does anyone know how the brits typically went to south america in the mid 19th century? did they go to new york, then down to the west indies, then onto perhaps brazil?
i have some siblings of my 2nd great grandfather who can be traced in south america: a marriage in peru in 1881, then children born and a brother's marriage in bolivia, and finally hints at being in chile. family lore states they owned a tin mine in bolivia. the family as a whole are present in the wales census in 1871. after this the mother and maternal grandmother disappear, most of the children end up in australia or south america, and the father is widowed in 1881. he remarries a jamaican bride in 1888, and they stay in england until his death. there's no evidence the family as a whole went to south america, but i am suspecting it. there are no deaths in england or wales for the wife or mother in law. i'm wondering i suppose, if i can trace pieces of them in shipping records to south america. non english records as they begin 1890ish from memory.
i have some siblings of my 2nd great grandfather who can be traced in south america: a marriage in peru in 1881, then children born and a brother's marriage in bolivia, and finally hints at being in chile. family lore states they owned a tin mine in bolivia. the family as a whole are present in the wales census in 1871. after this the mother and maternal grandmother disappear, most of the children end up in australia or south america, and the father is widowed in 1881. he remarries a jamaican bride in 1888, and they stay in england until his death. there's no evidence the family as a whole went to south america, but i am suspecting it. there are no deaths in england or wales for the wife or mother in law. i'm wondering i suppose, if i can trace pieces of them in shipping records to south america. non english records as they begin 1890ish from memory.
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