In the 19th century, many Swiss emigrated
to South America and the Vauchers were no exception.
Today, their descendants are concentrated in Argentina, Uruguay
and the south of Brazil.
Check the
Swiss Emigration Site
(
version française )
Uruguay was a popular destination starting in the 1860s. Emigrants founded "Nueva Helvecia"
in 1861. Other Swiss headed for the Colonia San Jose (Argentina) ended up in Paysandu (Uruguay)
accross the river. There is presently an active
Swiss Society in Paysandu and several (hard to find) books have been published on
the Swiss immigration:
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 the Swiss Society Blog; then, in 2015, Familia Vaucher
was set up as a group on Facebook to allow Vauchers from Uruguay, Brazil and Argentina to link up.
Information from that group has allowed many additions to our database.
Rosa Maria Marques compiled an impressive genealogy on some 400 descendants of Delmiro, one of Clovis' sons; and Ismael has created a chart for another son, Gustavo.
Click on a town in the map below to see the Vauchers living there.
Estale sobre a cidade para ver a lista de Vauchers
Access to the directory of Vauchers in Latin America requires a password,
to get it.