S.D and always loved Little House on the Prairie because I always saw the road sign for their home on our way to Sioux Falls. I watched the show regularly growing up, but even more so now that I have my own children and wish I was home. It’s the only show I can find that instills the values I believe in and was taught. I watch it every night and my kids love it. I understand the variances in story/truth, but overall, it sends a great message for my kids and also shows them the beauty of the prairie that I grew up in. All of my family were farmers, in Alexandria and Mitchell, SD. My mom rode a horse to school and attended a one room schoolhouse – she was born in 1956. They also used an outhouse until she was much older. Nothing was easy, and that was instilled in me from a young age and I am proud and appreciate that so much.

  29. Luon June 30, 2021 at 6:40 pm

    I recently started watching the series on Cozi tv and like so mani others, absolutely love it. And I agree, there is nothing this clean and wholesome on tv. Regardless of whether all the characters are based on real people or not, in the end, all the characters are imbued with a message. The series is currently getting up there in season eight and I noticed the focus on Willy in the 13th episode of the season, “Stone Soup”, highlighted Willie’s goodness rather than his mischievousness. Something that I really enjoyed because Willie has always been one of my favorite characters. I loved that he now worried about Laura and decided to go help her even in opposition to his mom and even put his health at risk. I haven’t watched the rest of the series and I have also heard that there is a re-do of Little House on The Prairie being worked on. I hope that the character of Willie, who has been with the series from the beginning, completes this transformation and we see him as the good young man he really is who always just acted out not out of malice, but , peer pressure(Nellie), attention seeking, and playfulness.

  30. Jamie Amoson March 26, 2021 at 9:49 pm

    Do any of Laura’s cousin’s have family member living like maybe Great Great Grandchildren?

  31. David Schoennagelon March 11, 2021 at 4:55 pm

    We are watching the deluxe remastered editions on Amazon, IMDb TV, excellent. We are retired now and catching all the scenes we missed 40 years ago. It gets better with time. Amen, we love to see the religious Christian words throughout the entire series. God Bless

  32. Linda Hansenon February 24, 2021 at 12:41 pm

    Just wondering if any of the Ingalls family was ever married to a gentleman with the last name Voelker? In researching my family tree, there is mention of someone being married to someone with that last name but there isn’t much information about it.

  33. Ellenon January 12, 2021 at 8:19 am

    I was introduced to Laura and family in early grade school when our teacher read chapters to us. I loved the books because they closely mirrored my family. I lived on an unimproved farm without electricity or running water so many of the things Laura wrote about were familiar to me. My dad was a creative farmer who knew livestock and wildlife. He often fed us by hunting and earned money through trapping. I read the books as a child and also as an adult and gave them to my children. I still read them in the cold dark winters to take me back to those days. I never liked the television show. They departed from the story I knew so well and seemed unnecessarily saccharin-sweet. I have read all the recent publications about the books and Laura but they only enhance the experience of the books since I am now reading with an adult eye.

  34. HHinsonon January 11, 2021 at 11:47 pm

    We know Mary went blind from illness (probably some form of meningitis) but a third possibility occurs to me: Diabetic Retinopathy. Laura, Carrie and Grace all had complications of this disease.

  35. Kellyon December 5, 2020 at 9:19 am

    I started watching Little House on the Prairie when it first aired and I was just a little girl. My two sisters and I watched it religiously. We always pretended it was our family because there were the 3 girls, no brothers, and we were we were about the same ages. My husband only saw glimpses of the show when his sister watched it. Then in 2016 he was in an accident and while at home healing, not finding much to watch on TV, he ended up watching little house. That was it, he was hooked!! So we started watching together and how the memories flooded back!! With a little encouragement, our 18 yr old son began watching it with us, then he was watching it on his own. A package arrived for him, I was surprised when he opened it……he had bought the entire collection!! Needless to say….we all binged watched LHOTP???? together ????

  36. Stephen Marquison November 25, 2020 at 8:06 am

    I have been a Little House On The Prairie fan for 45 yrs. I watched it as a kid and still watch today I’ve probably seen every episode a dozen times and I never get tired of watching them I really love the show I am 51 and I’ll watch the show as long as it is aired for the next 20 yrs or until I’m gone I really love the show Michael Landon & Victor French did an amazing job directing the show

  37. Amandaon November 24, 2020 at 6:29 pm

    I’ve loved the show for many years. I have a logistics question. Does anyone know on average, the distance from Walnut Grove town to the Ingalls house? Always wondered how long their walk home from school was.

  38. Nita Hallstromon November 14, 2020 at 7:55 pm

    We watched Laura grow up on the series. I am now 80 and watch Little House reruns. The stories are wholesome and sweet.
    Nita Hallstrom

  39. Lisa Bon October 29, 2020 at 8:12 am

    I have enjoyed LHOP since I was in elementary school! I will soon turn 50. Michael Landon and Melissa Gilbert and all the characters on LH did an outstanding job and should be very proud! I bought my granddaughter whom turned 9 last year the LHOP box set for Christmas last year and I bought the set for my 7 year old Niece ! I hope to pass the live I have for the books and shows to them!

  40. Rockeron October 18, 2020 at 4:11 pm

    I was a 1980’s heavy metalist teenage boy who loved LHOTP books and show. My grandfather gave them to my sister and I read them all and watch the show religiously. All while hiding it from my friends. Now I still watch it and read what I can on the net. Some stories never die.

