Esperança, Paraíba, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
The native residents of the territory that currently constitutes the municipality were the Cariris Indians, from the Banabuyê tribe. Despite resistance, the Portuguese managed to expel them. The first settler who took possession of the lands of Esperança was the Portuguese Marinheiro Barbosa. His house was built near a water reservoir (Tanque do Araçá), whose locality is now known as "Beleza dos Campos", today officially a neighborhood. Possibly Marinheiro Barbosa abandoned his lands. Years later, three brothers arrived, also Portuguese: Antônio, Laureano and Francisco Diniz, whose houses were located on what is now Avenida Manoel Rodrigues, the main avenue in the city. The first name of the village was Banabuyê, on account of the Cariri tribe, the sesmaria dated in 1713 and the name of the farm that emerged in 1860. Catholic to settle in the region, Frei Venâncio. There is a hypothesis that the construction of the chapel was financed by a lady, as a vote to eliminate an outbreak of cholera morbus. The current church is an extension of the old chapel. On September 1, 1920, the district of Esperança appears in the municipality of Alagoa Nova. Elevated to the category of municipality with the name of Esperança, on December 1, 1925, separated from Alagoa Nova.

Local Offices
Serviço Registral Lyra Rua Monsenhor Severiano, 84 Centro Esperança PB 58135-000 Telephone: (83) 8841-6023 E-mail: oniolyra@ig.com.br

Online Resources

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

Local Churches
PARÓQUIA DE NOSSA SENHORA BOM CONSELHO 1908 Av. Manoel Rodrigues, S/N Centro Esperança PB 58135-000 Telephone: (83) 3361-2053 E-mail: secretaria@paroquianossasenhoradobomconselho.org

Localities
District of Ariús ex (Areial)