São José do Bonfim, Paraíba, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
The municipality of São José do Bonfim had its origins in the Fazenda do Senhor José Ferreira de Azevedo, where, next to a pond, a jerimum tree was born that spread over a large strip of land. The cowboys who found themselves camping cattle, when they made their deals, usually marked the "Lagoa do Jerimum" as the meeting point. The place also served as a resting place for the drovers who transported goods, in the Sertão-Brejo direction and vice versa. Hence the primitive name of the village that was later formed there with the name of "Jerimum". José Ferreira de Azevedo and his neighbor, Salustiano Alves da Silva, donated 60 fathoms within the framework of their lands to the heritage of São José, with the aim of building a chapel in his honor, which only happened many years later. This little church was demolished in 1935, giving way to another that is now its main church, but at a different point, since the land initially occupied was located in the middle of the main artery, justifying the need to move the structure to one of the main streets. Aiming to clear the road that cut through the village. In addition to the first landowners, Antônio Maia, José Ramalho, Angelino Caboclo, Zacarias Mamede, Firmino Perônico, Joca Perônico and Manoel Antônio soon arrived at the site and built their houses. A gentleman named Alexandre was also one of the pioneers and the first merchant in the locality. With the increase in population, the place came to be transformed into a District. District created with the name of Jerimum ex-town, on April 14, 1962, subordinated to the municipality of Patos. Elevated to the category of municipality with the name of São João do Bonfim, on March 31, 1964.

Local Offices
Serviço Registral Afonso Medeiros Rua Manoel Monteiro, 138 Centro 58725-000 Telephone: (83) 8114-6945 E-mail: nadiacartorio@bol.com.br

Online Resources

 * 1) Brazil, Paraíba, Catholic Church Records, 1731-2013 Brazil FamilySearch Historical Record Collections