Eirunepé, Amazonas, Brazil Genealogy

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

History
In the first decades of the 19th century, attracted by the extraction of latex at the height of the Amazon economy, and fleeing the drought in the northeast, people from Ceará, Rio Grande do Sul and people from Paraíba arrived in the Juruá region and settled in the rubber plantations. The first villages were established at this time. It was in this historical context that the settlement of the municipality today called Eirunepé began. The first inhabitants were northeastern men brought by Felipe Manoel da Cunha. In the first decades of the 20th century, during the First World War (1914-1918), many people from different countries, fleeing the war, looked for other places to start a new life. Upon arriving in Brazil, many were attracted by the rubber industry, the main source of wealth of the time. These workers desired the department of the interior to devote their time and efforts to the develpment of agricultural cultivation and latex cultivation. With the decline of rubber, many families looked for work in other cities, mainly Manaus. Others continued in the countryside living off the low value of rubber and agriculture. The population, being composed of several mixtures with strong traces of the Northeastern white with the Kulinaã Indians, was also influenced by people from other regions, such as Turks, Portuguese and others. The city of Eirunepé, formerly São Felipe, is located on the left bank of the Juruá River, near the mouth of the Tarauacá River, which is on the opposite bank. The place where it was built was previously the headquarters of the great Eiru rubber plantation, owned by Felipe Manoel da Cunha, a wealthy rubber plantation owner on the Juruá River. Date of Installation: 01/01/1939

Former Names:
 * Eiru
 * Vila de São Felipe
 * João Pessoa

Local Offices
Ofício do Judicial e Anexo Cartório Fernandes Av Getúlio Vargas nº130 Centro Eirunepé Eirunepé 69880-000 Amazonas Telephone:97-34812453 Email:cartorioeirunepe@hotmail.com

Online Resources

 * 1634-1878 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images

Other Institutions
Biblioteca Pública Municipal Machado de Assis Rua Francisco Pereira de Souza, s/n Centro Telephone:(97) 3422-1802

Prefeitura Municipal Rua Intendente José Pedro, 244 Centro 69880-000