▁the ▁sources ▁consult ed ▁provides ▁any ▁information ▁on ▁his ▁distant ▁ancest ors ; ▁the ▁only ▁one ▁identified ▁along ▁the ▁pat ril ine ▁is ▁his ▁father , ▁Salvador ▁Jun y ent ▁B ov és ▁( 1 8 3 6 - 1 9 0 0 ). ▁He ▁spent ▁all ▁his ▁life ▁in ▁the ▁Catal an ▁town ▁of ▁P iera ▁and ▁it ▁seems ▁that ▁he ▁ranked ▁in ▁the ▁local ▁b our ge ois ie , ▁listed ▁as ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁local ▁propi et arios ▁and ▁at ▁times ▁among ▁the ▁“ more ▁important ” ▁ones ; ▁he ▁owned ▁an ▁estate ▁known ▁as ▁Can ▁Pere v ells . ▁Salvador ▁married ▁a ▁girl ▁from ▁Corn ella ▁de ▁L lo bre gat , ▁Pr ud encia ▁R ov ira ▁O ll er ▁( 1 8 3 7 - 1 9 1 4 ), ▁possibly ▁related ▁to ▁a ▁local ▁industrial ist ▁family . ▁It ▁is ▁not ▁clear ▁how ▁many ▁children ▁they ▁had ; ▁it ▁is ▁known ▁that ▁Miguel ▁had ▁at ▁least ▁one ▁sister . ▁ ▁Nothing ▁is ▁known ▁about ▁the ▁child hood ▁of ▁Miguel ▁in ▁general ▁or ▁about ▁his ▁early ▁education ▁in ▁particular . ▁At ▁un spec ified ▁time ▁though ▁probably ▁in ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 8 8 0 s ▁he ▁entered ▁the ▁law ▁fac ulty ▁of ▁the ▁Barcelona ▁University ; ▁he ▁graduated ▁in ▁juris pr ud ence ▁shortly ▁before ▁or ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 5 . ▁He ▁formally ▁entered ▁the ▁Barcelona ▁co leg io ▁de ▁ab og ados ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 7 ▁and ▁in ▁the ▁very ▁late