  41. Corinne J Gallagheron September 30, 2020 at 7:13 am

    I am a 78 year old female. I started watching Little House from the very start and find it heartwarming. I cry at almost every episode. Each one of the character’s lifestyle is so unique. When the series originally came out, I did watch it, but now it is different to me. It means so much to me to see the way their lives were lived. They lived very hard lives. I am going to order the books.

  42. Claireon September 27, 2020 at 9:08 pm

    I am not a person you would think would love Little House, but my HALLMARK drama and UPS channels record every episode so I can binge watch at night. And to read your pages about the real lifestyles of the characters increased my enjoyment. Now a fan, a 65 yr old unique black woman who loves LHOTP.

  43. Nicoleon September 20, 2020 at 9:26 pm

    I have been obsessed with pioneer life and the Oregon trail since preschool. Yeah, I was that weird kid. I love the arch where Laura meets Almanzo. I watched them a lot later in reruns (I am in my 30’s). I still get school girl flutters!

  44. Jameson September 15, 2020 at 2:33 am

    As a kid, I watched Little House weekly. In elementary school, our class read Little House In The Big Woods. As a child, my girlfriend grew up dressed like Laura Ingalls lol I’ve seen pictures of her and she was adorable. In an ironic coincidence, we share the same age difference as Laura and Almonzo.

  45. Melissa Vieraon September 8, 2020 at 6:16 am

    I grew up watching little house and now that I’m a mother and grandmother it’s interesting now the way things really were back then especially the way when you got married it was the men that made all the decisions for the households and the wives had no choice but to go along with it. It’s funny how we live a totally different life now than before.

  46. Nikki Martinezon September 6, 2020 at 2:26 pm

    Omg. I love Little House on the Prairie. I still watch the reruns. Ill be 50 in 7 months and still love them. Thanks for sharing

  47. Donna Crawfordon August 31, 2020 at 3:23 pm

    One of my all-time favorites….watch it all the time and have Seasons 1 – 6. Can’t wait to find the rest..

  48. Kathleenon August 22, 2020 at 2:49 pm

    I found this very interesting. Do you know any more information about the real life Mr. Edwards?

  49. Anitaon August 19, 2020 at 6:21 am

    Loved this show then- love this show now! I have direct tv and it is on UP TV and it’s wonderful to watch again!!
    I am 70 years olds and named my daughter Laura back then!!! Thanks!!

  50. Carole Neuon August 12, 2020 at 7:33 am

    I am 80 years old and no the series by heart but still watch over.and over again…Will never bote of this show. There is no show to compare..

  51. Rebecca Crawfordon August 10, 2020 at 12:10 pm

    I have been watching this show since i was 7 years old. I used to dress up like Laura, had my own bonnet and everything. I am now 44 and just found out EVERY episode ever is available on Amazon Prime and i have been watching from the beginning. It is such a joy to me as this was such a happy childhood memory. Each time i watch an episode, i follow along with the detailed descriptions given on this website. Thank you so much for your informative information on my hero- Laura Ingalls Wilder.

  52. marla scogginson August 10, 2020 at 9:42 am

    Love Reading about Laura Ingalls Wilder and watching Little House. Marla

  53. Debbieon August 7, 2020 at 3:26 pm

    I have watched Little House for as long as I remember. I watch it when I wake up, when I get home from work til I go to bed. Watched every episode thousands of times and know every scene word for word and still love it. Hope it always stays on TV. My favorite show ever.

  54. Maria-Elena Diazon July 20, 2020 at 4:21 pm

    Love this series, so nice characters and well done. For general audience.
    I never get tired of watching over and over again. ????????

  55. Robyn Priceon July 18, 2020 at 8:29 am

    Thank you for taking the time to write this. I so enjoyed watching the shows and reading the books. I still have my original series and was fortunate to purchase a second set at a second hand store. I wanted used copy because I know the original owner took great pride in reading it. These two set will someday be gift to my Granddaughters.

  56. Mirandaon July 17, 2020 at 9:23 am

    I love this! Being able to connect real faces with names. I’m a huge fan of the show and watch the reruns weekly. They don’t make shows like this anymore.

  57. Willem Huwaeon July 17, 2020 at 4:42 am

    Prachtige plattelands tv serie wat ik zeer waardeer met vrouw en familie! Beautiful rural TV series which I really appreciate with wife and family!

  58. Shaunna k mcgeheeon July 14, 2020 at 8:33 pm

    I grow up with the show. The family are like my family.

  59. Kathy Atkinsonon July 13, 2020 at 12:15 pm

    I have loved the Little house series for as
    Long as I can remember even watching the same show over and over I hope they never remove it from TV but I did purchase the dvd’s I wish I could find some original books Laura wrote ❤️

  60. Griceldaon July 12, 2020 at 2:19 pm

    I love this show l star watching this TV show went l was 14 and l still watching the re run and l am 61 l wish l Can Start from the beginning too the end because l miss so episode. But l love this tv show

  61. Annaon July 8, 2020 at 2:18 pm

    Love this show and Laura Ingalls story…
    I love watching the re-runs

  62. Kimberly A. Derrickon July 6, 2020 at 9:08 am

    I remember as a young girl watching the series on TV, feeling so excited that the next show was about to begin. Well to my surprise they are running the entire series again, and I am hopelessly addicted to each and every episode. God, I love this family.

