Juan Francisco Miguel Álvarez Lalinde

How the Alvarez Lalinde became Coffee Producers and how the first Alvarez came to El Salvador.

Some HISTORY: It goes back to 1888 when Rosa Valle inherited the property from Mr. Andres Valle who was President of El Salvador. Rosa was married to Francisco Alvarez Lalinde, Francisco inherited all her properties upon Rosa’s death at childbirth. Francisco died in 1898 at the age of 33. After Francisco died the properties passed on to his brother. Don Rafael had 13 sons: Samuel Alvarez Angel, who was the youngest, inherited MALACARA. After his death, the property was transferred to his descendants: Samuel, Emma and Arturo Alvarez Meza. In 1995 the farm was divided in three parts, one for each member of the Alvarez Meza family. The “A” fraction was given to the children of Samuel Alvarez Meza and his wife Mary Prunera de Alvarez. Today, 2 of their 5 children, José Guillermo Alvarez Prunera and his sister María de los Angeles Alvarez de Murray -fourth generation coffee growers- are now responsible for the farm’s management through the company PERGAMINO, S. A. de C. V. How the Alvarez, Francisco´s brothers came to El Salvador... read more in Matilde (Francisco´s mother) http://lalinde.lacoctelera.net/post/2005/09/09/matilde-lalinde-lema