Catingueira, Paraíba, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
The City of Catingueira had its spontaneous origin, as it originated due to the region being composed of trees from the Caatingas called Catingueira, by the designation of the hinterland of Piancó, where travelers who passed through here took shelter in one of the trees that here existed, as it offered a better known shelter. The Pedro Velho Barreto family began colonizing the territorial area of ​​Catingueira on April 28, 1759. Joana Maria Marins, widow of Pedro Velho Barreto acquired ownership documents for the aforementioned area, which had been sworn in for several years. At that time, the house made in Torre was purchased, a division responsible for selling the land, whose concession was made under the government of Dr. Jose Henrique de Carvalho. These inhabitants were disappearing not knowing what year. Therefore, this land was under the responsibility of Joana de Abreu da Silva, Ana Joaquim and other unknown names. In 1774, the hinterland of Paraíba was affected by an epidemic called cholera, which had been devouring its inhabitants. As a result, Mrs. Ana Joaquim da Silva and her children prayed to São Sebastião, so that Catingueira could be diverted from the fearful evil, which would give an area of ​​land to São Sebastião, which was affected. The disease reached the gourds, today the municipality of Santa Terezinha da Silva was close to dying without paying the promise and asked his son João Luís de Abreu to pay it. Several people donated land to the patrimony of São Sebastião, among them the families: Correia, João Luis de Abreu, Fidel Rodrigues de Sousa. District created with the name of Jucá, on January 7, 1896, subordinated to the municipality of Piancó. On November 15, 1938, the district of Jucá was renamed Caatinggueira. Elevated to the category of municipality with the name of Catingueira, on July 15, 1959, separated from Piancó.

Local Offices
Cartório do Registro Civil do Distrito de Itajubatiba Rua do Comércio, s/n Centro Catingueira Paraíba 58715-000 Telephone: (83) 8833-5217

Cartório de Registro Civil Rua Firmino Ayres Albano Costa, 45 Centro Catingueira Paraíba 58715-000

Online Resources

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

Local Churches
PARÓQUIA DE SÃO SEBASTIÃO (1967)