    Thanks for taking the time to read this!!
    Kim

  63. Sabrinaon June 18, 2020 at 5:08 am

    I am writing a book about LIW. I love her!!!

  64. Vickion June 13, 2020 at 8:49 am

    I absolutely loved Mrs. Olsen…. she was a pain but made me giggle all the time thru her antics????

  65. Lilah Greenon May 29, 2020 at 12:56 pm

    i even used to have a crush on albert. ????

  66. Lilah Greenon May 29, 2020 at 12:54 pm

    i cried when my family finished all 9 seasons. I started watching little house on the prairie when I was in fourth grade, and now I can’t stop. I feel like I grew up with them because I know everything about them. i am definitely going to name one of my children laura or if its a boy Charles.

  67. Jormaon May 26, 2020 at 10:08 pm

    Great show.
    Br. A man from Finland.

  68. Lindaon May 8, 2020 at 6:44 am

    I would love to create a quilt with all this information! I do machine embroidery and it has always been my dream to create something so exquisite! Thank you for all your hard work on this website!

  69. Elisaon May 8, 2020 at 5:00 am

    Little House on the Praire has always been a staple in my life for what a solid, strong, Christian family looks like. The show and books are full of light, love, and faith. And I honestly don’t care about all the minor discrepancies; what matters to me is that they were real and changed the world they were in. Live on Ingalls spirit!!

  70. Dawnon April 22, 2020 at 10:59 am

    While I know that the adopted children of the television series weren’t based on real life, it’s been my understanding that Charles and Caroline Ingalls did take in some foster children at times – is anything known about these children?

  71. Jillon April 15, 2020 at 7:39 pm

    This is the best show ever. I started watching this with my grandma when I was a little girl, and still watch it today. I love the families and how they all come together to help each other. This show makes me happy and I smile a lot while watching. When watching the show I wish I could step back in time to meet these folks. I have never read the books, but they sound really good. This show never gets old.

  72. Eveon April 7, 2020 at 2:47 pm

    Were Charles and Caroline Ingalls still alive when Laura and Almonzo’s son died?

  73. Dale Rosson April 4, 2020 at 7:02 pm

    My family legend handed down to us was that my paternal greatgrandmother, Mary Ann Smith Hendrickson and her Husband Amariah were neighbors of the Ingalls in Montgomery County,Ks. Mary Ann was a midwife that with assistance of another midwife delivered Cary Ingalls, not having a Doctor in the area, a Dr. TAnn, who was a Veteranarian was summoned to be on hand just in case his medical expertise should be needed. Dr.Tann was black, and in those days Doctors of color did not deliver white babies. He was relegated to remain in the kitchen during the delivery, his payment for his time was a pan of biscuits and pot of coffee. The Hendricksons lived in a tiny log cabin that remained on the property until the 1940s. I have no means of verification other than the handing down of the story, and I realize that as with any oral history the possibility of embellishments exists as well as forgotten facts, however, I have no reason to doubt it’s veracity.D

  74. Lynne GBon March 26, 2020 at 4:35 pm

    I remember my third grade teacher reading the Little House books to us. I’ve read the series at least twice in my life. Also, passed on the love of the series to my daughter.
    We have visited Mansfield, MO twice, and would love to visit the other places in the book someday.
    I am still watching the series everyday. It brings me back to a happier time and place.
    Laura Ingalls Wilder is my hero!!

  75. gary c leeon March 26, 2020 at 4:02 pm

    I ALWAYS LOVED HISTORY OF ANY KIND. WHAT BETTER HISTORY THAN THIS. THIS WHOLE FAMILY AND FAMILIES LIKE THEIRS’ OPENED THIS LAND TO WHAT IT IS TODAY. THEY TRULY REPRESENTED THAT TIME PERIOD IN OUR COUNTRY. I STARTED WATCHING THE SHOW WHEN IT FIRST AIRED & STILL DO TODAY. FOR ME, IT TEACHES US HOW WE ALL SHOULD BE TODAY, HELPING OTHERS. WHAT A GREAT MESSAGE THIS FAMILY HAS SENT TO ALL OF US ; SAD THING IS THEY DIDN’T REALIZE WHAT THEY LEFT US. THANK YOU SO MUCH

  76. Rileyon March 13, 2020 at 9:36 pm

    I love little house on the prairie! it Is one of my favorite shows! Only second to The Incredible Doctor Pol. Got to love those veterinary shows!!!

  77. Kathy delligeron December 30, 2019 at 12:04 am

    Did any of the children have any children

  78. Sylvia Tayloron December 29, 2019 at 4:53 pm

    What ever happened to Almonzo’s sister. Did she marry and have children? Did she meet her niece?

  79. Rosie Loweon December 4, 2019 at 6:37 pm

    By the way, my husband and I stopped by to see the little house on the prairie on our way to Branson, Missouri a few years ago. What an experience! It amazed us that the log cabin was so small and that 2 adults and 3 children lived in it.

  80. Terryon October 8, 2019 at 2:09 pm

    Was there a real dr. Baker?

  81. Kathieon September 22, 2019 at 1:32 pm

    In the TV series whenever a baby was to be born they called Doc Baker, but also Caroline. Any idea if she was a midwife. I haven’t seen mention so I’m just wondering. Tracing the roots of Advanced Practice nurses and I was thinking if she were one I could mention that.

