List of Little House on the Prairie characters
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There are many Little House on the Prairie characters, appearing in various forms of media in the Little House on the Prairie media franchise.
Television series characters
Cast timeline
Cast notes
The Ingalls family
The in-laws
Townsfolk
One-shot characters
Animals
Dogs: Jack and Bandit
Horses: Pat and Patty
Pony: Bunny
Goat: Fred
Bull: Fagin
Raccoon: Jasper
Cat: Pepper
Orangutan: Blanche (played by Strawberry)
Turkey: Tom
Chicken: Mathilda
Cow: Gertrude and Spot
Ingalls' and Wilder's genealogy
The Ingalls family
Ingalls line :
Henry Ingalls and Joan/Johan Wytton
Robert Ingalls (1563–1617) and Elizabeth ? (1567–1631)
Edmund Ingalls (1598–1648) and Ann Tripp (1599–1648)
Henry Ingalls (1627–1718) and Mary Osgood (1633–1686)
Samuel Ingalls (1654–1733) and Sarah Hendrick (1661–1738)
Samuel Ingalls Jr. (1683–1747) and Mary E. Watts (1687–?)
Timothy Ingalls (1720–1757) and ?
Delano line :
Jonathan Delano (b.1647) and Mercy Warren (1658–1727) (gdau. of Richard Warren of the Mayflower)
Jonathan Delano (b.1680) and Amy Hatch (b.1687)
Jabez Delano (b.1708) and Prudence Hibbard (b.1711)
Colby line :
Matthew Colby (b.1530) and (from 1555) Mary (last name unknown) (b.1532)
Thomas Colby (b.1567) and (from May 4, 1596) Anne Jackson (b.1571)
Anthony Colby (b.1605) and (from 1632) Susanna Haddon (b.1608)
John Colby (b.1633) and (from January 14, 1655) Frances Hoyt (b.1636)
John Colby (b.1656) and (from December 27, 1675) Sarah Eldridge (b.1658)
Joseph Colby (b.1680) and (from November 22, 1704) Anne Bartlett (b.1684)
Nathan Colby (b.1710) and (from December 18, 1735) Hannah Worthen (b.1716)
Based on the data from : The Genealogy of Almanzo and Laura Ingalls Wilder
Peter Riley Ingalls (1833–1900) – born in Cuba, New York. On June 5, 1861, in Brookfield, Wisconsin married Eliza Ann Quiner (see : The Quiners) and they had 6 children (see below). They left Pepin in 1874, together with Laura's family, and stopped in Zumbro Falls, Minnesota. Next they moved to South Troy, Minnesota where the Ingalls visited them for some time (in 1876).
Alice Josephine Ingalls (Apr 23, 1862 – January 30, 1934) – married Arthur Whiting.
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