Acarape, Ceará, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
The region was inhabited by the Tapuias and Baturité Indians, being known as the village of the Indians, received the Indians expelled from the Jaguaribe region. The then town was called Calaboca. With the pioneering spirit of the municipality, in the liberation of slaves in Ceará, he was given the honorary name of Redenção. Still modest, the town of Calaboca wanted to pay homage to its maternal origins, changing its name to Acarape.

With the manumission of slaves in Acarape, that is, the abolition of slavery in the small village, the 'Libertadora' commission, made up of João Cordeiro, Almino Affonso, Antônio Martins and Frederico Borges, who had visited Acarape in November 1882 –, excited citizenship. Thus, when the libertarian act was installed, on January 1, 1883, with the presence of José do Patrocínio (who had come from Rio de Janeiro for the event) and significant leaders from Ceará, the last letters of manumission were distributed. With that, the chain of slavery was broken.

Acarape was named municipality by State Law nº 11308, of April 15, 1987, separated from Redenção. In territorial division dated 1995, the municipality is made up of the district headquarters.

In 1868, Acarape  was elevated to the category of village, being spun off from  Baturité, but it was only installed in 1841. Then the district of Cala Boca  becomes the first district of Acarape. In 1933, Acarape is demoted to the district of Redenção. In 1963, Acarape emancipated itself from Redenção, becoming a municipality, and annexed the former district of Redenção, now district of Acarape: Barreira, formerly called  Barreira Vermelha. In 1965, Acarape was relegated to the district of Redenção. In 1987, Acarape emancipated itself from Redenção, becoming a municipality again. Currently, Acarape only has the headquarters district. In 1879 a train station was built in Calaboca [10] and with that all the merchants of Redemption, moved their establishments to Calaboca.

On October 26, 1879, Calaboca was separated from Redenção and became a municipality of its own. In honor of Calaboca's origins, it was renamed Acarape on September 18, 1926.

The mother church of São João Batista, patron saint of the municipality, was built in 1946.

Former Names:
 * Calaboca
 * Acarape

Local Offices
Ofício de registro civil das pessoas naturais, tabelionato de notas, protesto e anexos Cartório Lopes Rocha Rua José Cristino, 374 Centro Acarape Acarape 62785-000 Ceará Telephone: (0xx85) 3373-1255 Email: silvanira.rocha@gmail.com

Online Resources

 * 1725-1971 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images

Local Churches
Paróquia São João Batista Praça da Matriz, 110 Acarape - CE 62785-000 Telephone: [null (85) 3373-1387] Website:https://www.facebook.com/paroquiaacarape/

Cemeteries
Cemitério São João Batista Rua Eládio Macedo S/N Acarape CE Referencia: ao lado do mercantil popular

Other Institutions
Prefeitura Municipal de Acarape Rua José Guilherme Costa, s/n Centro Tel: +55 (85) 3373-1276


 * http://www.municipiosconsultoria.com.br/arquivos_externo.php?municipio=Acarape&tipo=prefeitura&dir=acarape
 * https://www.facebook.com/www.admma.org.br/
 * https://www.facebook.com/PrefeituraMunicipalDeAcarapeCe/