Macera family

As the original settlement of Alto Cafezal started growing fast in the 1920s many European migrant families thought of moving to the new Eldorado. 

My Mother's family Darin arrived in what was already called Marilia in November 1927. They were a big family with mother, father, 12 sons and daughters, an uncle (Francesco) with his 3 adult children plus a few in-laws and children.

Two of the Darin kids ended up marrying into the Macera family that arrived from Rio Claro-SP a few years later. Octavio Darin, the 8th child of my grandparents married Sebastiana Macera and later on, Olimpia Darin aka Nina (10th Darin child) married Domingos Macera the 7th kid from the Macera clan.

Paschoal Macera was born in Italy on 1st July 1881. We don't know much about his early life. He married Adelina Giovanni (born on 8 September 1882) in Rio Claro-SP on 20 July 1901 and had many children; 10 of which lived to adulthood.

1. Filomena known as Nucia, married a man called Fredemberg and had Yvone & Euri;

2. Sebastiana married my uncle Octavio Darin and had 2 boys: Adilson & Octavio Luiz;

3. Vicentina never married. She worked as a nurse at maternity 'Gota de Leite' and other hospitals;

4. Odila married Lazaro Jorge S. Netto (born on 21st April 1912) and had a daughter called Cleumara;

5. Pierina married Oswaldo Coelho and had 2 boys: Orestes & Ozires;

6. Emília (Zica) married Carlos Santilli and had Ofelia, Lila & Carlinhos;

7. Domingos (Mingo) married my aunt Olimpia Nina Darin and had Ariene & Aristeu;

8. Wilson Macera

9. Nelson Macera married Marizete and had a boy;

10. Maria Macera married Armindo Arnaldo Vieira (born on 29 January 1912).

As far as I know, the Macera family ended up moving to Marilia because their son-in-law Carlos Santilli (born on 11 January 1900), married to Emilia aka Zica moved to Marília first and told his in-laws to take the train west too. Santilli was a bit of a business man and entrepreneur. He was involved with the local society and football club. As Santilli knew his brother-in-law Domingos aka Mingo, born on 29 October 1914, was a good football player he told him he would have a brighter future moving there.

I don't really know if Mingo arrived in Marilia by himself or with his large family. Anyway, the whole Macera family took the morning train leaving Rio Claro-SP and arrived in Marilia at twilight time one day in the early 1930s. They built a house on Rua Nelson Spielmann where they lived for decades.

When Mingo married Nina in 1938, he built a wooden plank-house on Rua Rio Grande do Sul, where he lived until his death on 22nd November 1981. Two other Macera sisters also moved to houses nearby Mingo's at Rua Rio Grande do Sul.

Sebastiana Macera marries Octavio Darin on 8 December 1936 ; Nina Darin marries Mingo Macera on 31st May 1938.

Octavio & Sebastiana's wedding souvenir  8 December 1936.

Yolanda Darin, her sister-in-law Sebastiana Macera & Octavio Darin with Joly. 

Sebastiana Macera says 'adieu' to the Daughters of Mary on 28 November 1936; Paschoal Macera & Adelina Giovanni celebrate their 50th Anniversary on 20 July 1951.

Carlos Santilli (*11 January 1900 +23rd September 1954); Emilia Macera Santilli (*18 December 1906 +30 September 1983); Orpheu Raphael Santilli (*17 August 1926 +19 September 1990); Marcos Aurelio Santilli (*20 October 1964 +10 July 1978) & Guilherme Bazzo Santilli. 

Carlos' brother Orpheu Rafael Santilli's pilot license issued on 31st March 1948. 

Carlos Santilli, 3rd man from left at the front row in 1929. Monsignor Luiz Bicudo on the right. 

Beatriz & Rosa Darin in Amparo - 1951

As Beatriz moved back in Marilia she and aunt Rosa Darin could travel together. They were often invited to go and visit Valdemar Darin who had been living in Amparo since got married to Zezé Nóbrega in 1948. Valdemar & Zezé had a young boy called João Batista like his grand-father and a daughter called Sueli. Here are some snapshots taken while Beatriz & Rosa stayed over in Amparo.

Rosa Darin & Sueli; Beatriz & João Batista na Caixa d'Agua de Amparo - 24 October 1951.

Zezé Nóbrega Darin & Sueli; Rosa Darin & João Batista at home in Amparo - 29 October 1951.

José Valdir, Sueli, João Batista & Rosa Darin in Amparo - 29 October 1951. 

Beatriz, nephew João Batista & niece Sueli in Amparo-SP - 24 October 1951.

João Batista Nobrega Darin, Rosa Darin, Beatriz Scarpetti & Sueli Maria N. Darin in Amparo - 24 Oct 51.

