Antoine Sauter
Antoine Sauter | |
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| Born | May 4, 1848 |
| Died | April 16, 1905 (aged 56) |
| Cause of death | Endocarditis |
| Occupation | Machinist |
| Employer | Roanoke Machine Works |
| Known for | Foreman, master mechanic |
| Spouse | Catherine Senn |
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][5]
Early years
Sauter was born on May 4, 1848 in Mulhouse in Alsace, France, to French parents.[1] There he attended public and private schools, and worked for the Koechlin machine shops from 1863 to 1867.[1] On April 21, 1869, he married Catherine Senn in Mulhouse.
USA
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.[1] Sauter moved to Lambert's Point where he was dubbed a "master mechanic"[6] and to Norfolk. 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][7][8]
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Mr. Sauter Serenaded". The Roanoke Daily Times. December 1, 1895. p. 5.
- ^ "Local Brevities". The Roanoke Times. March 5, 1892. p. 8.
- ^ "Mr. Sauter Injured". The Roanoke Times. August 9, 1892. p. 4.
- ^ "The Machine Works". The Roanoke Times. July 19, 1891.
- ^ "Brief Personals". The Roanoke Daily Times. December 27, 1895. p. 8.
- ^ "Andy Sauter Dead In Philadelphia (sic)". Vol. 11, no. 91.
- ^ "Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Death Certificates, 1803–1915."