Aloysius “Louis” Baumann was a businessman who truly cared about the well-being of his clients and his family. He was born on August 22, 1863 in Hirschau, Bavaria, in southeastern Germany. Louis accompanied his parents, Joseph and Anna, on the long journey to settle on a farm near the town of Branch, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. Throughout his early years, Louis attended public school, dabbled in carpentry, and helped his family on the farm. In 1885 he moved to a farm north of Hewitt, Wisconsin. During the next four years, in May 1886, Louis married Anna Meidl, a girl born in Newmark, Bohemia, and had their first child, Theresa, in 1887. In 1889 Louis Baumann purchased property on North Central Avenue in Marshfield, in Wisconsin, to build a hall and hall. Sanger, or Singer, Hall became a community gathering place and was later renamed Baumann's Hall as the business prospered. For a hard-working immigrant like Louis, gemutlichkeit, or good company, was an important part of life. In Germany, people socialized in beer gardens, listened to music and ...