Assis Chateaubriand, Paraná, Brazil Genealogy

Guide to Municipality of Assis Chateaubriand ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, church records, parish registers, and civil registration.

History
The West of Paraná has a rich history in its context, because from the end of 1541, the Spaniard Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, entered the territory of Guairá, land of many riches (trees, fauna, rivers and land for cultivation). With his entourage he crossed the Iguaçu River (Foz do Iguaçu), traveled along the banks of  the Tibaji River (Curitiba), crossed the  Ivaí River (Maringá), heading west, crossing the  Piquiri River (Umuarama and Assis Chateaubriand), in December 1541, returning to the starting point.

The aforementioned area, which comprises the municipality of Assis Chateaubriand, is currently located in the valley of the Piquiri River, which is a private domain (land that was transferred by the Imperial Government, in an area of ​​219,244 bushels in São Paulo, which ranged from the Melissa River ( municipality of Nova Aurora) to the Azul River (Municipality of Palotina), having as a starting point the year 1843, more precisely on July 10, 1843, documented in the parish of Nossa Senhora do Belém de Guarapuava, in favor of Francisco Antonio dos Santos. This rural property was called "Gleba Santa Cruz" and after several transfers, in 1952, it started the colonization work with Adízio Figueiredo dos Santos, through Colonizadora União d'Oeste Ltd., where an area of ​​90 thousand hectares in São Paulo was registered on September 15, 1952.

In the government of Bento Munhoz da Rocha Neto (1951-1955), the lands were confiscated by the Union, as they understood that they were vacant lands. With a writ of mandamus, Bento Munhoz da Rocha Neto secured possession of the land.

After the judgment in favor of the Colonizadora, there was a negotiation with the government of Moisés Lupion (1956-1960), reaching the following resolution: half of the lands had been returned to the Government and Colonizadora União d'Oeste Ltda. took permanent possession, comprising between the Verde River (Municipality of Jesuítas) and the Blue River (Municipality of Palotina).

From 1952 to 1958, it was named Campo dos Baianos, in honor of José Antônio de Araújo, the popular “Baiano da Foice”, who at the time took care of the airfield and, also because of his Northeastern origin.

In this period, Adízio Figueiredo dos Santos also attributed to this locality the “Cidade Morena”, due to the coming of people from the north of the country, and even from the south, that is, the meeting of two migratory currents.

Colonizadora Norte do Paraná SA began to explore the valley region of the Piquiri River, on September 28, 1958, finding fertile lands, considered “the best in the world”.

Oscar Martínez was the founder of the city of Tupãssi, which in Tupi means “mother of God”. This name originated on December 15, 1960, with the purchase of one of his farms, in the Pantanal of Mato Grosso, which he called Tupaci, in the language of the Kaduwéus Indians (Knight Indians).

The district of Tupãssi grew, both in the number of inhabitants and in agriculture. The Civil Registry Office that existed at that time registered in 1962 the birth of 81 children. The number of registrations increased to 251 in 1963 and 588 in 1964. Only one marriage was registered in Tupãssi in 1962. However, in 1963 there were 21; in 1964, 84 and as of September 1, 1965, 103 marriages had been performed.

At the request of journalist David Nasser, on the occasion that Ambassador Francisco de Assis Chateaubriand Bandeira de Mello was going to undergo a difficult surgical intervention in the United States, he changed the name Tupãci to Assis Chateaubriand, in honor of the representative of Brazilian journalists, immortalizing thus, the name of this audacious pioneer and sower of progress.

Governor Paulo Cruz Pimentel, in a ceremony held in a shed annexed to the Nossa Senhora do Carmo Parish, on August 20, 1966, created the municipality of Assis Chateaubriand, separated from Toledo, raising its seat to the category of city, whose law was sanctioned “in loco” (Law No. 5,389). Ambassador Assis Chateaubriand was present that day, who in an excerpt of his speech said: “The tribute should be paid to the pioneer Raposo Tavares, because if it weren't for him, Paraná would never be Brazilian”.

In 1983, through popular consultation, the city also started to have a slogan that identifies its culture and values, being called “Morada Amiga”.

Former Names:
 * Campo dos Baianos: 1952-1958
 * Tupãssi: 1958-1966

Online Resources

 * Brazil, Paraná, Catholic Church Records, 1731-2013 no Registros Históricos do FamilySearch

Localities
Cidade Morena; Gleba Santa Cruz; Nossa Senhora do Belém de Guarapuava; Tupaci.