Montenegro, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
HISTORY The first known settler is Inácio César de Mascarenhas, originally from São Paulo, who took possession of the land, selling it in 1758 to Captain José Antônio Quibedes. He tried to legalize the possession, which he achieved through a sesmaria concession, in 1764. The property, due to the hill that existed there, gave the name of Fazenda de Montenegro, origin of the current toponym. Quibedes was followed by other sesmeiros in the period from 1768 to 1820, thus constituting the farm, the cell from which the Municipality emerged, whose settlement was initially carried out with Azorean, São Paulo and Santa Catarina elements. The Indians, however, constituted at that time a constant threat to the inhabitants of the region. Taking advantage of the absence of men in their daily occupations, they stole, destroyed the nascent villages, killed and often took women and children. To contain them, "flags" were organized, whose main objective was to scare them away. The one from 1832, by Custódio Machado and two years later, by Manuel José de Simas can be mentioned. Around that time, the brothers João and Augusto Brochier arrived, Frenchmen who, penetrating the hinterlands, stayed there, leaving an enormous descendant. They settled at the headwaters of a stream, which was given the name of Arroio dos Franceses. They catechized the Indians, planted crops, installed sawmills, populated the colony. The War of the Farrapos also took place in the lands of the Municipality. Among the local heroes are: José Garcia, Manuel Jacinto and Colonel Francisco Pedro de Abreu. Another population center that emerged in this period was the "Passo do Tristão", so called, because Tristão José Fagundes transports passengers from one side of the Caí River to the other. But Tristan went further. He planned a village (the origin of the current city), organizing a plan in which there were three main streets and five transversal ones. In 1840, Guilherme Winter anticipated the systematic colonization that would come later, acquiring land in Maratá. On November 13, 1847, Provincial Law n° 80 created the first public school. In 1855, a contract between the Imperial Government and Count Paulo de Montravel stipulated that the land located between the Caí River and the Maratá stream would be sold by the second, on the condition that it be colonized within 5 years, after measurement and demarcation. Farmers from São Leopoldo flocked to the new colony of Santa Maria da Soledade. Later came the Dutch, Swiss, French, Italians and Poles. Facing numerous difficulties, the enterprise did not go forward. The contract was terminated, the firm indemnified and the land returned to the Government. The failure, however, did not prevent colonization from proceeding. In 1856, Andreas Rochemburger and Pedro Schreiner founded the Colonia Maratá. The following year Lothar de la Rue organized that of Piety and in 1861, those of Schweitzer and San Vendelino. Meanwhile, the village of Passo do Tristão was growing, and a chapel was built there in 1855 under the patron saint of São João. In 1863, the Passo das Laranjeiras was opened on the same site as the Passo do Tristão. In 1870, lands were measured and demarcated in the colonies Conde d?Eu and Princesa Isabel. The Germans arrived in Maratá and the parish, which had been created in 1867, was elevated to the category of village with the name of São João de Montenegro. And, no longer stopped the growth of the Municipality. Not even the revolutionary movements, which came later, shook the peace and prosperity that Montenegro came to enjoy among the most important economic centers in the region. Administrative Formation The DISTRICT of Montenegro was created by Provincial Law No. 630, of October 18, 1867, and the Municipality, with the name of São João de Montenegro and territory separated from Triunfo, by No. May 5, 1873. Its installation took place on August 4 of the same year. The creation of the headquarters district was confirmed by the Municipal Act of August 23, 1892. In the administrative division of 1911, the Municipality of São João de Montenegro includes the districts of São João de Montenegro, Brochier, Harmonia, Badenserberg, Bom Principio, Countryside, San Vendelino and San Salvador. State Decree No. 2026, of October 14, 1913, granted city jurisdiction to the municipal seat of São João de Montenegro, whose toponym State Decree No. 1, of January 20, 1916, simplified to Montenegro. It was later called São João de Montenegro, appearing in the 1920 Census, with the districts of São João de Montenegro, Brochier, Harmonia, Bom Principio, Campestre, São Vendelino, São Salvador and added those of Barão and Poço das Antas. In the framework