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Birth:          5 Oct 1892 Chicago, Ill.
Death:          25 Jan 1984 

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1900 in Chicago, Ill.
1910 in Canon, Fremont Co., Col.
http://www.baraboopubliclibrary.org/files/local/wardvol2/10%20Farm%20Kitchen
%20and%20Barn%20Restaurant%20-%20About%20Section%20V.pdf
The Farm Kitchen Restaurant
Helen Hartmann was born in Chicago on October 5, 1892. Her maiden name was 
Harthman and her father was a well known surgeon. Helen graduated from Vassar 
College, where she helped pay her expenses by working at a candy shop which was 
eventually expanded into a restaurant. It was at this time that Helen decided she 
would like to have her own restaurant one day.
Helen graduated during the World War I years and joined the Women's Land Army. 
The Women's Land Army was organized to provide trained women to take the place of 
men who had to leave the farms to fight. They were trained in every aspect of farming. 
It was during this time that Helen was sent to a farm near Viroqua, Wisconsin. Her 
stay was cut short due to extreme undesirable weather and she returned soon to Land 
Army's headquarters. The Women's Land Army ended after the war ended in 1918.
She later became the manger of "Women's Home Companion" magazine in Chicago. 
There she met Harold Baldwin whom she later married. She traveled with Harold on a 
lecture circuit for 10 years and until their marriage ended in divorce
The thought of a tea room again entered Helen's mind and as she traveled throughout 
Wisconsin looking for a site, she traveled through the Devil's Lake and Baraboo area. 
In 1923 Helen purchased for $7,000, the "Teely farm" on the Warner Road which had 
been in the Southard family since 1866 and would eventually become the site of the 
Farm Kitchen.
She set about repairing the property by adding a porch to the house which would seat 
up to 70 people. The apple orchard was revived and apple butter was produced for 
the guests to enjoy on the premises or to purchase. Her two-acre garden produced 
fresh vegetables. The granary was remodeled to house the boys that were the waiters. 
Much of the baking was done on site and four cottages were constructed for visiting 
guests.
The restaurant went on to win national awards, the Duncan-Hine's Fifth-Of-The-
Century award and the National Restaurant Association Award of Excellence.
Lorene Ochsner was a nurse and returned to Prairie du Sac to care for her ill mother. 
While Lorene was visiting her friend Helen Baldwin at the Farm Kitchen she decided to 
work with Baldwin at the restaurant. After Lorene's mother's death of cancer in 1936, 
she decided to become a partner in the dining establishment and never returned to her 
nursing career.
Eventually Lorene became the manager, taking care of the books and acting as the 
Hostess. Lorene remained a partner until her death in 1954.
Baldwin retired in 1960 and constructed a house in Baraboo a short distance west of 
St. Claire Hospital and died on January 25, 1984 at the age of 91 years. After 
cremation, her ashes were spread around the fireplace east of the restaurant.
ancestry entry from Cook Co Ill Marr Idx posted by Nicola Harvey
email from Keith Mole transmitting ancestry msg from Nicola Harvey, a great grand 
niece of Harold Baldwin
Baldwin/Burlington Fam Tree on ancestry

Parents
HARTMANN Frederick Steele (8 Jun 1862 - 17 Mar 1933)
BAKER Margaret Lovina (12 Jun 1861 - 17 Feb 1940)

Siblings
HARTMANN Bertha Isabelle (2 Sep 1889 - 1968)
HARTMANN Charlotte Emily (2 Sep 1889 - 14 Sep 1970)
HARTMANN Theodore Frederick (22 Nov 1890 - 14 Dec 1891)
HARTMANN Helen (5 Oct 1892 - 25 Jan 1984)
HARTMANN Herbert (27 Oct 1895 - 6 Aug 1901)
HARTMANN Constance (1 Jun 1897 - May 1973)
HARTMANN Emily M. (19 Nov 1898 - )
HARTMANN Ralph Frederick (28 Jan 1901 - Jan 1972)

Marriage To BALDWIN Harold (13 Dec 1888 - 5 Aug 1965)
    m. 7 Dec 1918 Oak Park, Cook Co., Ill.

Notes

Parents
BALDWIN George Frederick ()
HIGGINS Minnie Amelia Lucy ()

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