  82. Annette Ewanichon August 23, 2019 at 1:15 pm

    Hello, My husband I have been cleanup up our attic in prep for a move next year and I found a water color with the signature of Grace Ingalls 1901. It a really nice landscape of a farm house on a hill with hills and a church steeple in the back ground. Orginal frame. Its very old looking.
    My mother in law died years ago, I never met her, she was an antique collector. I have no idea if this is real or not.

    Any idea if Grace Ingalls ever painted?
    Thank you.

  83. Lucy joneson August 17, 2019 at 4:20 pm

    Are there any living Ingalls people alive today?

  84. Michaelon August 14, 2019 at 3:00 pm

    How many years apart were Laura Ingalls & Alamonzo?

  85. Michelleon August 7, 2019 at 3:33 pm

    When googling the grave site of Charles Fredrick Ingalls it shows he is buried beside little Carrie who died at 9 months of age. Did the Ingalls have 2 daughters named Carrie?

  86. rebeccaon August 5, 2019 at 10:54 am

    albert never lived so there was not a fire that killed Marry’s baby and Alice garvey

  87. Chrison August 4, 2019 at 8:16 am

    I wish I could visit all the sights

  88. Hopeon July 23, 2019 at 3:25 pm

    I was just watching season 4 episode 1. I am just so sad. Why? Because Jack dies. Jack was Laura’s dog

  89. Hopeon July 23, 2019 at 11:57 am

    Laura was named after her pa’s ma because they could move her feet fast when they were danceing

  90. Hopeon July 23, 2019 at 11:51 am

    Laura was named after her Pa’s Ma Laura Colber Ingllas

  91. Susan Stotton July 18, 2019 at 3:01 pm

    Where exactly is Laura Ingalls Wilder and Almonzo Wilder buried at? I’ve read it in different sources that their burial plots were in several different places and I just want to clarify it because I would like to visit it one day. Thanks.

  92. barbon July 18, 2019 at 1:57 pm

    did the tv show ever explain how the Ingalls went back to Walnut Grove after moving to Winneka? one episode they are at the hotel and the next one they are back in Walnut Grove with Albert. Did I miss something or were some episodes skipped?

  93. Ingaon May 27, 2019 at 11:28 pm

    Did Charles ingalls make furniture

  94. arielon May 25, 2019 at 8:40 pm

    what about charles fredrick Ingalls

  95. Andee Lovinon April 29, 2019 at 8:23 pm

    Hello Sarah, Have a question, in Farmer Boy, Ms. Wilder’s description of Almanzo’s mother, among other things, were her blue eyes. However, in the last chapter of said book, a heated discussion between Almanzo’s parents a sentence is made in regard to her brown eyes. Could this have been an unintentional slip regarding Ma (Caroline) Ingalls eye color? Her eye color along with Carrie are never mentioned in all the books. Trivial I know. But curious.

  96. glbloomon April 28, 2019 at 5:49 pm

    Sorry, I meant Almanzo, and Alonzo.

  97. Bethon April 26, 2019 at 7:55 am

    Did the real Laura actually call him Manly or was that just for the show?

  98. Zahraon April 10, 2019 at 11:45 am

    Hi sarah . my name is zahra. I am persian . now “litte house ..” is showing in my country ,s chanel. I m very happy for find this website.

  99. Colleen Blackon April 10, 2019 at 10:23 am

    I had a book about the Ingalls family about 10-15 years ago.I ended up losing it somewhere between here and there when I moved.It told the story of all the family members starting with when Charles moved from N.Y. to Wis.,Caroline when she taught the first kindergarden in Watertown,Wis,things they did and places they went as kids themselves as well as their move to De Smet,S.D. after they married.It also told when each child(including their son who only lived a short time)was born and what they did while growing up.Can any-one tell me where I can find another copy of this biography?

  100. James Luskon April 10, 2019 at 8:29 am

    Hi Sarah, My name is Jim Lusk and I am a tour guide at the Wilder home outside of Malone, New York. If you check the census records you will see that Almanzo really did give his age incorrectly to be able to stake his Dakota claim in 1879. The census records for 1860, 1870 and 1875 all indicate that he was actually born in 1859 not 1857. It was only his statements about his age and his grave stone that says 1857 was his birth year. We do not talk about it at the sight or dwell on it because it is not really a big deal. But I wanted to share that with you. Thanks for all you do for the Laura lovers!

  101. Tammyon April 2, 2019 at 3:38 pm

    Can you tell us about Albert Ingalls on the tv show and Freddie Ingalls in real life?

  102. Tommi Espinozaon March 21, 2019 at 5:39 pm

    Where can I get these book.

  103. joyce c combson March 19, 2019 at 5:59 pm

    did the ingalls really adopt james and cassandra

  104. Vinz Quitainon March 17, 2019 at 10:17 am

    What an absolutely wonderful time to read this stuff! I discovered The little house on the prairie late 2018 on Hits TV channel, found out my mom was a fan too when she was still a child. I just wanna ask, though. Is Elmer Dobkins on the episode “Election” (season 3) a real person? It probably is one of the most touching episodes! After all, whether he’s a fictional character or not, he sure did leave joy and love in my heart!

    Mabuhay, Philippines!

  105. Janice A. H. Barneson March 12, 2019 at 9:11 pm

    Did Charles Ingalls really make furniture?

  106. Robert theisson March 10, 2019 at 11:58 pm

    My favorite show of all time thank you everyone for all the comments

  107. sondayon February 11, 2019 at 8:37 pm

    was there really someone in their lives named Jenny? Like the little niece?

