Portuguese Migration to São Paulo in the second half of the 19
 
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 century: A case study

Scott, Ana Silvia Volpi

doi:10.1590/2236-463320171706

Ana Silvia Volpi Scott

IFCH - Unicamp - Campinas - São Paulo - SP

** Demographics Department/IFCH and the Population Studies Center “Elza Berquó” (NEPO) - UNICAMP. CNPq researcher.

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The present article is a result of the project “A imigração invisível: portugueses no Brasil Independente” developed by Ana Silvia Volpi Scott and Oswaldo Mário Serra Truzzi, with the fnancial support of CNPq. It is an amended version of the paper presented at the XV Encontro Nacional de Estudos Populacionais (ABEP), available in <http://www.abep.nepo.unicamp.br/encontro2006/ docspdf/ABEP2006_481.pdf>. After some years, the subject matter of the immigration of people from Portugal and Lousã to São Paulo has been taken up in the context of the new project “Historical-social journeys for the incorporation of foreign immigrants in the western region of the state of São Paulo (1880-1950)”, coordinated by Oswaldo M. S. Truzzi, with the support of FAPESP.

**
Demographics Department/IFCH and the Population Studies Center “Elza Berquó” (NEPO) - UNICAMP. CNPq researcher.

***Traduzido por Camila Sotta Elias.

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Tables (10)

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Mapa de Portugal (Distritos)

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Distrito de Coimbra e Concelho da Lousã

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Mapa da Província de São Paulo 1872 (Espírito Santo do Pinhal)

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Colônia da Nova Lousã

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Comendador Montenegro (1867)

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Comendador Montenegro (1913)

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Detalhe da Serra da Lousã

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Detalhe da Serra da Lousã

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Detalhe da Serra da Lousã

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Chart 1
Seasonality of Marriages in Lousã (decades 1860-1880)¹⁷ 17 The seasonality was calculated in the form of an index, for comparative purposes. The line corresponding to the index 100 is the average of marriages registered in the period, indicating the months above or below the average index. The procedure was adopted in the other seasonality charts.

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Seasonality of Marriages in Nova Lousã (decades 1870-1880)

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Seasonality of Baptisms in Lousã (decades 1860-1880)

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Seasonality of Baptisms in Nova Lousã (decades 1870-1880)

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Portugal Map (Districts)

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District of Coimbra and Concelho da Lousã

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Map of the São Paulo Province - 1872 (Espírito Santo do Pinhal)

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Colony of Nova Lousã

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Comendador Montenegro (1867)

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Comendador Montenegro (1913)

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Detail of the tribute to Montenegro (Lousã village)

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Detail of Serra da Lousã

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Detail of Serra da Lousã

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Illegitimacy comparative indicators in Portugal

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Interval between Birth and Baptism in Lousã (1860-1880 decades)

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Interval between Birth and Baptism in Nova Lousã (1870-1880 decades)

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Weekly distribution of Baptisms in Lousã (1860-1880 decades)

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Weekly distribution of Baptisms in Nova Lousã

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Distribution of Female Names in Baptisms - Lousã

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Distribution of Male Names in Baptisms - Lousã

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Distribution of Female Names in Baptisms -Nova Lousã

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Distribution of Male Names in Baptisms -Nova Lousã

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Occupation of the settlers in the general Map from 1875

District	Location	1860	1870	1880	1890
Viana	Couto	14.3	20.3	20.5	14.3
	Paço	11.1	9.6	12	12.6
	Lanheses	11.3	15.1	10.1	13.9
Bragança	Mosteiro	-	29.2	35.2	40.8
Braga	Barcelinhos	14.2	15.9	16.3	16
	Mosteiro	22.3	19.8	21.1	21.9
	Cambeses	21.7	17.1	6.3	5.8
	Ronfe	6.5	6.1	4.1	5.4
	Regalados	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.2
	Alvito	11	25	23	13
Coimbra	Lousã	6.3	6.8	6.8	6.7

Interval in days	Total	%	% Accum.
up to 7 days	630	13.9	13.9
8-14 days	2050	45.1	58.9
15-30 days	1363	30.0	88.9
31-60 days	339	7.5	96.4
more than 60 days	165	3.6	100.0
Overall total	4547	100.0

Interval in days	Total	%	% Accum.
up to 7 days	23	11.5	11.5
8-14 days	18	9.0	20.5
15-30 days	52	26.0	46.5
31-60 days	59	29.5	76.0
more than 60 days	48	24.0	100.0
Overall total	200	100.0

