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  • Village of Brookfield
    • The Depot
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  • Religious
    • Old St. Mary's Church
    • School Sisters of Notre Dame
  • Geography
    • Niagara Escarpment
    • Fox River
    • Dousman Ditch
    • Bluemound Road
  • Houses
    • Al Capone House
    • Dousman House
    • Half Way House
  • Farms
    • Eble Farm
    • Ruby Farms
  • Cemeteries
    • Oak Hill Cemetery
    • Pioneer Cemetery
    • Wisconsin Memorial Park
  • Schools
    • Dixon School
    • Prairieview School
    • Brookfield Elementary
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    • Caroline Quiner Ingalls Birthplace
    • Stonewood Village
    • Reinders
  • Map
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Caroline  Quiner Ingalls 

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  • Laura Ingalls Wilder’s mother, Caroline Lake Quiner was born on December 12, 1839, in Brookfield, Wisconsin
  • She was born in the family’s log cabin and is the earliest known settler born in the town of Brookfield
  • She married Charles Ingalls on February 1, 1860, who later died in 1902
  • She died April 20, 1924 in De Smet, South Dakota at the age of 84, on Easter Sunday
  • Her parents were Henry Quiner and Charlotte Quiner
  • Her mother later remarried Frederick Holbrook in 1849
  • Her children were Mary Ingalls(1865-1928), Laura Ingalls Wilder(1867-1957), Caroline Ingalls(1870-1946), Charles Ingalls(1875-1876), and Grace Ingalls(1877-1941)