Distant cousins of mine went to Uruguay from Alsace in the latter half of the 19th century. The earliest appear to have been Lucien Meny (born 1810 in Fellering, Haut-Rhin, France)
http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=robtbeh...and Michel Naviliat (born 1822 in Oderen, Haut-Rhin, France)
http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=robtbeh...both of whom arrived in what is now Nueva Helvecia in July 1862. By 1868 François Joseph Dreyer (born 1829 in Ranspach, Haut-Rhin, France)
http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=robtbeh...was also living there. Later arrivals included Aloyse Bobenrieth (born 1829 in Ranspach)
http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=robtbeh...Louis Dreyer (born 1814 in Ranspach)
http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=robtbeh...Jean Baptiste Haller (born 1821 in Fellering)
http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=robtbeh...Louis Flieller (born 1836 in Kruth, Haut-Rhin, France)
http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=robtbeh...François Joseph Friedrich (born 1821 in Ranspach)