From "History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 762 - 763. City of La Crosse CHARLES HOLMGREN, proprietor of the Pearl Street House, was born in Sweden in 1847, son of Andrew Holmgren; came to America in 1864; lived in Illinois till 1866, and since that has resided in La Crosse and been engaged in saloon-keeping most of the time. He was married in La Crosse in 1871 to Mary Thompson, and has five children - Alfred, Charles Otto, Willie, Milburn E. and Knudt. Has hotel accommodations for fifty guests. [I am not related to this family and have no further information. I'm posting this as a service and hope it helps!]