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Sorry, though a bit of information of the context would be interesting. Thanks for the add-on of Gaston's family. He was very important and influential. I imagine this visit helped to seal further the ties and bonds within the involved families.

Really interesting! At that time, Brazil's story was really attracting attention! Lisbon's earthquake (which happened in the 1750s) had a major impact on Portugal's economy, affecting its power and money to invest in its colonies. Then, the peninsula war came in 1807 and it basically imploded...

Yes! Sorry, my mistake. She was son of D. Pedro II (Braganza line) and married to Prince Gaston, Count d'Eu, which is also referred to in the royal visit article. Considering she was Princess at the time and that Pedro II was deposed in 1889, we can assume that the visit happened in between 1864...

Just to add further information: The visit's date would also be "close" with the "Vasconcelos Baron" nomination to "Jose Smith de Vasconcelos" in 1863, which was the father of "Cleonice Smith", then married to "F.J Smith" referred at the above-mentioned article about the royal visit. Amazing to...

I believe not, as Catherine of Braganza would refer to the lates 1600. While the visit mentions "Frederick Joseph Smith", referring to the recent posts we have done and that would be in the late 1800s or early 1900s. But it does show the power of England and England's money in Brazil at the...

Very interesting! So it seems that the brothers united in their activities and rested on their ties with England. Considering that John William was Vice-Consul of England in Fortaleza and Jose was a baron with the "only castle" in Brazil, in Teresopolis, I definitely believe they were able to...

Thank you Vivienne! That's really interesting! Amazing the amount of information we were able to gather together from such ancient times. Jose was half-brother to john william studart (the heritage line that I'm connected) and they both lived in Fortaleza, living from the merchant activity...

Hello Pimpernel! We are distant connected as I am also descendant from Mary Martha Tustin Smith and her son's John William Studart from the brazilian part. I'm very interested in knowing more about the family and their history, I sent you a pm! it's so good and interesting to find a distant...

Hello Vivienne! How are you? My name is André Studart. I am descendant of Mary's Tustin Smith and her son John William Studart. I am from Fortaleza/Ceará-Brazil and I saw your reply in 2015 about the Worcester family of Tustin Smith. I would like to know if it was possible to get more...