1930-08-22: Maria Braccioli and Teresa Gagliardi arrive at Santos on the SS Mendoza
Status: VERIFIED (original passenger-list image). Accessed 2026-10-17.
Source
Section titled “Source”- Arquivo Público do Estado de São Paulo (APESP), “Listas Gerais de Passageiros – Porto de Santos”, code BR_APESP_MI_LP_019172
- The APESP index misspells the ship as “Mandoza”, with date 22/08/1930. Searching by navio “Mendoza” does NOT find it. Search by month/year (Aug 1930) instead.
- Search page: https://web.arquivoestado.sp.gov.br/web/acervo/solicitacao_certidoes/lista_passageiros_pesquisa
- PDF (4 pages): https://web.arquivoestado.sp.gov.br/uploads/acervo/textual/mi_listavapores/BR_APESP_MI_LP_019172.pdf
- Saved copy:
1930-08-22_ship_Mendoza_Santos_passenger_list_Braccioli_Maria_Gagliardi_Teresa_APESP_BR_APESP_MI_LP_019172.pdf - Crops:
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Header (page 1)
Section titled “Header (page 1)”| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Form | Inspectoria de Immigração no Porto de Santos, Estado de S. Paulo, “Lista Geral de Passageiros” |
| Shipping line | Société Générale de Transports Maritimes à Vapeur (SGTM), Marseille |
| Ship | “MENDOZA”, vapor, registered (matrícula) Marselha |
| Procedência | Genova |
| Captain | Eugène Gadais |
| Ship’s doctor | Eugène Pagès |
| Tonnage / HP / speed / crew | 4410 / 7500 / 15 / 145 |
| Passengers in transit (1st/2nd/3rd class) | 26 / 29 / 275 |
| Arrival date | 22 agosto 1930 |
Family entries (page 1, lines 14–15)
Section titled “Family entries (page 1, lines 14–15)”| # | Port of embarkation | Class | Name | Relation | Age | Sex | Marital status | Nationality | Occupation | Religion | Can read? | Last residence | Destination | Accepts benefits of the law? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | Genova | 3 | Braccioli Maria | chefe (head) | 41 | F | casada | Italiana | ménagère | Catholic | (ditto “oui”) | Italie, Pisa | S. Paulo (ditto) | oui |
| 15 | Genova (ditto) | 3 | Gagliardi Teresa | fille (daughter) | 9 | F | solteira | (ditto) Italiana | s.p. (no profession) | Catholic | non | Italie, Pisa (ditto) | S. Paulo (ditto) | (ditto) |
Notes:
- Maria is listed as head of household, with no husband aboard. This supports the view that Pirro was already in Brazil and sent for his family (she was probably a chamada). Pirro is not on pages 1–2 of this list.
- Age 41 suggests birth c. 1889. Her 1930 passport says 1891, and her 1968 death record says 77, which points to c. 1891.
- This matches Tereza’s RNE “Data de entrada 22/08/1930” exactly.
- The family does not appear in the Hospedaria de Imigrantes do Brás registers (checked at Museu da Imigração; see below). They went straight to their destination, as was usual for “espontâneos” joining a relative.
Other ships checked and excluded (APESP lists, Santos, Aug 1930)
Section titled “Other ships checked and excluded (APESP lists, Santos, Aug 1930)”- Giulio Cesare (NGI), arr. 22/08/1930, BR_APESP_MI_LP_019173: this was the northbound voyage from Buenos Aires/Montevideo, so it is not our ship.
- Conte Verde, arr. 21/08/1930, BR_APESP_MI_LP_019171: downloaded but not needed once the family was found on the Mendoza.
- Context: Hospedaria book 109 p. 158 shows Mendoza passengers from Genoa (Belluzzo/Isolani family, Verona) entering the Hospedaria on 22-8-1930. The same family appears on the Mendoza list at lines 19–23, which corroborates the date. Saved as
1930-08-22_Hospedaria_Bras_book109_p158_Mendoza_ConteVerde_arrivals_context_not_family.pdf(context only; our family is not on it).
Source note: 03_brazil/immigration/1930-08-22_ship_Mendoza_passenger_list_transcription.md