In the 19th century, many Swiss were forced by droughts and famine to emigrate
to South America and the Vauchers were no exception.
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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.
Because the standard Geneanet tree for Clovis is a bit too large to be viewed easiy,
I've created a set of linked pages to explore the tree.
Click HERE for my version.
- You can also display smaller trees for his sons:
Delmiro (or Adamir) who went to Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
The Vauchers in Brazil are mostly descendants of Clovis Vaucher who settled in Paysandu.
From there, Vauchers moved on to Rivera and hence into Brazil.
Details on these early immigrants was first published by Ricardo Vaucher on a Swiss Society Blog.
Then, Rosa Maria Marques provided an impressive genealogy on some 400 descendants of Delmiro, one of Clovis' sons; and Ismael has created a chart for another son, Gustavo.
Finally, in 2015, Ismael Vaucher set-up Familia Vaucher as a group on Facebook to allow Vauchers from Uruguay, Brazil and Argentina to link up.
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.