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MA Caroline Lake Quiner Ingalls

MA Caroline Lake Quiner Ingalls

[1839-1924]

Name: Caroline Lake Quiner

Born: December 12, 1839 Concord Jefferson County Wisconsin
Died: April 20, 1924 De Smet, Kingsbury County South Dakota
Spouse: Charles Phillips Ingalls
Parents: Henry Newton Quiner, Charlotte Wallis Tucker
Occupation: School Teacher/Pioneer Housewife
Cause of Death: Senility
Date of Burial: April 21, 1924
Death Certificate #: 91288
Age at Death: YRS: 84 MOS: 4 DYS: 8
Interment: De Smet Cemetery De Smet Kingsbury County South Dakota

South Dakota Death Index, 1905-1955 about Caroline L Ingalls

Name: Caroline L Ingalls Certificate Number: 91288 Death Day: 20 Death Month: Apr Death Year: 1924 County: Kingsbury Page Number: 444

Source:

http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=SDdeaths%2c&rank=0&=%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c%2c&gsfn=&gsln=Ingalls&sx=&gs1co=2%2cUSA&gs1pl=44%2cSouth+Dakota&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&sbor=&ufr=0&wp=4%3b_80000002%3b_80000003&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-i&indiv=1&pf=1&recid=&h=65310&fh=17&ct=&fsk=&bsk=

Mrs. C.P. Ingalls, Pioneer of County, Dies at 84

Kingsbury County lost one of its pioneer women in the death of Mrs. C.P. Ingalls at her home here Sunday. She and her husband came to this locality in 1879 and lived in a claim shanty on the northshore of Silver Lake before there was a De Smet.

The death was unexpected and followed an illnedd of but a short time, altho [sic] Mrs. Ingalls has been feeble all winter.

Caroline Quiner was born December 12, 1839, at Milwaukee, Wis., and died at five o'clock p.m. Easter Sunday, April 20, 1924, at the age of 84.

She was married to Charles Ingalls of Milwaukee Feb. 1, 1860, whose death occurred June 8, 1902.

Five children were born to this union. Mary Ingalls of De Smet; Laura Wilder of Mansfield, Mo; Caroline Swanzey of Keystone, S.D.; Frederick Ingalls, who died in infancy, and Grace Dow of De Smet.

The family moved to De Smet in 1879 where they have since resided. In 1880 Mr. and Mrs. Ingalls helped organize the Congregational Church at De Smet and were faithful members of the organization to the end of their lives. Mrs. Ingalls was also an early member of the Eastern Star chapter of De Smet.

Besides the four daughters the deceased is survived by three sisters, and one granddaughter, Rose Wilder Lane.

Mrs. Ingalls was a good mother, a good neighbor, and a good friend. The last few years she has been unable to get around to see people very much or to attend church. but her interest has been with her neighbors, friends, and church. It was a pleasure to go and visit her as she was always interested, bright and happy.

[From the De Smet News]

Source:

http://www.laurasprairiehouse.com/research/carolineingallsobituary.html

Caroline Lake Quiner Ingalls - Biography

In Brookfield, Wisconsin, Caroline Lake Quiner was born to Henry and Charlotte Quiner on December 12, 1839. When she was just seven years old, her father died, and it is during this period where the new Little House series The Early Years takes place with the first book Little House in Brookfield. Three years after Henry died, Caroline's mother remarried to Frederick Holbrook.

Caroline taught two terms of school when she was only sixteen years old, until she married on February 1, 1860, to Charles Phillip Ingalls in Concord, Wisconsin. They had five children, Mary, Laura, Carrie, Charles Frederick, and Grace.

Ma was always kind and gentle, and always full of wisdom for her daughters to follow. It was Ma who insisted that Pa stay somewhere where the girls could attend school. They travelled a great deal before finally settling in De Smet, South Dakota. When her husband died, she continued to live in De Smet with her eldest daughter Mary. She died on April 20, 1924.

Many of her possessions are at the various sites.

Source:

http://www.laurasprairiehouse.com/family/carolineingalls.html

Findagrave.com

Folk and literary figure. Born the fifth of seven children of Henry and Charlotte Tucker Quiner in Brookfield, Wisconsin. At sixteen, she started as a teacher, but married Charles Ingalls in February of 1860 effectively ending her career. She followed her husband through numerous moves and settled in more than half a dozen homes before she extracted a promise from her husband that their next move would be their last. The family settled in Dakota Territory on Silver Lake outside what would become the town of De Smet, South Dakota. She and her husband had five children Mary, Laura, Carrie, Charles Frederick, and Grace. It was daughter Laura who immortalized her family in the popular ‘Little House' series of books. She died unexpectedly at her home after a short illness at age 84.