São José de Espinharas, Paraíba, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
In 1826, Commander José Raimundo Vieira, a native of the city of Icó, Ceará, bought from the Baron of Ipanema a sesmaria with six square leagues (36 km X 36 km), installing the São José and building the first house of the future municipality, known as "Casa Grande". José Raimundo and his wife, Clemência Sotero de Melo, took up residence on this farm. From this marriage, an only daughter was born. Later, the Knight of the Imperial Order of Portugal Miguel Sátiro de Sousa married this young woman and settled on the banks of the Espinharas River together with his brother, Aquiles Sátiro, whose tomb is in the Municipal Cemetery of São José de Espinharas. On December 26, 1961, Law 2687 was enacted, creating the Municipality of São José de Espinharas, whose territory was separated from the Municipality of Patos. The history of São José de Espinharas is deeply linked to the history of the Municipality of Patos, to which it belonged. In 1937, the Municipality of Patos appears as being composed of four districts: Patos, Cacimba de Areia, Passagem and São José. In 1943, the Passagem District is renamed “Espinaras” and the São José District is renamed “Mucunã”. In 1949, the District of Espinharas is renamed “Passagem” and the District of Mucunã is renamed “São José de Espinharas”. On December 31, 1937, the district of São José appears in the municipality of Patos. On December 31, 1943, the district of São José changed its name to Mucunã. On January 7, 1949, the district of Mucunã was renamed São José de Espinharas. Elevated to the category of municipality with the name of São José de Espinharas, on December 26, 1961, separated from Patos.

Local Offices
Cartório Único Lucena Praça da Independência, s/n Centro São José de Espinharas PB 58723-000 Telphone: (83) 3468-1051 E-mail: cartório.antonia@hotmail.com

Online Resources

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

Local Churches
PARÓQUIA DE SÃO JOSÉ (2008) Comandante José Raimundo São José de Espinharas PB 58723-000

Localities
The main "sites" and "farms" in the countryside are: Água Fria, Arara, Aurora, Bonita, Cachoeira, Caiçara, Caicu, Cajazeiras, Cipó, Farias, Ferrão, Flores, Fortaleza, Garrotes, Jacu, Jatobá, Lamarão, Laranjeiras, Laranjeiras II, Mamanguape, Maria Paz, Melancias, Mucunã, Paiva, Pau-a-Pique, Pinhão, Poço Dantas, Queimadas, Resende, Riacho da Roça, Riacho Fundo, Santa Rita, Santana, Sombrio, Suécia, Tijolos, Trapiá, Travessia, Tronco e Vale da Sela.