José Waldir & Beatriz Scarpetti in Serra Negra - 28 October 1951.

Lago do Carusso em Serra Negra-SP; Maria José Nóbrega, Rosa Darin, Betriz Scarpetti, José Waldir, Silvia Nobrega e Fernando - 28 October 1951.

Beatriz Scarpetti on a day trip in the 1950s

My cousin Beatriz Scarpetti was a very sociable young lady who always had a smile on her face and treated everyone with extreme courtesy. She was born in Marília in 1930, but her parents moved West to Santana later known as Quintana. Much later, in the late 1940s they moved to Limeira-SP but things didn't work out as planned and they moved back to Marília in the early 1950s. 

I think this series of snapshots were taken during the early years of the 1950s. At first I thought this was near Marília but I have just found out that this resort area belonged to Rancho Parque Baurú Mirim, in Baurú-SP.

Beatriz Scarpetti is the girl wearing glasses & hat at the bottom of the ladder.

At Rancho Parque Baurú Mirim in Baurú-SP. If you strain your eyes enough you'll make that out written on the façade of the house in the background on the left. 

MARIO AMORIM weds Edes Garbellini in 1958

Weddings in a small city in the 1950s were the most important social event in the community. Funerals were more of a somber business where one would not take snapshots. Here are some photos of  Mario Amorim, my Father's brother who married Edes Garbellini on 27 July 1958 at Saint Anthony's church. 

Mario Amorim waits as Edes Garbellini kisses her father's hand before entering the altar... In the background there is an unidentified girl on the 1st pew. The boy looking away is Fernandinho Amorim. The black young man is Ramilo, related to the family through his mother Joana having married Joaquim Pavão. The woman holding a toddler is her mother Yolanda Darin, having her youngest son Osvaldo and Maria Lucia on either side.

Edes Garbellini & Mario de Amorim.

the newly-wed are waited by Mario's cousin José de Oliveira - from Ourinhos-SP who owned a brand-new American car. 

Outside Saint Anthony's Church still under construction on 27 July 1958. Clockwiese from left to right starting in the back row: Nadir Martins (wearing sun glasses); ? ; Albina-Altina Rosa de Jesus; Eunice Jamiswski; Sandra Helena being held up by her mother; Dulce Roza (?); Maria Rosa; ?; Aparecida (from Ourinhos) & her husband Benjamin de Oliveira; Margarida Rosa de Jesus; Joana Ribeiro, Fernando Antonio Amorim Neto; Luiz Carlos Amorim; Osvaldo Amorim; Celso Silverio Coelho, Maria Lucia Martins; Gabriel Marcolino Coelho & Dulcineia Coelho. 

a blown-up detail of the photo below shows some unidentified ladies on the left plus Maria Rosa Amorim, Yolanda Darin & Eunice Jamiswksi holding Sandra Helena.

Males got together for a photo opportunity at Mario's wedding. 

Fernando, Maria Lucia, Yolanda holding Sandra & Luiz Carlos. 

Mario Amorim's wedding on 27 July 1958 is emblematic. One could see people at the church and later at the groom's house guests who had been born in the late 1800s - like the grooms' parents' brothers and sisters. Edes Garbellini had an Italian heritage; Mario's ancestors were Portuguese. 

When you look at the photo above you realize most people were poor. Some were surely taking strides towards being accepted into the Brazilian middle class like cousin José de Oliveira, from Ourinhos-SP, who boasted an American car and his youngest brother Paulo Cesar de Oliveira who was going through Medical School. Günther Karg, of German extraction, worked for the Taxation Department. He was married to Antonia Amorim, Mario's older sister who worked for Canadian Companhia Telefônica in Baurú-SP. 

Some of the older folks like João Pavão and Domiciano lived on the edge of poverty in the outskirts of Marilia. You can even see Black young men here whose grandparents had been slaves before 1888. 

Mario was 32 years old and not a spring-chicken anymore, even though he sure looked much younger than his age. It had taken him too long to get through the educational system as he was a late bloomer. He came from a family of peasants who didn't know the value of education as a step upwards in the ladder of the class system. When Mario realized he'd lagged behind he must have had a rude class awakening that propeled him into getting himself into a hard program of 'getting himself an education'. 

If Mario had followed the regular timetable he'd have graduated in 1941, when he was 15; but Mario missed a few years and graduated from a teacher-training school (Curso Normal) almost 10 years later. Soon after getting his degree - circa 1951 - Mario moved out to São Paulo, at first staying with his cousin Roldão Lacerda, on Rua Caquitos, in Penha. Later on, Mario moved into a boarding house on Rua Abolição at Bela Vista, closer to the central aerea. 

It was during this time that Mario bought a powerful motorcycle which he drove from São Paulo all the way to Marilia - 489 km away. 

