Camocim, Ceará, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
The area in which Camocim is located is a territory with a rich history of exchange and conflict between peoples. The first inhabitants were indigenous people of various ethnicities, such as the Tremembé, Tabajara, Jurema, Jenipaboaçu, Cambida. The toponym camocim, cambucy, camucym or camotim comes from Tupi-Guarani and, according to Silveira Bueno and Gonçalves Dias, means "hole or pot to bury the dead". Probably the name of the municipality is an allusion to the funerary ritual of the Tremembés Indians

The Portuguese arrived in these parts, from the second half of the 16th century, with several purposes: a complete recognition of the region from Tutóia in Maranhão to the final limits between Ceará and Rio Grande do Norte (the bar of the Camorim river, for example, was mapped with the name of Rio da Cruz); As a support base for the occupation of the coast, as well as a support base for military confrontations with the French who occupied Maranhão. From this historical moment there are several topographical maps dating from the 17th century. For example: in 1604, Pero Coelho de Souza, passed through these parts on the way to Ibiapaba and the battles in Maranhão.

After the second half of the 17th century, the project to build the Fort in Camocim appeared with the intention of protecting it from attacks by Indians and pirates, but this project did not go ahead. Barra do Camocim as an urban center was consolidated with the transfer of the Mission of Tabainha. An undertaking by Father Ascenço Gago, with the aim of village the Tremembé and other ethnic groups.

From 1792, families from Tutoia arrived in Barra do Camocim, who implemented agriculture and livestock in the region. In 1868, the police district was created and in this way Camocim consolidates itself as an urban nucleus.

And what will definitely consolidate Camocim as an urban and economic center is the construction of the Sobral-Camocim Railroad from 1879 and the port.

The old village of Camocim was founded on February 29, 1879, and the city on August 17, 1889, emancipated from Granja. It experienced strong economic expansion and verticalization in the 19th century until the beginning of the 20th century. Elevated to the category of village with the name of Camocim, by provincial law nº 1849, of 29-02-1879, dismembered from Granja. Headquarters in the center of Camocim. Made up of the district. Installed on 1883-01-08.

Elevated to the status of city with the name of Camocim, by provincial law nº 2162, of 17-08-1889.

By act 02-11-1890, the district of Guriú was created, and annexed to the municipality of Camocim.

Online Resources

 * 1982-1999 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images

Local Offices
1º tabelionato de notas, protesto e anexos Cartório Coelho Rua José de Alencar, 1153 Centro Camocim Camocim 62400-000 Ceará Telephone/Fax: (0xx88) 3621-0085 Email: camocimcartoriocoelho@ig.com.br

Online Resources

 * 1725-1971 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images

Local Churches
Igreja de São Pedro Rua 24 de maio, 2335 Centro 62400-000

Cemeteries
Cemitério Jardim Eterno Rua da Independência, 1099 Parazinho 62400-000 Telephone: (88) 99844-2222 Camocim Ceará

Cemitério Pedro Rodrigues Alexandrino R. Zeferino Veras sn Parazinho 62400-000 Camocim Ceará

Other Institutions
Sobral Brasil Centro de História da Família R. Ernesto Marinho, 180 Centro 62010-110 Sobral Ceará Telephone: (88)3611-1596 E-mail: BR_sobral@familyhistorymail.org Hours of Operation: Wednesday from 19:00 to 21:00 Sunday: 8:00 am to 6:00 pm Collections: https://familysearch.org/catalog-search

Prefeitura Municipal Praça Severino Morel, s/n Centro 62400-000 Telephone: (88) 3621-7074