  108. Vanesa Montacutoon February 10, 2019 at 6:55 pm

    You did an outstanding job writing this powerful article focusing in the differences of TV show and Laura Ingalls Wilder. I only wish to add a little insight on “Ma” Ingalls since Laura made her much more “Victorian” than she was in real life.

    Michael Landon shows a Caroline who works hard in a hotel while the Ingallses were living in the fictional town of Winoka, Dakota Territory…and the whole story is ALMOST true, since she really did work for a hotel in Burr Oak, Iowa…Laura and Mary helped her making beds, washing dishes and waiting tables…So, the REAL Caroline spirit was closer to “TV Ma” than the Ma Laura protrayed in her books.

    Vanesa from buenos Aires, Argentina.

  109. J Con January 27, 2019 at 11:23 am

    Yes they did adopt hime. He was living under stairs in the busy town of Winoka then when they took blind Mary to a blind school they move there and find Albert. They come back to Walnut Grove to start the town over again and make it the best town ever. It is said that Albert ran away for some reason from his parents and was never seen again by the real parents.

  110. Christinaon January 20, 2019 at 10:28 pm

    Did the Ingalls family adopt Albert Quinn in real life?

  111. Rose Briggson January 11, 2019 at 10:36 pm

    Did Laura really have an adopted brother named Albert?

  112. Jim Luskon January 10, 2019 at 12:14 am

    Hi, My name is Jim Lusk and I am a long time tour guide at the Almanzo Wilder Homestead in Burke, New York, although I live in Arizona. I return each summer for the volunteer tours that I do. You may be interested to know that Almanzo was actually born in 1859 not 1857. He changed his age to make his
    claim in Dakota Territory. All the early New York census will verify this fact. It really doesn’t matter , we still love all the stories, right?

  113. Janice Cobleon January 6, 2019 at 9:50 pm

    Who are the Ingalls buried in Cuba ny. Aaron T or F Ingalls 1802- 1886, Olive Scott Ingalls 1804-1852, Margaret 1775- 1837, and Mary C Ingalls 1845 – 1851?

  114. Michelle Tanksleyon January 6, 2019 at 9:13 am

    I really would like some books to read please and thank you.

  115. websiteon December 20, 2018 at 12:53 pm

    Awesome post.

  116. Capon December 13, 2018 at 8:10 pm

    This was fascinating – thank you for writing this!

  117. Tina Eldenon December 5, 2018 at 8:22 pm

    Was the really an adopted sibling named Albert?
    If so did he become a doctor or did he die of leukemia?

  118. Linda son December 5, 2018 at 8:04 pm

    Well about abert was he real person

  119. Alvin Kowalskyon December 5, 2018 at 7:45 pm

    Was there or did they adopt Albert ingalls. Or is that just made up

  120. Carolynon December 4, 2018 at 9:45 am

    Thank you for sharing this , Sarah. I always enjoy your posts filled with interesting detail!

  121. Carolynon December 4, 2018 at 2:20 am

    Are there any books written that describe the daily lives of Pa . Ma, Mary, Carrie and Grace while living inDeSmet?

  122. Lori Bon November 21, 2018 at 1:49 am

    Did Grace Ingalls have children?

  123. Janice Griffithon November 19, 2018 at 7:13 pm

    What is the Age Range of the TV character Mary during 8 seasons? What is the Age Range of the TV character Laura during 9 seasons?

    Why did the TV show basically eliminate the character Mary after her blindness? Why did they not delay the story line of her blindness at least until season 6? How did Melissa Sue Anderson feel about that?

    Which of the 9 TV seasons was rated the best by audiences? Who was a more popular TV character, Mr. Edwards or Mr. Garvey?

    I am in my 50s, have the DVD series, and currently watching Season 4. Melissa Gilbert’s acting ability really shined in the episode “Be My Friend”. I did not watch the show on TV in the 1970s due to life’s priorities at the time. My big loss. If I had only known better. 🙂

    Thank you.

  124. Hafrina Muchlis Natadipuraon October 31, 2018 at 6:28 pm

    I love watching little house on the preiri. The story is full of inspiration for the family. very good story and I really like it

  125. lynnete solomonon October 29, 2018 at 1:41 pm

    was there an albert ingalls

  126. LSon October 28, 2018 at 9:09 pm

    Caroline’s biography is not quite correct. Caroline’s family fell upon hard times after her father’s death. They became more financially stable when her mother remarried. The blended family did not suffer these hardships together.

  127. Blaine Bon October 5, 2018 at 5:59 pm

    Hello,

    I just started watching “Little House on the Prairie” on the Hallmark Drama channel a few weeks ago. I have never read the books. I would like to know if Mr. and Mrs. Oleson, and their children, Nellie and Willie were real people or if they were just created for the TV series. If the Oleson’s were indeed real people, I am interested in when they were all four born and when they passed away. Also, I would be interested to know what Nellie and Willie did later in life career and family wise.

  128. Lilachon September 23, 2018 at 10:32 pm

    I would like to know if the other characters in the tv show are based on real people and are there any information about them too?

  129. Susan Kurtzon September 2, 2018 at 8:22 pm

    I have all seasons of Little House on the Prairie on DVD and I also watch it on TV every day. I love the characters and never tire of it.

  130. Nora Galawison August 23, 2018 at 10:27 pm

    I like to watch Little House on the Prairie. I feel something when watching this stories.
    I love the Ingalls Family.

