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Vauchers in South America


In the 19th century, many Swiss were forced by droughts and famine to emigrate to South America and the Vauchers were no exception. [ Click for details ]

Introduction:

Most Swiss emigrated to Colonies in Argentina, Uruguay , and the south of Brazil [ Click for Maps ].
But the Vauchers followed a different route, being descendants of a single emigrant, Clovis Vaucher who left Cormondrèche, Neuchâtel, in 1861 headed for the Swiss colony of San José, Argentina. However, very soon he moved his family accross the river to Paysandu in Uruguay; and later, some of his descendants migrated North into Brazil.   - You can also display smaller trees for his sons:

Other index trees:
  -   More Uruguay Vauchers
  -   Another Tree


Reference documents:

MAP

Click on a town in the map below to see the Vauchers living there.
Estale sobre a cidade para ver a lista de Vauchers

The information below was gathered about 15 years ago, mainly from Orkut, an early Social Network run by Google in Brazil from 2008 to 2014 when it was replaced by Facebook. Where possible, I have replaced Orkut links by links to Geneanet or Facebook.

Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Porto Alegre

Alegrete

Santa Maria

Pelotas

Uruguaiana

Parana

Curitiba

Elsewhere

Cascavel (?)

Cuiaba

Rio de janeiro


URUGUAY

Montevideo, Uruguay

Rivera, Uruguay



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