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The Bergstrom Family

Posted on Jun 24, 2014, by

Evangeline Hoysradt Bergstrom was born in Ithaca, NY on May 23, 1872 and was the only child of Dr. and Mrs. George W. Hoysradt. She  attended the Anna Brown School for Girls. John Nelson Bergstrom was born in Neenah, WI in 1874. He was the eldest of six children, John Nelson, Willis, Diedric W. II, […]

The Mahler Family

Posted on Jun 4, 2014, by

Mr. Ernst Mahler grew up in Vienna, Austria. In 1914, he emigrated to the US and took a position with Kimberly-Clark Corporation in Neenah.  A distinguished scientist and executive, Mr. Mahler developed the process of making cellucotton, an absorbent cotton wadding from processed wood used to bandage wounds during World War I and later in […]