  131. Kathleen Krakon August 16, 2018 at 10:34 pm

    LIW books, and the show, were huge parts of my childhood. I read and re-read those books countless times and never grew tired of the escape they provide, the ideas they spawned or the dreams they fed me at night. Great stuff then and now.

  132. Kimon August 15, 2018 at 6:16 pm

    Little House is on Cozi tv. I started watching it again. I watched the show as a child. I found this site because I was trying to figure out if Albert was a real person or fictional character. If you watch the show as a historical program, I think it’s on target. This site has been helpful. I appreciate the distinctions between the truth of each person vs the tv version. Thank you!

  133. Toisan Holmeson August 9, 2018 at 7:40 pm

    I am 60 years old and I got “Little House on the Prairie” one Christmas and my mom’s youngest sister got “ On the Banks of Plum Creek.” I read her my book and hers and looked for every book I could find. Over the years I have read each book Laura Ingalls Wilder has written at least twice. My children and grandchildren watched the shows.

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  135. Helaine Bermanon July 26, 2018 at 1:27 pm

    I am still watching all the reruns of Little House on the Prairie and loving them! This is the only show that holds my interest from past shows. Such good values shown by the Engells. Nice to watch in today’s horrible times!

  136. Aliceon June 26, 2018 at 11:37 am

    Being from SE Kansas – our third grade teacher Mrs. Herrick got us started in the Little House books. I have the whole set which I re-read periodically.. Mrs. Wilder wrote these from a child’s view of a simpler time – made do with what you had – neighbors helping neighbors.

    Michael Landon portrayed the books into a series made for a later generation who would understand what it was growing up as a ‘pioneer’. I thank those involved over the years for these wonderful stories that are portrayed to this Kansas born girl. Also like Dorothy says – there’s no place like home !!!

  137. Charles I. Ingallson June 25, 2018 at 4:02 pm

    Just wonder if I might be related to any of this Ingalls you know so much about. I would love to hear from you to find out anything I could. I have always been proud of my name. I am 55 years old, and have two brothers. My fathers name was Orville l. Ingalls, his fathers name was Charles Ingalls who I was named after. I live in Hot Springs Ar. I, and my family are from La.

  138. Gerryon June 14, 2018 at 3:21 pm

    is there a family tree of mary ingalls as i was wondering if there are any surname young on the tree

  139. Alex vwon June 14, 2018 at 12:45 am

    I’m 47 years old. I used to watch little house as a child with my brother, in black and white growing up in Argentina. Today we finished the whole series with my kids , 8 years old twins here in USA.

    Nothing, and I mean both comes close to the basic teachings and messages that Michael Landon created.

    Thank you, where ever you are.

    Alex.

  140. Lee Ingallson June 12, 2018 at 1:29 pm

    Hi, I am a descendant of Lansford and Laura Ingalls which were the grandparents of Laura Ingalls Wilder. It was stated in earlier comments that Laura only had one daughter Rose. Rose only had one child that died in infancy so there are no direct relatives past this. There are number of descendants of Charles and Caroline and the other family members.

  141. Dottie Earwoodon May 29, 2018 at 9:47 am

    My husband bought me all the series of Little House on the Prairie and I still watch them over and over again. They never get old. I love them.

  142. Cindy Bakoson May 25, 2018 at 4:42 pm

    I love Little House on the Prairie but I have never read all Laura Ingalls books. I am going to
    make an effort to do just that soon. They lived in most difficult times but had such love for
    one another and most importantly had good values and loved and worshiped God. Oh how
    the world has changed from that time! Thank you for this website and all the interesting
    information about the Ingall & Wilder families.

  143. Margaretton May 23, 2018 at 10:22 am

    My great grandmother Cleon Fidelia Mochman’s life followed closely the timeline of Laura. After completing the 8th grade she tested for Teacher, passed and began to teach. She lost her first baby girl to toxic poisoning of potatoe eyes, her husband died in 1919 of the flu, she remarried Jody Harrot, her sister’s stepson, she gave birth at home when the delivering doctor dropped the baby girl at birth, tearing the umbilical cord and the infant died several days later. Jody had epilepsy and finally a medication was found to relieve seizures. Grandma Harrot died in 1965 and Jody lived another 10 years.

  144. celeste cliftonon April 11, 2018 at 7:29 pm

    What was the town the angles family moved to where Mary and her husband Adam started a blind school and how long did they lived there before they all moved back to Walnut Grove

  145. Claire Burkhalteron March 23, 2018 at 12:08 pm

    This really compares the real people to the movie.

  146. SAYED FARAZ ALI SHAHon February 7, 2018 at 9:39 pm

    My God an amazing, exciting and wonderful experience of watching LHOTP season 1 after almost 40 years. I remember when I was kind in early 80’s Pakistan Television used to broadcast every week Little House in evening and we were so addicted that it was more than impossible to miss any of the episode. Now after almost 40 years I have again watched all 24 episodes, it seems to be a real life situation, I really find my self to be in that period where Ingalls family living. a

    The beautiful part of all episodes is that it teaches the family values of English people, the right use of words ( no slang) respect of elders and parents, family team work, taking care of community specially the neighbors, close association with religion, hard work and most importantly the Sunday prayers at Church where father delivers sermon to whole community, that was marvelous. I quote here some line from Episode #12 ( The Award ) where father in a one o one session with Mrs. Ingalls describes that family discipline was based on promises kept for punishment and reward, if there is no consistency in that the child will take it as granted. Golden words by father.
    The whole season # 1 is great lesson that English culture in 18th century was truly a role model for other communities which LHOTF has show true reflection. I am still dreaming alas I could have born in that period and living side by side with Ingalls family – Perhapes

  147. gk questionson January 16, 2018 at 7:24 pm

    Thank you for sharing such valuable info.