Mario managed to enter PUC - the Catholic University - where he graduated as a social worker and soon after started working at Hospital das Clinicas from 7:00 to 1:00 PM and at Santa Casa de Misericórdia from 1:00 PM to 7:00 PM. 

Not long after Mario managed to give a down-payment on a 2-story-house on Rua João Moura, in Pinheiros and moved in with his wife.  

 

Mario de Amorim male-bonding in a Sao Paulo restaurant - He's the smiling chap 2nd from the right anti-clockwise; his younger brother Claudio Amorim, the 3rd fellow from the left clockwise looks  wistfully through his thick glasses to the camera; Obara looks on...

Sandra Helena, Osvaldo Luiz, Albina Rosa de Jesus, Louro being held at Celso Silvério's hand, Dulcinéia Coelho, Mario Amorim, Gabriel Marcolino Coelho, Dulce Roza & Paulo Cesar Coelho circa 1965-1966.

Marco Giovanni Battista Da Rin Zoldan sails on the Fortunata Raggio in 1888

Meu avô materno, João Baptista Darin, cujo verdadeiro nome era Marco Giovanni Battista Da Rin Zoldan, chegou ao Brasil à bordo do Vapor Fortunata Raggio em uma segunda-feira, 1o. Outubro 1888, quando Dom Pedro II ainda era Imperador do Brazil.

Giovanni Battista tinha 17 anos, tendo vindo junto com o pai Antonio, mãe Antonia, mais o irmão Apollonio Francesco e irmãzinha caçula Marianna. 

Aqui vão alguns dados curiosos sobre o navio italiano, que na verdade foi construído nos estaleiros de Hull, na Inglaterra:

O Vapor Fortunata Raggio foi um navio utilizado para a travessia do porto de Genova, na Itália a vários portos brasileiros, trazendo a bordo grande número de imigrantes que buscavam trabalho e terra durante o período da Grande Imigração entre 1880 e 1900.

O Fortunata Raggio foi construído em 1882, em Hull na Inglaterra, por D.P. Garbutt, armador britânico e lançado com o nome de Bell Rock. Com dimensões de 103,8 m x 12,8 m x 8,5 m, pesando 3.348 toneladas, era equipado com motor de 266/NHP de expansão tripla. 

Tinha capacidade para transportar 1.815 passageiros. Foi vendido em 1887, para a Società Italiana di Transporti Marittimi Raggio & Co. e renomeado Fortunata Raggio , em homenagem à matriarca da família.

Em 1898, após 11 anos de uso pelos Raggio ele foi adquirido pela Società Anonima Ilva, de Genova, e rebatizado com o nome de SS Fortunata.

Torpedeado durante a I Guerra Mundial pelo submarino alemão U-62, sob o comando do Captain Ernst Hashagen, em 30 Abril 1917, afundou a 139 milhas a oeste das Blaskets Island, proximo a Fastnet Rock, costa da Irlanda.

A S.I.T.M. Raggio & Co. foi fundada em Genova, em 6 Fevereiro 1882 pelos irmãos Carlo, Edilio e Armando Raggio. Seus primeiros navios foram 2 pequenos, Risveglio e Persevero (295 toneladas) e o Iniziativa (2.200 toneladas).

This is not exactly the Fortunata Raggio but it might be similar to the British built steamer that cruised the Atlantic Ocean from the 1880s to 1917, when he was hit by a German torpedo and sunk near the coast of Ireland. 

Steamer Fortunata Raggio started its trip to South America from the Port of Genova. It went down to Napoli and then out of the Mediterrenean through the Atlantic Ocean. There's no known photo of Vapor Fortunata Raggio. 

Vigo di Cadore circa 1799 - this Giovanni Battista Antonio Da Rin Zoldan who married to Orsola Da Rin Betta was my Grandfather's Great-grandfather (bisavô); he had a son he named Giovanni Battista Da Rin Zoldan (note that he took the name Antonio OUT); this was my Grandfather's grandfather; He had a son who he named as his father and took Antonio back as name again: Giovanni Battista Antonio Da Rin Zoldan; who is my Grandfather's father. 

Giovanni Battista Da Rin Zoldan & Marianna de Sandre were my Grandfather's grandparents. Their 4th child is my my Grandfather's father: Giovanni Battista Antonio Da Rin Zoldan.

Letter written on 15 October 1992, by Giovanni De Donà Zeccone, an immigration researcher from Laggio di Cadore about the origins and whereabouts of the DA RIN ZOLDAN family from Vigo di Cadore. 

BAURÚ

check this out:  http://www.estacoesferroviarias.com.br/cronologia/ultimaviagem_fotos.html

Travelers waiting for next train sometime in the 70s or 80s. 

This is probably not the easiest way to get into the coach from the platform... 

