Antoine Sauter

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Antoine Sauter
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Born(1848-05-04)May 4, 1848
Oberhergheim, France
DiedApril 16, 1905(1905-04-16) (aged 56)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
OccupationMachinist
EmployerRoanoke Machine Works
Known forForeman, master mechanic
Spouse(s)Catherine Senn
Children8

Antoine "Anthony" Sauter (May 4, 1848 – April 16, 1905) was a machinist, once foreman of various shops in the Roanoke Machine Works for the Norfolk and Western Railroad.[1][2][3][4]

Early years[]

Sauter was born on May 4, 1848, to Henri Sauter and Marie Anne Sick in Oberhergheim in Alsace, France.[1][5] He attended the public and private schools, and worked for the Koechlin machine shops from 1863 to 1867.[1]

On April 21, 1870, he married Catherine Senn in Mulhouse. Sauter was working as a locksmith.[5]

United States[]

Following the Franco-Prussian War, the Sauters left for America, arriving in Jersey City on April 1, 1872.[1] He worked in Jersey City for the Erie Railways Company until its shops were consumed by fire, and then he moved to Susquehanna, Pennsylvania to work for the same company.[1]

He arrived in Roanoke on July 4, 1882, staying for 13 years the foreman of its machine shops under Frederick J. Kimball.[1] Sauter received a promotion to "master mechanic" and moved to Lambert's Point near Norfolk.[6] He was serenaded at his home by the Roanoke Machine Works Band shortly before the move.[7]

Sauter spent a short time with his son as foreman in Portsmouth, Ohio before he was taken ill. He died of endocarditis in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the German Hospital on April 16, 1905.[1][8][9]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g American Railway Master Mechanics' Association (1906). "Antoine Sauter". Report of Proceedings of the ... Annual Convention of the American Railway Master Mechanics' Association. 39: 551.
  2. ^ "Local Brevities". The Roanoke Times. March 5, 1892. p. 8.
  3. ^ "Mr. Sauter Injured". The Roanoke Times. August 9, 1892. p. 4.
  4. ^ "The Machine Works". The Roanoke Times. July 19, 1891.
  5. ^ a b https://archives.haut-rhin.fr/ark:/naan/a0114558031491fY6cF/ee8f559157
  6. ^ "Brief Personals". The Roanoke Daily Times. December 27, 1895. p. 8.
  7. ^ "Mr. Sauter Serenaded". The Roanoke Daily Times. December 1, 1895. p. 5.
  8. ^ "Andy Sauter Dead In Philadelphia (sic)". 11 (91).
  9. ^ "Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Death Certificates, 1803–1915."

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