Antoine Sauter | |
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Born | |
Died | April 16, 1905 | (aged 56)
Occupation | Machinist |
Employer | Roanoke Machine Works |
Known for | Foreman, master mechanic |
Spouse | Catherine Senn |
Children | 8 |
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 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]
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]
Antoine Sauter | |
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Born | |
Died | April 16, 1905 | (aged 56)
Occupation | Machinist |
Employer | Roanoke Machine Works |
Known for | Foreman, master mechanic |
Spouse | Catherine Senn |
Children | 8 |
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 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]
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]