Bartolomé Saravi

He was born in Buenos Aires, the son of Ramón Saraví and Margarita Melo, belonging to a distinguished Creole family.^[3] He did his elementary studies in Colegio Nacional de Monserrat,^[4] and completed his tertiary studies at the University of Córdoba.^[5] He served as a militia lieutenant in the Regimiento de Húsares de Buenos Aires, participating in some of the major skirmishes occurred towards the end of the War of Independence.^[6]

He also had an active participation in the Argentine civil wars serving in the ranks of Unitarian Army, and later to the cause of Argentine Confederation.^[7] In 1840 he was deposed from the post of Juez de paz of Carmen de Areco by order of Hilario Lagos due to disagreements with Juan Manuel de Rosas.^[8] Years later in 1847 he was appointed to the post of Minister General of La Rioja by then-Governor Vicente Maza, a politician of Federal leaning deposed from office in 1848.^[9]

In 1852 he joined the Ejército Grande participating in the Battle of Caseros against the troops of Juan Manuel de Rosas.^[10]

Bartolomé Saraví was married to Simona Blanco, daughter of Ramón Blanco and Basilia Biaus, belonging to a family of landowners of Carmen de Areco.^[11] He and his wife were parents of Federico Saraví, married to Luisa Walker Serrano,^[12] the sister of Abraham Walker,^[13] and Mariano Saraví, husband of Juana Hardy, daughter of Pilar Sosa and Tomás Hardy, an English immigrant.^[14]

His son Fermín Saravi, a Captain of the Argentine army,^[15] was married to Faustina Canavery, daughter of Joaquín Canavery and María Ana Bayá, belonging to a Creole family of Irish roots.^[16]

His father Ramón Saraví, was killed while defending the city against the British during the first English Invasion of Buenos Aires.^[17]