ZULEIDE DUTRA, cousin

Dentre minhas três primas Dutra, Gecely, Zuleide e Zenaide, filhas de minha tia Maria Darin Dutra, Zuleide Dutra foi, talvez, a mais integrada na sociedade mariliense, tendo sido professora do 2o. Grupo Escolar de Marília, o Gabriel Monteiro da Silva. Depois de aposentada, nos anos 1990s e 2000s, foi professora do alfabeto Braille para cegos no Centro Cultural de Marília, localizado no antigo Gymnasium.

Zuleide Dutra in 1945.

Zuleide oferece foto de sua formatura ginasial em 8 Dezembro 1945, à sua tia Yolanda Darin que casara com João Amorim em 18 de Maio de 1945.

Zuleide Dutra em 1948.

Zuleide Dutra é a 2a. menina (da esq a direita) na 1a. fileira (usando óculos), no 3o. ano do Grupo Escolar Thomaz Antonio Gonzaga em 1940. Foto postada em 'Memórias de Marília' do FB por Eduardo Ferreira da Graça, cuja mãe, Esperança Fernandes (da Graça) é a 2a. menina (da esq. a direita) na 3a. fileira.

Zuleide Dutra nasceu em Marilia-SP em 13 Novembro 1928. Marilia ainda não era comarca, e para registrar a criança, teria que se ir à Assis; Gumercindo Dutra, seu pai, resolveu registrar a menina em São José do Rio Pardo-SP, já que ele teria que ir até a região da Mogiana (Companhia Mogyana de Estrada de Ferro e Navegação) para tratar de negócios pendentes da venda da fazenda de seu sogro João Baptista Darin, sita naquele município. Essa era a 1a. vez que Gumercindo voltava à sua terra natal desde a retirada de lá em 15 Novembro 1927, um ano antes.

Companhia Mogiana de Estrada de Ferro circa 1970. 

Em Marília, Gumercindo trabalhou no comércio de couro, fazendo sapatões (?).  Desmatou (na foice) uma data num mato e construiu uma casa de pau-a-pique.  Depois construiu outra casa no mesmo local.  Quando a prefeitura delineou a rua São Luiz para aquele local, a casa ficou ‘fora-de-esquadro’,  lá em cima, no morro, desnivelada com a rua, e o povo achava graça, dizendo que parecia uma ‘casa de pombos’.  Só mais tarde é que Gumercindo construiu aquele sobradinho na linha certa da rua São Luiz, 1240, onde morou até o final de sua vida.

Mais tarde, quando Gumercindo tinha se aposentado (‘nós aposentamos o pai muito cêdo’ – Zuleide), ele ficou muito descontente e dizia que queria morrer, pois não tinha o que fazer. Moacyr, o primogênito, comprou aquela lenhadora (e carvoaria) na Avenida Sampaio Vidal perto da rua Paraná, que o velho tomava conta. Alguns anos depois, a prefeitura decretou que não se poderia ter lenhadora na rua principal,e eles tiveram que vender o negócio. O terreno está vazio desde então (2007).

Gecely, Zuleide e Zenaide estudaram no Colegio Sagrado Coração de Jesus.  Gecely, a mais velha, terminou a 5^ª série, e matriculou-se no Curso Normal do Coração de Jesus, em Agudos-SP, já que Marilia não tinha esse grau de educação. Justo quando Zuleide terminou a 4^ª série, e iria entrar para a 5^ª - a Quinta série foi abolida, o que a fez ganhar um ano.  E justamente naquele ano, o Sagrado Coração começou a ter Curso Nornal em Marilia, tendo ela sido duplamente agraciada.

Recém-formada, Zuleide lecionou em Padre Nóbrega, na Fazenda Tiverôn e em Rosália.

da esq.à-direita: N.I, Beatriz Scarpetti, N.I., N.I., Zuleide Dutra, Betty Scarpetti e N.I. posam na frente do lago do chafariz da Pça. Maria Isabel.

O mesmo grupo de lindas moçoilas marilienses tendo Beatriz Scarpetti à esquerda (atrás), Betty Scarpetti com um sorriso hollywoodiano e Zuleide Dutra apoiando o ombro na grama. 

Zuleide casou-se com Helio Mendes da Costa e teve um casal de filhos: Helinho (1954) e Silvia Regina (1956).

Depois de aposentada e já estar lecionando o curso Braille, Zuleide resolveu mudar-se para Campinas-SP e morar perto de Silvinha, sua filha, que casada, morava naquela cidade. Zuleide Dutra veio a falecer em 13 de Agosto de 2010, de problemas gástricos, após uma pequena internação hospitalar. O corpo de Zuleide foi enterrado em Marília no dia seguinte, 14 de Agosto de 2010.