Ballmann (Ballman), Martin 13.sep.1863-11.jun.1931 Germany, Dortmund - USA Illinois, Chicagoflutist, bandmaster, conductor, studied music in Dortmund, Hamburg and Celle Germany and Vienna Austria, from the age of 9 played flute and other instruments in various bands in Germany, served military term as musician in the 2nd Infanterie Regiment No.77 Band in Hanover, first flutist in the Julius Laube Orchestra, 1890 came to the USA as flutist of the Eduard Strauss Orchestra, 1891-1907 flutist in the Theodore Thomas Orchestra in Chicago, 1907-1925 founder/conductor of the Ballmann's Band and Ballmann's Orchestra playing seasons at Riverview Park and Bismarck Gardens, founder/director of the Ballmann's Orchestral School, conductor of the Chicago Sextette Club and the Medinah Shrine Military Band, 1916-1930 home and studio 1257 Foster Avenue in Chicago, 1926 he advertized with 'most popular musical organization of America, programs by large or small band or orchestra when and as wanted, large musical library', member of the Zirkel Society of German Masons, Deutscher Kreiger Verein, Verein Deutscher Musiker von Chicago, Urgemuethlichkeit, Chicago Skat, Round Table etc. ; 24.apr.1893 in Philadelphia he married Anna Christine Ritter (Germany 25.jan.1874-2.jul.1954 Philadelphia), they had no children