of the administrative division of 1933, the absence of Campestre is noted and the districts of Estação Maratá, Estação São Salvador, Nova Sardenha and Paraci Novo appear. By Decree No. 2, of February 28, 1936, and in the territorial divisions of December 31, 1936 and 1937, Estação Barão and Estação Maratá, were simplified to Barão and Maratá, Nova Sardenha, extinct or annulled, does not appear in the list of districts. In the annex to State Decree No. 7,199 of March 31, 1938, its toponym is reduced to Montenegro and the Municipality and formed by the districts of Montenegro, Maratá, Harmonia, Barão, Bom Principio, São Salvador (former São Salvador Station). Salvador), São Vendelino, Natal (formerly São Salvador), Brochier, Poço das Antas, Paraci Novo. In 1944, by Decree-Law No. 720, of December 29, the Natal district had its name changed to Tupandi. State Law No. 2,603, of January 28, 1955, transferred to the Municipality of Caí (current São Sebastião do Caí), the districts of Bom Principal and São Vendelino. On October 9, 1963, in accordance with Law No. 4,577, the districts of Barão, Poço das Antas and São Salvador were detached from Montenegro, that formed the New Municipality of Salvador do Sul. In the Territorial Division of 1965, the formation of Montenegro and the following: headquarters district, Brochier, Harmonia, Tupandi, Maratá, Paraci Novo and Pesqueiro, the last created by Law No. of September 3, 1961. This composition remains, with the exception of the district of Pesqueiro, annulled by Municipal Law No. 1.836, of February 17, 1969. Provincial LAW No. 995, of May 1, 1875, created the Judicial District which, according to the territorial division tables dated December 31, 1936 and 1937, as well as the annex to State Decree No. Montenegro. Currently, it is a 3rd tier district and covers the municipalities of Montenegro and Salvador do Sul. In the Territorial Division of 1965, the formation of Montenegro and the following: headquarters district, Brochier, Harmonia, Tupandi, Maratá, Paraci Novo and Pesqueiro, the last created by Law No. 1270, of September 3, 1961. This composition remains, exception made to the district of Pesqueiro, annulled by Municipal Law No. 1.836, of February 17, 1969. Provincial LAW No. 995, of May 1, 1875, created the District that, in accordance with the territorial division tables dated December 31, 1936 and 1937, as well as the annex to State Decree No. 7,199, of March 31, 1938, and formed solely from the Montenegro judicial term. Currently, it is a 3rd tier district and covers the municipalities of Montenegro and Salvador do Sul. In the Territorial Division of 1965, the formation of Montenegro and the following: headquarters district, Brochier, Harmonia, Tupandi, Maratá, Paraci Novo and Pesqueiro, the last created by Law No. 1270, of September 3, 1961. This composition remains, exception made to the district of Pesqueiro, annulled by Municipal Law No. 1.836, of February 17, 1969. Provincial LAW No. 995, of May 1, 1875, created the District that, in accordance with the territorial division tables dated December 31, 1936 and 1937, as well as the annex to State Decree No. 7,199, of March 31, 1938, and formed solely from the Montenegro judicial term. Currently, it is a 3rd tier district and covers the municipalities of Montenegro and Salvador do Sul. of September 3, 1961. This composition remains, with the exception of the district of Pesqueiro, annulled by Municipal Law No. 1.836, of February 17, 1969. Provincial LAW No. 995, of May 1, 1875, created the Judicial District which, according to the territorial division tables dated December 31, 1936 and 1937, as well as the annex to State Decree No. Montenegro. Currently, it is a 3rd tier district and covers the municipalities of Montenegro and Salvador do Sul. of September 3, 1961. This composition remains, with the exception of the district of Pesqueiro, annulled by Municipal Law No. 1.836, of February 17, 1969. Provincial LAW No. 995, of May 1, 1875, created the Judicial District which, according to the territorial division tables dated December 31, 1936 and 1937, as well as the annex to State Decree No. Montenegro. Currently, it is a 3rd tier district and covers the municipalities of Montenegro and Salvador do Sul. as well as the annex to State Decree No. 7,199, of March 31, 1938, and formed solely from the judicial term of Montenegro. Currently, it is a 3rd tier district and covers the municipalities of Montenegro and Salvador do Sul. as well as the annex to State Decree No. 7,199, of March 31, 1938, and formed solely from the judicial term of Montenegro. Currently, it is a 3rd tier district and covers the municipalities of Montenegro and Salvador do Sul.

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