Antoine "Anthony" "Andy" 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] He was a general foreman for the shops at Lambert's Point from 1895 to 1903.[5]
Antoine Sauter | |
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| Born | May 4, 1848 |
| Died | April 16, 1905 (aged 56) |
| Occupation | Machinist |
| Employer | Roanoke Machine Works |
| Known for | Foreman, master mechanic |
| Spouse | Catherine Senn |
| Children | 8 |
Early years edit
Antoine Sauter was born on May 4, 1848, to Henri Sauter and Marie Anne Sick (or Sieg) in Oberhergheim, near Colmar in Alsace, France.[1][6] His father Henri was a mason from Dotternhausen, Germany.[7][8] Antoine attended the public and private schools, and worked as a locksmith for the Koechlin machine shops in Mulhouse from 1863 to 1867.[1][8]
On April 21, 1870, he married Catherine Senn in Mulhouse. Sauter was still working as a locksmith.[6]
United States edit
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 on July 24,[9][a] 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 a foreman for the machine shops of the Roanoke Machine Works, part of the Norfolk and Western Railroad under president Frederick J. Kimball.[1]
Sauter received a promotion to "master mechanic" and moved to Lambert's Point near Norfolk.[11] He was serenaded at his home by the Roanoke Machine Works Band shortly before the move, on December 1, 1895.[12][13]
Sauter spent a short time with his son as foreman in Portsmouth, Ohio before he was taken ill.[14][15] He died of endocarditis in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the German Hospital on April 16, 1905.[1][16][17]
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References edit
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Company, Norfolk and Western Railway (November 13, 1942). "Norfolk and Western Magazine". Norfolk and Western Railway Company – via Google Books.
- ^ a b "Archives Hout Rhin Naan". archives.haut-rhin.fr. Archived from the original on 2021-07-09. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
- ^ Heinrich Sauter, Germany, Select Marriages, 1558-1929 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013. FHL Film Number 999727
- ^ a b Haut Rhin, France, Census, 1866 [database online] Archives départementales du Haut-Rhin; Colmar, France; Recensement 1866; Mulhouse, Rue Buffon 20, Dwelling 1
- ^ "The Erie Shops In Jersey City Burned". Michigan Argus. July 26, 1872.
- ^ "Anniversary ceremony honors Jersey City's first fallen firefighter". 25 July 2013.
- ^ "Brief Personals". The Roanoke Daily Times. December 27, 1895. p. 8.
- ^ "Mr. Sauter Serenaded". The Roanoke Daily Times. December 1, 1895. p. 5.
- ^ Raymond P. Barnes. A History of Roanoke. p. 283.
- ^ The Pocket List of Railroad Officials. Primedia Information. 1904.
- ^ Norfolk and Western Magazine. Norfolk and Western Railway Company. 1939.
- ^ "Andy Sauter Dead In Philadelphia (sic)". Vol. 11, no. 91.
- ^ "Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Death Certificates, 1803–1915."