Bartolomé Saravi

Bartolomé Saraví Melo (1797–1862) was an Argentine army officer and politician, hero of the Argentine War of Independence.[1] He served as General Minister of La Rioja Province, Argentina in 1847.[2]

Bartolomé Saraví Melo
Birth nameFrancisco Cándido Bartolomé Saraví Melo
Born1797
Buenos Aires
Died1862
Buenos Aires Province
Allegiance Argentina
Service/branchArgentine Army
RankColonel
Battles/warsArgentine War of Independence
Argentine Civil Wars

Biography

He was born in Buenos Aires and baptizedon October 3, 1797 in the Iglesia de la Inmaculada Concepción, being his parents Ramón Saraví and Margarita Melo, members of a traditional family in the city.[3] His father was killed while defending the city against the English during the first British invasions of the River Plate.[4]

Bartolomé Saravi did his elementary studies in Colegio Nacional de Monserrat,[5] and completed his tertiary studies at the University of Córdoba.[6] Besides serving heroically during the war of Independence, he took part of the Argentine civil war. In 1840, he was deposed of the position of Judge of the Fortin de Carmen de Areco by Hilario Lagos, loyal to the cause of Argentine Confederation.[7] In 1847, the Governor of La Rioja, Vicente Mota appointed him to occupy the post of Minister General of the Province.[8]

Family

Bartolomé Saraví was a resident of the town of Carmen de Areco, where he was married to Simona Blanco Biaus (1798-1871), daughter of Ramón Blanco and Basilia Biaus, belonging to a family of landowners.[9] He and his wife were parents of distinguished local politicians, including Fermín Saravi, a Captain of the Argentine army,[10] who was married Faustina Canavery, daughter of Joaquín Canaverys and María Ana Bayá, belonging to a family of Irish, Catalan and Creole roots.[11]

Mariano Saraví (1832-1890) who served in the municipal committee of Pilar (Buenos Aires Province),[12] was married to Juana Hardy, daughter of Pilar Sosa and Tomás Hardy, an English immigrant.[13]

Federico Saraví Blanco (1831-1880), who was married to Luisa Walker Serrano,[14] daughter of an Irish immigrant, and sister of Abraham Walker, a colonel of the Argentine army.[15]

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References
  1. Campañas militares argentinas:. Isidoro J. Ruiz Moreno.
  2. Colección Mario César Gras (1577-1883):. Mario César Gras, Liliana Crespi (Archivo General de la Nación).
  3. Bautismos 1794-1804, Iglesia de la Inmaculada Concepción
  4. Diario de Buenos Aires: 1806-1807, Alberto Mario Salas
  5. La instrucción primaria durante la dominación española:, Luisa Buren de Sanguinetti
  6. Revista de la Universidad Nacional de Cordoba, Volume 26, Issues 3-4. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba.
  7. Rosas bajo fuego:, Jorge Gelman
  8. Registro oficial de la provincia de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires Province
  9. Informes de los consejeros legales del poder ejecutivo, República Argentina
  10. Diario de sesiones de la Cámara de Senadores, Argentina. Congreso de la Nación. Senado de la Nación
  11. Bautismos 1850-1862, Parroquia Nuestra Señora del Carmen
  12. Registro oficial de la provincia de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires Province
  13. Familias platenses, Rubén Mario de Luca
  14. Nobiliario del antiguo virreynato del Río de la Plata, Librería y editorial "La Facultad", Bernabé y cía
  15. Boletín, Volume 24, Universidad de Buenos Aires. Instituto de Investigaciones Históricas
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