Guayaquil, Guayas, Ecuador Genealogy

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

History

 * Guayaquil was founded on July 25, 1538.
 * In 1820 the independence of the city was given and then the territories of the province of Guayaquil became a new independent state called the Free Province of Guayaquil.
 * After the Battle of Pichincha, Quito and Cuenca made the decision to annex to Gran Colombia. However, Guayaquil had not yet decided on its future and, in the Guayaquil interview, Simón Bolívar and José de San Martín agreed to its annexation to Gran Colombia on July 31, 1822. The Free Province of Guayaquil was renamed the Department of Guayaquil, from the Southern District.
 * In 1824, through the Law of Territorial Division of the Republic of Colombia, the Department was subdivided into the provinces of Guayaquil and Manabi. The Department of Guayaquil comprised 2 provinces and 9 cantons, among which the Guayaquil Canton was delineated for the first time, from which the Cantons of Daule, Babahoyo, Baba, Santa Elena and Machala were detached; in addition to the other cantons that made up the province of Manabí.
 * The Guayaquil Canton has a population of approximately 3,051,000 people.

Civil Registration

 * 1862-1928 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1879-1896 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Church Records

 * 1565-2011 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images

Census Records

 * 1825 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Cemeteries

 * 1862-2019 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * El Cementerio Patrimonial de Guayaquil
 * Cementerio de los Extranjeros de Guayaquil
 * Panteón Patrimonial de la Junta de Beneficencia de Guayaquil (Cementerio General)
 * Cementerio Parque De La Paz "Pascuales"
 * Cementerio Angel Maria Canals (del Suburbio)
 * Cementerio De Pascuales

Urban Parishes

 * Ayacucho
 * Bolívar
 * Carbo
 * Chongón
 * Febres-Cordero
 * García Moreno
 * Letamendi
 * Nueve de Octubre
 * Olmedo
 * Pascuales.
 * Roca
 * Rocafuerte
 * Sucre
 * Tarqui
 * Urdaneta

Rural Parishes

 * Juan Gómez Rendón (Progreso)
 * El Morro
 * Posorja
 * Puná
 * Tenguel