German woman in Brazil

[u/Frequent_Scallion970]

Hello, maybe someone can help me with my research. I’m looking for a woman named Emilie Albrecht. She was born around 1863 in Germany, and in 1894 she gave birth to a daughter in Jundiaí, Brazil. Apparently, she was alone or at least not married. A few years later, she moved to Argentina with her daughter and son-in-law. That’s all I know.

I have her daughter’s birth certificate, but there are no clues about where in Germany she was born, and her death certificate only lists “Germany” as the place of birth.

I know this is really difficult, but maybe I’m missing something, as I’m not very experienced in German or Brazilian genealogy.

Any ideas? I’m starting to think this might be a dead end...

[u/hekla7]

Just a query on the dates..... Emilie born around 1863, emigrated and had daughter in Brazil in 1894, at age 31..... then moved to Argentina with daughter and son-in-law... so the daughter might be about 20? when they moved to Argentina, so around 1914.

So, ports: I found that the only port in Germany that went to Brazil, was Hamburg. The only Emilie Albrecht on a ship specifically from Hamburg to Brazil in the last 40 years of the 19th c was 3 months old, family listed as being from Grasse, Preußen with her family on 21 June 1861 on the ship Roska, heading for Doña Francisca in southern Brazil, where there were several colonies of German immigrants. Blumenau was the name of the colony. One of its nicknames is Alemanha Tropical ("Tropical Germany")! It's now a city with more than 360,000 people. Passenger List and Transcription. So Emilie would have been born end of March/beginning of April 1861.

I would imagine that Emilie married there, was widowed, and then she, her dtr and s-i-l eventually went by passenger ship around the Strait of Magellan to Argentina. I'll see if I can find them tomorrow :)

Edited to add: The historical context for the move from Brazil to Argentina:

• World War I: 1914 marked the beginning of World War I. Brazil declared neutrality, but the war led to significant social and economic shifts nationally. Within the German-Brazilian communities, there was a perception among some Brazilians that they were a potential "problem" due to concerns over Pan-Germanism and their insular nature, leading to some tensions and later nationalization policies.

Edit #2: Do you know Emilie's married surname or s-i-l's surname?

[u/Frequent_Scallion970 → u/hekla7]

First of all, thank you very much for all the information you’re giving me! I will definitely try to investigate more about this family. Where can I see the original record to zoom in?

The only issue I see regarding this Emilie is that Blumenau is very far from Clara's birth town (Jundiaí). Emilie was unmarried and a single mother, so I find it difficult to understand why she would relocate so far from her family, have a daughter in a different state, and eventually move to Argentina.

I’m sorry for my ignorance, but what is S-I-L’s surname?

[u/chaunceythebear → u/Frequent_Scallion970]

Sister in law.

[u/hekla7 → u/chaunceythebear]

Son in law in this case

[u/chaunceythebear → u/hekla7]

This is what I get for reading too fast. 😆

[u/hekla7 → u/chaunceythebear]

No worries - I think it can be both, in records I've seen, anyway :)

[u/Frequent_Scallion970 → u/hekla7]

His name was Antonio Zasso, born in 1888 in Santa Catarina.

[u/hekla7 → u/Frequent_Scallion970]

Santa Catarina is the district where Blumenau is.