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by Herman G. Nelson

“When Rockford’s First Swedish Settlers Came Here After Long Ocean Voyage” – 1852

April 30, 2018April 30, 2018Jan

Source: Rockford Daily Republic newspaper 9/21/1930 by Herman G. Nelson

Churches, General, history, Railway RR 1850's, 1852, books printed in Swedish language, by Herman G. Nelson, Chicago and Northwestern, Don't get out til you reach the end of the railroad, Herman G. Nelson, Johannes Anderson, Kishwaukee Street, most were from r rural districts, Mrs. Johannes Magnusson, near railroad track, Obstacles Settlers Meet, Peter Petrson - father of P.A., Rev. Erlandt Carlsson - Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Chicago, stopped at the bank of the river, two room shanties, why Swedish people settled on the East side of the river

J. L. Clark Co.

February 5, 2018February 5, 2018Jan

Source: Rockford Morning Star 5/29/1960

Addresses, General, Manufacturer 150th anniversary of the metal can industry, 1960, 2500 basic structures, 42 billion cans were manufactured in 1959 in the U.S., by Herman G. Nelson, Clark offices - 2300 6th St., dounder of Can Manufacturera' Institure, electrolyte process, employs 900 persons, five awards in 6 years for lithography, Frank D. White, Gem Flue Stopper, giant can, Howard C. Gregory - treasurer, incorporated in 1904, J. L. Clark Manufacturing Co., made 1M Springfield rifle clips per day in WWII, manufacture lithographed metal containers, old "water power" district, Peter Durand, Plant at Lancaster PA, plant at Stillman Valley, Ralph C. Rosecrnce president, Russell C. Gibson, scoth tape containers are made by J.L. Clark Co., son J. Harold Clark, Stanley W. Roebe - secretary, William R. Franklin - exec. vice-president

John S. Barnes Corp. – 1962 article

December 27, 2017Jan

Source: Rockford Morning Star and Rockford Register-Republic “Century Plus 10” Special Edition, March 1962

Autos, General, Inventors or Inventions, Manufacturer, Patent Barned died in 1933, by Herman G. Nelson, came from Sweden to Rockford in 1920, elected president in 1954, employs 350 persons, Ernest J. Svenson, formed company with Barnes, founded Odin Corp. in 1940, founding company in 1922, industrial hydraulics, installed in the U.S.S. Nautilus, inventor and manufacturer, John S. Barnes Corp., John S. Barnes Trust Fund - created in 1940, Machine Tools, more than 200 patents, president of John S. Branes Corp., produce engine for Ford cars, produced the hydraulic power unit, Rockford's most prolific inventor, transmission structures

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