Antoine Sauter

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]

Antoine Sauter
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

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. 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. 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)". Vol. 11, no. 91.
  9. "Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Death Certificates, 1803–1915."
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