  148. Neilon December 22, 2017 at 12:01 am

    I watched little house on prairie when I was a kid and now I’ve been watching with my daughter. I have been looking up stuff on line to see if certain things in the show really happened. Is Albert a fictional character? I thought I read they did adopt some kids, but it seems Albert is fictional and only in show.

  149. Elizabethon December 7, 2017 at 5:00 pm

    How did Charles fredrick ingalls die

  150. Jacinthe Touchetteon November 16, 2017 at 11:54 am

    Et J aimerais que sa soit traduit en français svp merci a la Vence Jacinthe Touchette Tout L’histoire de tout sur histoire des Wilder et Ingalls j aimerais que sa soit traduit en français Jacinthe Touchette Merci a la Vence Jacinthe Touchette

  151. Jacinthe Touchetteon November 16, 2017 at 11:51 am

    J’aimerais que vous m’envoyer L’histoire de Tout La famille Ingalls L ‘histoire du Père Charles et Caroline Ingalls et Leur fille et bébé Charles Ingalls l’histoire de Marie Laura Carrie Grâce Ingalls De Laura Ingalls Wilder et de sont Marie Almonzo Wilder et Tout sa Famille Almonzo Wilder et Laura Ingalls Wilder et Leur petit Fille. Et comment Leur petit garçon est Décédé et comment sont Décédé tout la famille est décédé
    De Laura Ingalls Wilder et La famille de Almonzo Wilder et comment La famille de Charles Ingalls est décède et La Famille de Caroline Quinn Ingalls est décédé prouver vous m’envoyer La vrais histoire des Wilder et Ingalls

  152. Mary Schweichon October 31, 2017 at 6:26 pm

    I love Little House on the Prairie, and The Waltons. Have seen every episode! Watching it as I write this. ?. Have been to Pepin, Wisconsin, Walnut Grove, Minnesota, and De Smet, South Dakota. Some day will see the other homes.

  153. Alexandraon October 26, 2017 at 5:06 pm

    Hello, I am really enjoying reading all the comments and articles. I loved reading the books, and enjoyed watching the TV series too. I am just curious to know when Laura last saw her parents as they lived so far away from each other. Did she go to their funerals? She seemed to have a very close bond to her father. Thank you

  154. Raquel Carmonaon October 4, 2017 at 3:06 pm

    I’ve been watching little house in the prairie since I’ve been a Iittle girl, I’ve always wanted to know how they lived in those days, now I know, it must’ve been so hard for everyone living back in them days, but the faith they had in God was amazing, not like now some people have lost faith, l’m guilty of that sometimes, but since I started watching my series, little house on the prairie again my faith has grown so much, I thank God for this show, reminds me that God do exist and he still loves me….

  155. Elizabeth Bosson October 4, 2017 at 1:02 am

    I have the book with the real life pa and ma think called ‘Country”. I believe that too me is an amazing book. The pictures on here is the same one in real life. My grandfather passed away in 98, the last book he read was the Country.

  156. Timberlyon October 1, 2017 at 3:52 am

    Laura ingalls Wilder is a distant cousin, it’s nice to read new things about her and the rest of the family.

  157. Cindy Slavikon September 27, 2017 at 8:31 am

    This is a great site! I enjoyed reading it. I’d like to know more however on how they all died. I know it only mentions Mary died of a stroke. It seems they all lived very long lives for that generation!!!

  158. Pam Langleyon September 25, 2017 at 8:11 pm

    I loved Little House on the Prairie growing up and I love it today. I’ve got all the series and I am 44 yrs. I brought my kids up watching it. I wish they made more shows like this now days. My mom was a BIG Little House and Waltons fan. Thank you for sharing yours and their stories.

  159. Maryon August 2, 2017 at 9:09 am

    Just an editorial note; instead of being all swans down, Carrie’s coat was blue with swans down trim on the hood and cuffs, and the blue cloth was what made her blue eyes show so well. To make a whole coat of swans down, even for a child smaller than Carrie (like a pre-walking infant), would take more than one swan’s skin, and it wasn’t usually done, probably for cost reasons, but also because it’s ostentatious, so tasteful Victorians like Ma wore the more available lace panels and luxury cloth choices (like silk, cashmere, etc) to show social status. Fur trim (or swans down) was, and is still now, more common, except among the super-rich who could have, in one book I read, “a swans down muff as big as her body”, which certainly required multiple swan’s skins.
    I so wished I had a coat like Carrie’s, when I read the books as a kid.

  160. Sheryl Clarkon May 30, 2017 at 9:44 pm

    It’s my favorite show. Been since I was a kid. I watch the reruns to this day. I’d love to learn more about the Ingalls family.

  161. Marjorieon May 24, 2017 at 2:40 am

    Did Caroline and Charles have a still born boy like the ‘Little House in Prairies?

  162. CRAIG CULWELLon May 21, 2017 at 12:05 pm

    Hi.

    I don’t know if I am blood line of Ingalls, Wilder? How do I fine out about it?