Day of the week	1860/69		1870/79		1880/89		Total
Day of the week	Bapt.	%	Bapt.	%	Bapt.	%	Bapt.	%
Sunday	78	5.1	52	3.6	58	3.7	188	4.1
Monday	96	6.3	83	5.7	82	5.3	261	5.7
Tuesday	707	46.3	814	55.8	978	62.7	2499	55.0
Wednesday	173	11.3	121	8.3	110	7.1	404	8.9
Thursday	193	12.6	166	11.4	111	7.1	470	10.3
Friday	111	7.3	89	6.1	88	5.6	288	6.3
Saturday	169	11.1	135	9.2	133	8.5	437	9.6
Total	1527	100	1460	100	1560	100	4547	100

Day of the week	1870/79		1880/89		Total
Day of the week	Bapt.	%	Bapt.	%	Bapt.	%
Sunday	5	13.5	25	15.3	30	15.0
Monday	6	16.2	9	5.5	15	7.5
Tuesday	9	24.3	24	14.7	33	16.5
Wednesday	10	27	20	12.3	30	15.0
Thursday	2	5.4	36	22.1	38	19.0
Friday	1	2.7	23	14.1	24	12.0
Saturday	4	10.8	26	16	30	15.0
Total	37	100	163	100	200	100

Name	Qty	%	% Accum.
Maria	700	31.4	31.4
Maria...	534	23.9	55.3
Ana	138	6.2	61.5
Rosa	67	3.0	64.5
Joaquina	56	2.5	67.0
Guilhermina	44	2.0	69.0
Mariana	38	1.7	70.7
Adelaide	35	1.6	72.2
Emília	27	1.2	73.4
Júlia	23	1.0	74.5
Others	570	25.5	100.0
Total	2232	100.0

Name	Qty	%	% Accum.
José	449	19.5	19.5
Manoel	387	16.8	36.3
Antônio	305	13.3	49.6
João	184	8.0	57.6
Francisco	160	7.0	64.6
Joaquim	160	7.0	71.5
Luiz	66	2.9	74.4
Adelino	59	2.6	77.0
Augusto	43	1.9	78.8
Fernando	32	1.4	80.2
Abílio	27	1.2	81.4
Others	428	18.6	100.0
Total	2300	100.0

Name	Qty	%	% Accum.
Maria ...	18	19.1	19.1
Joana	5	5.3	24.5
Benedita	4	4.3	28.7
Belmira	4	4.3	33.0
Rosa	3	3.2	36.2
Ana	3	3.2	39.4
Amélia	3	3.2	42.6
Alzira	3	3.2	45.7
Others	51	54.3	100.0
Total	94	100.0

Name	Qty	%	% Accum.
João	16	15.1	15.1
José	14	13.2	28.3
Antônio	10	9.4	37.7
Joaquim	6	5.7	43.4
Manoel	3	2.8	46.2
Sebastião	3	2.8	49.1
Benedito	3	2.8	51.9
Others	51	48.1	100.0
Total	106	100.0

Profession	Qty.
Administrator	1
Tailor	2
Cashier	1
Carpenter	11
Coachman	3
Wagon drivers	1
Wagon owners	4
Coachman	1
Cook	1
Domestic servant	1
Textile factory employee	2
Hotel employee	1
Stable employee	1
Textile factory employee	1
Employee at E.F. Paulista	2
Contractor at E.F.	1
Going back to the settlement	1
Farmyard foreman	2
Blacksmith	1
Ignored	1
Farmer	5
Merchant	6
Businessman	3
Mobile businessman	1
Mason	3
Owner in Nova Lousã	1
Shoemaker	3
Partner in a hotel	1
Roof tiles worker	2
Worker	62
Total	129

[1] *
The present article is a result of the project “A imigração invisível: portugueses no Brasil Independente” developed by Ana Silvia Volpi Scott and Oswaldo Mário Serra Truzzi, with the fnancial support of CNPq. It is an amended version of the paper presented at the XV Encontro Nacional de Estudos Populacionais (ABEP), available in <http://www.abep.nepo.unicamp.br/encontro2006/ docspdf/ABEP2006_481.pdf>. After some years, the subject matter of the immigration of people from Portugal and Lousã to São Paulo has been taken up in the context of the new project “Historical-social journeys for the incorporation of foreign immigrants in the western region of the state of São Paulo (1880-1950)”, coordinated by Oswaldo M. S. Truzzi, with the support of FAPESP.

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