Mãe d'Água, Paraíba, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
Since the times before the foundation of the city, the locality was already called Mãe D'Água, due to the large amount of water holes existing on Mr. Leonardo Alves Cambuim. It all started around 1840, with the arrival in the region of Mr. LOURENÇO ALVES CAMBUIM (died 1877) and his wife ANTONIA PEREIRA CAMBUIM, were the idealizing couple of the current city of Mãe d'Agua. Their 9 children, 6 men and 3 women. This already numerous part of the CAMBUIM Family, idealized, founded and contributed massively to the growth and development of the city of Mãe d'Água. They left their relatives in Carirí Paraibano and in the Pernambuco cities of Brejo da Madre de Deus, Buíque, Bom Conselho and Canhotinho. They migrated to the city of Teixeira because they heard that it was cold, they thought it was swamp, when they realized the mistake, they went down the Teixeira mountain range, and settled in the Mãe D'água, Alecrim, Cacimbas and Covão sites, all in the municipality of Mãe PB water.
 * 1) LEONARDO ALVES CAMBUIM, Main founder of the city of Mãe d'Água (n 1850, died 1933 at Sítio Riacho do Cipó, municipality of Santa Terezinha PB and buried in Mãe d'Agua)
 * 2) PEDRO ALVES CAMBUIM (died 1920, Sitio Alecrin)
 * 3) EMILIANO ALVES CAMBUIM, (died June 1949) wife MARIA TEREZA de JESUS, (7 children), daughter of Francisco de Calais Nunes Ferreira and Tereza Maria de Jesus.
 * 4) CIRILO ALVES CAMBUIM /Joaquina da Costa (Quininha) 6 children.
 * 5) JOÃO DE GOD ALVES CAMBUIM (JANJÃO) 1st wife, Liberalina dos Passos Dantas, (Bela Dantas) 1 son, 2nd Wife Maria Ferreira, (Marinha) 6 children
 * 6) MANOEL ALVES CAMBUIM (Neco) wife Francisca 1 Son, Faz Cabaças, world Santa Teresa PB.
 * 7) JOANA ALVES CAMBUIM /Ten. Benício Alves Caluete.
 * 8) ROSALINA ALVES CAMBUIM / Capt. Manoel Felipe, coming from the south of PE.
 * 9) GENUINA ALVES CAMBUIM (MEMINA), n 1849, died unmarried in Sítio Covão 1949 on the day she turned 100.

The city was named after the farm of its main Founder. Mr. Leonardo Cambuim, who donated the church's patrimony, and the image of the patron saint Nsª Srª das Dores, who, through Father Cícero, had it brought from Europe. And on his Mãe d'Água farm, located exactly where the seat of the municipality is today, together with his brothers EMILIANO CAMBUIM, CIRILO CAMBUIM and JOÃO DE DEUS CAMBUIM, gathered and built the chapel that was offered to Our Lady of Dores, patron saint of the city. This chapel, after some renovations, was elevated to the category of Mother Church.

Gradually, family members and residents of the surroundings got together and organized the first free fair, held on a trellis next to the big house on the farm, which soon brought a lot of movement. Nowadays, the free market is held on Tuesdays. On December 31, 1937, the district of Mãe d`Água appears in the municipality of Teixeira. Elevated to the category of municipality, with the name of Mãe D' Água, on December 26, 1961, separated from Teixeira.

Local Offices
Cartório Único Registro Civil Rua Pedro Nunes Trindade, 01 Centro 58740-000 Mãe d'Água PB Telephone: (83) 3428-1027 E-mail: cartoriomaedagua@hotmail.com

Online Resources

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

Local Churches
Paróquia de Nossa Senhora das Dores (1981)