Life of the Ingalls Family Trivia Quiz

Answer: Phillip

Pa worked as a farmer, carpenter, and also did odd jobs to take care of his family. He was also the Justice of the Peace in DeSmet for awhile.

Frederick was his son's middle name. Royal was Almanzo's older brother's name. Quiner was Caroline's maiden name.

Answer: Malone, NY

Malone, NY is where Almanzo Wilder grew up. Pepin, WI is where Mary and Laura Ingalls were born. Independence, KS is where Carrie Ingalls was born. DeSmet, SD is where the Ingalls family finally settled, it was Charles and Caroline's last move.

Answer: five

Mary, Laura, Carrie, Freddie and Grace were their names. Freddie died at 9 months old. Mary died in 1928 at 63 years old. Laura died in 1957 at 90 years old. Carrie died in 1946 at 75 years old. Grace died in 1941 at 64 years old.

Answer: Clare Gillette

Henry Odin was Laura's uncle, Ma's brother. George Whiting was also Laura's uncle, Pa's brother. James Mason was Almanzo's father. Clare Gillette Lane and Rose married in 1909 in San Francisco. They divorced in 1918. They had one son in 1910, who did not survive.

Answer: He wasn't named

He died before he was given a name. Perley Day was Almanzo's younger brother's name. Nathan Dow was Grace's husband's name.

Answer: Rocky Ridge Farm

Walnut Grove was a town in Minnesota that the Ingalls family once lived. Laura named the farm, Rocky Ridge, after the large rocks on the land. The other two I made up.

Answer: Diabetes

Diabetes ran in the Ingalls family. Pa passed from heart trouble. Ma passed from old age. Mary passed from complications of a stroke.

Answer: Eliza Ann

Eliza Ann was Caroline's younger sister, while Martha Jane was their older sister. Charlotte was Caroline's younger half sister's and mother's name. Eliza Jane was Almanzo's older sister's name. Peter (1833-1900) and Eliza Ann (1842-1931) married in 1861, and had six children.

Answer: Landsford and Laura

Hiram, Ruby, Peter, Polly, George and Lydia were the names of Charles's siblings. Laura was named after her paternal grandmother. They lived in New York, where the older Ingalls children were born. Then the family moved to Wisconsin where they met Caroline's family.

Answer: Charlotte and Henry

Martha, Joseph, Eliza and Thomas were the names of Caroline's siblings. Frederick was their step-father's name. Martha was also Charlotte's mother's name, Caroline's grandmother. Caroline's maternal grandmother came from Ireland. Carline's mother used to teach school before marrying Henry Quiner.