Altônia, Paraná, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
The history of the people of Altoni began in 1953, when the Companhia Byington de Colonização Ltda., tore up the extensive and impenetrable forest that covered a large area, leaving stakes, based on theodolites that moved like fireflies at dusk. The action developed by this company was responsible for the great progress in the region.

Peoples coming especially from the Northeast Region and the State of Minas Gerais  joined the chorus of those who were looking for a place to settle, with good and abundant land, and the determination of the pioneers was a fundamental factor for the process of the enterprise, which foresaw agricultural properties with extension territory of up to 10 bushels in São Paulo, promoting intense colonization, with hundreds of families occupying the space that until then was the capital of indigenous nations, flora and wild fauna.

The territory of the rising village initially belonged to the municipality of Peabiru, and from 1954 it became part of the municipality of Cruzeiro do Oeste. On July 25, 1960, it became part of the jurisdiction of the municipality of Xambrê.

By State Law No. 4,925, of September 10, 1964, it is elevated to the status of Administrative and Judicial District of the municipality of Xambrê. On September 14, 1966, through State Law No. 5,394, sanctioned by Governor Paulo Cruz Pimentel, the municipality of Altônia was created, with territory dismembered from Xambrê. The official installation took place on December 12, 1968. The name is a tribute paid to Alberto Byington Júnior, a partner at Companhia Byington de Colonização Ltda. The denomination was derived from its telegraphic address, which was formed with the first syllable AL  for Alberto and the last  TON  for Byington. Hence, Altônia, which gained circumflex accent on the second vowel. The flag is also a tribute to Alberto's country of origin, which is the United States, but with the Scandinavian cross.

State Law No. 5,394, of September 14, 1966, officially created the municipality of Altônia, with the territory separated from Xambrê.

Online Resources
• Página da Prefeitura Municipal de Altônia • Página do Portal Altônia

Online Resources

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

Localities
Biblioteca Pública Municipal Castro Alves Praça Rui Barbosa, 815 Centro 87550-000 Altônia PR Telephone: (44)3659-1281 Fax: (44)3659-2818