    Thanks,

    Craig Culwell

  163. Jane O'Malleyon May 11, 2017 at 8:18 pm

    Are there any blood descendants of the Wilders or siblings children. And where are they? Or any relatives at all?

  164. Amy Munnon May 5, 2017 at 10:13 am

    If anyone is interested, there’s an article online about the Masters Hotel, and how it’s been recently saved from destruction

  165. Marguerite J Whiteon April 26, 2017 at 12:35 pm

    I come from England and watched Little House on the Prairie when it was on in the 1970s,I really loved the stories and when we got cable tv in the early 2000’s they played the series and I watched them right through again and even saw ones I never saw before right to the end where they said that millions of children and people round the world read and loved her books,which I never realised until then.
    There are reruns now on sky and I am watching them again.I really adore the series and wanted to find out more about the Ingall’s family and all the other characters that make this serie’s great.I wonder if the Walton’s is a true story or a fiction.

  166. Amy Munnon March 27, 2017 at 3:43 pm

    Does anyone else wonder why Laura’s treasured ragdoll, Charlotte, is never mentioned in the TV series? I just wondered. Obviously, Laura loved her, because she is mentioned frequently throughout the books.

  167. Amy Munnon March 6, 2017 at 9:38 pm

    The other day when I left my post, I didn’t realize I had made a mistake. I had my surgery on February 8th 1984 in the afternoon. I was admitted on the afternoon of the 7th, which I didn’t know at the time is Laura Ingalls Wilder’s birthday. Cool huh? I wish I had known that then haha! I have CP. I was just in for another routine surgery that day.

  168. brooke johnsonon February 25, 2017 at 4:58 pm

    who is laura ingalls wilder’s little brother?

  169. April Mooreon January 26, 2017 at 1:00 pm

    I really loved this article! There were so many differences that I was not aware of. I grew up reading the books and watching the television series. I felt a real kinship to Laura as she was born in 1867 and I was born in 1967. I have since learned that my twin girls born on May 23rd share their birthday with lures sister Grace. I have not yet read Pioneer Girl, but I plan to soon. Thank you so much for this article!

  170. Heatheron November 23, 2016 at 9:57 pm

    Love this post. I am currently working my way through the TV series and the books (while referencing “Pioneer Girl”). I grew up with both in my life and decided at 46 to relive the adventure. I had to laugh the other day while watching an episode in season 4. Carrie is finally being shown more and has occasional lines. She was tagging along with the big kids, who always seem to run from point A to point B, and as they start running off again, Carrie’s little voice says, “Don’t we ever walk somewhere” (something like that). It was too funny!

  171. staron July 14, 2016 at 5:05 pm

    wow well it does not matter what is in the book or the show or even what was really happened to me that was very very interesting does anyone else know more about the family

  172. Patreina Jacobson July 12, 2016 at 1:03 pm

    Who was the character Albert based on? Was he Michael Landon’s creation or Laura’s?

  173. Sharon Knudson hobbson July 12, 2016 at 12:30 pm

    I,ve really enjoyed reading all about both little house famlies. I’m a long time huge fan. Of little house. I grew up with little house books. I’ve now got dvds. I watch them all ,constantley. Thank you. For showing this site. I’ve enjoyed it. Very much. ?

  174. Nancy Rondeauon July 12, 2016 at 11:42 am

    Great read how interesting

  175. Margaretton July 12, 2016 at 11:08 am

    I really enjoyed this comparison. I’ve wondered many times about the facts versus fiction. I enjoyed reading this. Thank you

  176. Sue Leeon July 12, 2016 at 11:03 am

    I watch the show daily over and over

  177. Dirk Tolsmaon July 12, 2016 at 10:46 am

    I have just finished looking the whole serie of eppisodes, for the third time…..i loved it.Greatings from Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Greatings from Dirk Tolsma.

  178. Raquelon July 12, 2016 at 9:43 am

    Loved this article. Big fan of Little Houseon the Prairie. So much so that many times I wished I could transport myself to Walnut Grove and stay there forever.

  179. Susan Stiles-Gielloon June 29, 2016 at 9:56 pm

    I thoroughly enjoyed this article. I’m a fan of all three families !

  180. kathyon June 29, 2016 at 7:25 pm

    Sarah, for me, I love any information about Laura and her family. I’m so thankful to people like you and the readers of this site to help keep the Ingalls family and their values and their story alive. I also enjoy the Rose Years series and would love someone to let us in on how much of that was fictionalized. I would think a great deal. Yet, I still love the series because I get to see and read more about Laura. I cant’s get enough info about her. Thank you!

  181. Lisa Leppoon June 29, 2016 at 6:34 pm

    Enjoyed reading this comparison of real Laura and her family compared to TV Laura. The !little House books were a part of my childhood and U read them over and over. The TV show was my favorite and I still watch the reruns. I would love to visit some of the places Laura,grew up.

  182. Jordan Rumseyon June 29, 2016 at 11:27 am

    I am the biggest fan of the Little House On The prairie tv show. I know all of the characters names and real names. I love taking the trivia questions online. If you ever have a giveaway be sure to think of me. M dream is to someday meet Melissa Gilbert.

  183. Jodieon June 22, 2016 at 10:23 pm

    Good job showing the differences between the real family and the fictional one

  184. Alisonon June 22, 2016 at 8:18 am

    Wonderful read! Thank you.

  185. TLynnon June 21, 2016 at 4:02 pm

    Good summary of the main differences between real & book family members.

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