Family History 

Introduction 

It is my intention to write about our history, based on the information given to me by family members than are still alive that were closest to the individuals of whom I'm writing about. As in any type of history, versions of the facts vary depending who herd them, and how accurate were the stories told, so it is up to everyone responsibility to make sure that we get the facts right.

I will make changes to the accounts of these stories, once I hear other versions and check against them, for truth.

It seems that Don Jose Salvat Serra and Mercedes Gimenez De los Rios, met for the first time in 1914 in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, while abuelita Mercedes(Merchita) went there to marry another gentleman, whom she was promised to, but while all the arrangements for the wedding were made, the groom died.

Don Jose Salvat Serra, who was one of the best men to that wedding, fell in love with the bride (Merchita Gimenez) and after a customary period of courting, asked for her hand in matrimony. They were married in January of 1915 and started this wonderful family, that we are today.

Because of the importance of keeping the family together, and up to date for the benefit of those to come, I have created this web page, to maintain The Salvat-Gimenez Family and its descendants informed about any events past and future.

With the help of all family members, I will continue any developments about the family.

  To add info, or any pictures please e-mail me at : mailto:jaimesalvat@salvatfamily.com

 The Following Years

Born in Reus, in the province of Cataluña about 1875.Approximately at the age of 20-25 Jose Salvat Serra traveled to Venezuela S.A, for an international show for machineries. His product was an electric power plant, that could generate electricity for a whole city.

He was invited to come to Barranquilla, Colombia, by the governor, to install a power plant for the city, which would have been the inauguration of electric service for that region, and as a result of that, he also installed several other plants in the neighboring towns.

He liked the area so much that he decided to move to Barranquilla.

After installing all those electric plants, the need for electrical supplies grew, so he opened a store for electric components and accessories in the Atlantic coast of Colombia, which would supply the area for many years to come. Even today the name Salvat carries a tradition of hard working people, ingenuity, honesty & importance in the city of Barranquilla, or where ever they have traveled to.

Some of the family members have spread throughout United States, and  planted roots in Florida, Wisconsin, Virginia, Georgia, Nevada, and New Mexico.