Social Origins and Marriage Alliances of a Portuguese Immigrant Family: the Vieira dos Santos Genealogy (c. 1750-1820)

• Autor(a) principal: Gomes, Sandro Aramis Richter
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Cavazzani, André Luiz Moscaleski
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Esboços (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/esbocos/article/view/2175-7976.2019.e61493

The present article investigates the nature of professional occupations and marriage relationships of three generations of the Vieira dos Santos family. This family of Portuguese origin had members who immigrated to the south of the Captaincy of São Paulo in the late eighteenth century. There are three arguments supported by this analysis. First, it is evidenced that the formation of this kinship was due to the absorption, through marriage, of individuals who exercised professions such as that of farmer and goldsmiths. Secondly, it should be pointed out that coming to Brazil did not generate their permanence in the occupations of their ancestors. The settlement in this Portuguese colony led to the entry of members of that family into commerce and into the spheres of public administration. Third, it is clear that, in Brazil, the members of this family maintained a practice adopted by their ascendants. This practice was to choose sponsors belonging to the same professional group. In Portugal and Brazil, the members of this family applied similar social strategies. A consequence of these strategies was to reinforce their presence in social circles composed of artisans and merchants.