Rosa Forner
1903 – 1986
Born in Monfumo, she sailed from Genoa at twenty-four with her one-year-old son to join her husband in Brazil. She survived the shipwreck. She had eleven children.
Forner · Miotto · Dei Agnoli
The people
Seven members of one family lived through that night. Others were waiting in Brazil, and others never left the Veneto.
Maria Luigia Forner
1896 – 1992
She crossed on the same ship with four small children to join her husband, Angelo Dei Agnoli. The two sisters survived the same night.
Fausto Miotto
1904 – 1979
Born in Castelcucco, he left for Brazil soon after the wedding and sent for his wife. He worked with a hoe, on the coffee farms.
Enrico Miotto
1926 – 1998
He was on board at one year and fifteen days old. He was the only one of the children born in Italy, and the only one who spoke Italian with his parents.
Mafalda Miotto Terra
1937
Born almost ten years after the shipwreck, she was given the ship’s name. She is the author’s grandmother and the only one of Rosa Forner’s children still living.
Sante Forner
1893 – 1947
Rosa Forner’s brother served in the First World War and kept three medals. He never emigrated. He died in 1947 in an accident at a lignite mine in the Veneto.
The family
Every name
The Forners of Monfumo, the Miottos of Castelcucco and the Dei Agnolis, from the Veneto to the interior of São Paulo, down to the author. Names are spelled as they appear in the family’s documents.
on board, 1927 was on the Principessa Mafalda in October 1927
The Forners of Monfumo
- Domenico Fornergreat-grandfather of Rosa Forner
- Maria Vialgreat-grandmother of Rosa Forner
- Luigi Fornergrandfather of Rosa Forner
- Elisabetta Fornergrandmother of Rosa Forner
- Vincenzo Fornerfather of Rosa Forner
- Santa Pandolfomother of Rosa Forner
- Domenico Alessandro Forneruncle of Rosa Forner, brother of Vincenzo
- Abele Alessandro Forneruncle of Rosa Forner, brother of Vincenzo
- Maria Teresa Cadonàaunt of Rosa Forner, wife of Abele
- Angela, Onorato, Alessandro Domenico, Ausilio Fortunato, Roberto e Francesco Fornercousins of Rosa Forner, children of Abele
The ten children of Vincenzo and Santa
In order of birth.
- Angela Fornersister of Rosa Forner
- Pietro Luigi Fornerbrother; died in Canada in 1916
- Martino Giuseppe Fornerbrother of Rosa Forner
- Sante Fornerbrother; stayed in the Veneto
- Maria Elisabetta Fornersister of Rosa Forner
- Maria Luigia Forneron board, 1927sister; made the crossing with her four children
- Bonfiglio Sabino Fornerbrother of Rosa Forner
- Giulio Giuseppe Fornerbrother of Rosa Forner
- Rosa Forneron board, 1927the author’s great-grandmother
- Maria M. Fornersister, the youngest
The Miottos of Castelcucco
- Luigi Miottofather of Fausto
- Domenica Ganeo, a Ninamother of Fausto
- Fausto Miottohusband of Rosa Forner; already in Brazil
- Maria Luigia Miottosister of Fausto; married Sante Forner
- Amabile Veronica Miottosister of Fausto
- Lucindo Parisottohusband of Amabile Veronica
- Valeria Parisottodaughter of Amabile Veronica
- Vittorio Miottobrother of Fausto
- Asia Miottosister of Fausto
The children of Rosa Forner and Fausto Miotto
Eleven, according to the family tree. Only Enrico was born in Italy.
- Enrico Miottoon board, 1927on board at one year old
- Erminda Miottodaughter
- Lázaro Pereira de Mellohusband of Erminda
- Nair Miottodaughter
- Maria Therezinha Miottodaughter
- Izaira Miottodaughter
- Fermino Miottoson
- Mafalda Miotto Terradaughter, named after the ship; the author’s grandmother
- José Mariano Terrahusband of Mafalda; the author’s grandfather
- Rosalia Miottodaughter; died as a small child
- Luiz Miottoson
- Dionísio Miottoson, the youngest
- Erminda Aparecida Miottodaughter, according to the family tree
Maria Luigia Forner and the Dei Agnolis
- Angelo Dei Agnolihusband of Maria Luigia; already in Brazil
- Antonio Dei Agnoli e Paschoa Collaparents of Angelo
- Gina Oliva Dei Agnolion board, 1927daughter, aged seven
- Pulcheria Pasqua Dei Agnolion board, 1927daughter
- Rino Dei Agnolion board, 1927son
- Danilo Angelo Dei Agnolion board, 1927son, the youngest
- Hortência e Holandadaughters born in Brazil, as Mafalda remembers them
- João Bettihusband of Pulcheria
- Divino Aparecido Bettison of Pulcheria
- Patrícia Bettigranddaughter of Pulcheria; the author’s cousin
Those who stayed in the Veneto
- Leo Fornerson of Sante
- Delfina Fornerdaughter of Sante
- Galliano Fornerson of Sante
- Giorgio Fornergrandson of Sante; the author’s cousin
Down to the author
The children of Mafalda and José Mariano, and the line that leads to this book.
- Dionísio, Edna, Inês, Kênia, Siri e Joãochildren of Mafalda
- Martadaughter of Mafalda; the author’s mother
- Carlos de Andradethe author’s father
- João José de Andrade Netothe author, great-grandson of Rosa Forner
- João Lucathe author’s son, to whom the book is dedicated
Who tells the story
João José de Andrade Neto
Great-grandson of Rosa Forner and grandson of Mafalda, he spent nine years gathering this family’s documents in Brazil and Italy, with the help of his cousin Giorgio Forner in the Veneto and his cousin Patrícia Betti, great-granddaughter of Maria Luigia.
Who made the book