Immigration and Industry: The Rockford Connection Created and Compiled By: Judy Vinzant.

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Immigration and Industry: The Rockford Connection Created and Compiled By: Judy Vinzant

The Swedish Population Some of the first immigrants to come to Rockford were the Swedes, who arrived in Rockford in August of Instead of working for mills and factories that were established, as in the case of the East Coast, many Swedes established their own companies—Union Furniture Company, Nelson Knitting Company, and Rockford Drilling Company.

John Nelson John Nelson, a Swedish immigrant, arrived in Rockford in He patented the sock knitting machine in From his socks, the sock monkey was born.

John Nelson (cont.) John Nelson went on to develop the Forest City Knitting Company in 1891.

City of Immigrants = Rockford, IL. v/prod2/decennial/docu ments/ v1ch08.pdf v/prod2/decennial/docu ments/ v1ch12.pdf By 1900, Rockford’s population had reached 31,051. Winnebago County had a total of 12,318 immigrants living there. If all of the Winnebago County immigrants lived in Rockford, they would comprise 40% of Rockford’s population. Most Winnebago Country immigrants were of Swedish and German decent.