Ampére, Paraná, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
The most intense occupation of the Southwest of Paraná occurs after the formation of CANGO (Colônia Agrícola General Osório), part of the policy of occupation of the Far West of Brazil, developed by Getúlio Vargas and known as “March to the West”. The descendants of Germans and Italians who lived in the states of Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina were the main agents of this occupation.

Until the year 1950, there were only the municipalities of Palmas and Clevelândia in the region. After that date, other municipalities emerged, such as Pato Branco, Francisco Beltrão, Santo Antônio do Sudoeste and Capanema.

The first residents arrived here around 1947, and the first resident was João Pociano de Almeida. In 1948, José Soranzo, Adriano Nonato, Florindo Santiago de Miranda, Eduardo Stoki, Bialeski Family, Antenor and Agenor Fagundes, Antonio Pereira da Conceição, Angelino Veiga de Freitas, Lerias Family, Telheiro Family, Furlan Family and others arrived.

In 1949, he was appointed Mr. Eduardo Stock as delegate, and in the same year the first chapel was built in the current neighborhood of Santa Terezinha. On December 30, 1957, Ampére was elevated to District status.

The first mayor of the municipality was Augustinho Gnoato, who managed it between 1961-1964. The current one, Hélio Manoel Alves, is the 13th mayor of the municipality, elected to hold office from 2013 to 2016.

According to IBGE data (2010), the current population of the municipality is 17,308 inhabitants, of which 66% live in urban areas and 33% in rural areas. The political emancipation of the municipality of Ampére was determined by State Law No. 4,348, on April 11, 1961, and installed on November 28 of the same year, being separated from Santo Antônio do Sudoeste and Capanema. The origin of the name is still unknown today, with several hypotheses for this.

Online Resources

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

Other Institutions

 * Prefeitura Municipal de Ampére