Henri Nestle was born 1814 october 08
in Frankfurt / Germany

Henri, intially called Heinrich Nestle
was the 11th of 14 children
Like many others the family
was affected by child mortality
due to nutrician problems.

When Nestle was a little over 20
he emigrated to Switzerland.

Henri Nestle had the chance
to have a generous aunt
Anna Dorothea Nestle-Andreae (1778 - 1845)
wife of his fathers younger brother
Johann Tobias Nstle.

The Andreae was a bankers family
from Frankfurt.
Anna Dorothea financed
her nephews start in business
in Vevey, Switzerland
without seeing major results
as Henri Nestle was stuggeling
during the first 20 years of his career.

As a teenager the editor
of this website had the chance to know
Hilda Andreae (1898 - 1987)
from Wiesbaden,
a great niece of Anna Dorothea.



The breakthrough came in 1861
with the invention of
Farine Lactée Henri Nestlé,
"Henri Nestlé's Milk Flour"


1866 was incorporated the Nestle company
1868 registration of the Nestle logo,
bird feeding the little ones.


1872 Nestle was awarded a Gold Medal
from the Paris Exposition Universelle

1875 Nestle decides to sell his company
to business partners
he estimated for their entrepreneural spirit.



1888 Whenever Nestle came to Paris
he visited the Pavillons Baltard
and Cremerie de Paris.

It is possible he run into Vincent van Gogh
even though at that time
neither Nestle nor van Gogh
knew how
famous they would become one day.


Before leaving this world
Netle descied to offer
a copy of a Pavillon Baltard
to the city of Montreux.

1890 july 7 Nestle died in Montreux

1891 The Pavillon was inaugurated by
his wife Anna Clémentine Ehemant Nestle.
Protected by the government of Switzerland
the Pavillon is a landmark
on the shores of the lake of Geneva,
but not everybody knows
all the magic of the
history of les Halles de Paris. .

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