Many Hrastovac young people left Hrastovac ca. 1920 for the greener pastures across the Atlantic. One of them was Peter Trautmann, *1899. When he arrived in Sao Paolo, Brazil, his first job was to work on the first sky scraper of Sao Paolo, seen in the photo below. Anna Trautmann-Bialleck of Germany, his great-grand nice, was able to reestablish the connection between the families in 2008. In May of 2009 Anna visited them for the first time in Brazil and shared the photos below with us.
The black and white photos show the times of the Peter Trautman (*1899) descendants. Photos curtesy of Peter Trautman, jun.
The Sauerwein Family passport photo – courtesy of Vera Lucia Sanchez, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
A festive dinner in honour of Anna Bialleck who visited her Brazilian Trautmann Family for the first time back in 2009. From left to right: Pedro Stock, husband of Erika Trautmann, Erika Trautmann (daughter of Peter Trautmann *1924), Anna Bialleck, Catharina Trautmann (daughter of Peter Trautmann *1899), Helga Fetter (granddaughter of Elisabeth Trautmann), Helga’s husband, Lurdes Fetter (wife of Bruno Fetter, the son of Elisabeth Trautmann), standing Bruno Fetter, a family friend, Fatima (wife of Arno Fetter, son of Elisabeth Trautmann), Solange (daughter of Anna Trautmann, granddaughter of Peter Trautmann *1899), Maria Trautmann (daughter of Peter Trautmann *1899) and Anna Trautmann (daughter of Peter Trautmann *1899).
Sao Paolo, Brazil, 2009
1949 Sep 17 Marriage of Peter Trautman and Maria Joaquina Geier, in Maracai/São Paulo/Brasil
From left to right Helena Trautman, Katarina Trautman, Catharina Trautman, Maria Joaquina Geier, Petar Trautman (the groom) , Petar Trautman, Ana Trautman, above Maria Trautman, Elizabethe Trautman with Alfredo Fetter on the lap and Helmuth Fetter (husband of Elizabethe)
ca. 1961, the first communion on Heinrich Trautman in São Paulo -
Adults: Petar Trautman (*29.04.1924 + 18.10.1994) married with Maria Joaquima Trautman (*21.01.1926 + 17.11.2001) with their children in the center Tereza Trautman lower to the left Erika Trautman, in the center Inês Trautman and Henrique Trautman - photo curtesy of Peter Trautman jun.
Trautman Sisters at a family reunion. From left to right Maria Trautman, Helena Trautman, Ana Trautman, Catharina Trautman and Elizabethe Trautman- photo courtesy of Peter Trautman, jun.
Trautman Reunion - From left to right Mauro Gonçalves Gomes (brother of Moacir), Moacir Gonçalves Gomes (ex-husband of Catharina Trautman) Petar Trautman, Helmuth Fetter (husband of Elizabethe), Petar Trautman (the Grandfather of Peter Trautman, jun.) and Francisco Antonio Marques (husband of Helena Trautman) - photo curtesy of Peter Trautman, jun.
Heinrich Sauerwein - * 1900 in Hrastovac died 1978 in Brazil / São Paulo, Katarina Eberholz - * 1897 in Hrastovac died 1971 in Brazil / São Paulo, Katarina Sauerwein - * 1923 in Hrastovac died 1989 in Brazil / São Paulo,
Heinrich Sauerwein - * 1921 in Hrastovac died 1964 in Brazil / São Paulo,
The baby Ana Maria Sauerwein - *1924 in Hrastovac, of São Paulo, photo curtesy of Vera Lucia Sanchez, São Paulo, Brazil
Trautmann First Cousins, 2009
A festive dinner with Brazilian Trautmann's and Anna Bialleck of Germany, 2009
Our Vilma Godoy-Wady flew in all the way from Santa Catarina to Sao Paolo together with her daughter to meet with Anna Bialleck and the Trautmann extended family. Here there are: Anna Bialleck and Vilma Godoy-Wady in May of 2009. Vilma's mother Katharina Fleisch and aunt Anna Fleisch left Hrastovac for Brazil in 1925.
Vilma Godoy-Wady and daughter of Santa Catarina, Brazil.
The adoptive children of Catharina Trautmann on both sides of Anna Bialleck. At right is Helena Trautmann Matos.
Brazilian Trautmanns, 2009
Anna Carolina Fetter Colombo (granddaughter of Arno Fetter), Arno Fetter, Simone Fabiano Fetter (Arno's daughter), Carlos Colombo (Arno's son-in-law)
Left to right: Erika Trautmann, her sister Ines Trautmann, Pedro Stock, Anna Bialleck, Anna Trautmann in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2009.
Left to right: Francisco Antonio Marques (Helena Trautmann's husband), Luci Antonio (Helena's daughter), Catharina, Anna Bialleck, Anna Maria, Manoel da Cruz (Anna Trautmann's husband), sitting in front: Thiago Capilani (son of Luci Antonio and Marcos Capilani).
Left to right: Catharina Trautmann, Erika Trautmann, Pedro Stock, Anna Bialleck, Dr. Gustavo Trautmann Stock (son of Erika and Pedro).
Trautmann Extended Family with Anna Bialleck visiting in 2016 - Bialleck Archives
