Juan Canaveris

Juan de Canaveris
Functionary Government of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata
Personal details
Born Giovanni Antonio Domenico Jugluns Canaveri
1748
Piedmont, Kingdom of Sardinia
Died 1822
Buenos Aires, United Provinces of the River Plate
Resting place Merced
Nationality Italian
Political party Patriot
Spouse(s) Bernarda Esparza
Occupation Government
Profession Notary
Religion Catholicism

Juan Canaveris (1748–1822) was an Piedmontese notary and functionary, or official, for the viceroyalty of Río de la Plata. He was the only Italian who had attended Open Cabildo, during May 1810.[1]

Biography

Giovanni Canaveri was born in 1738 or 1748 at Saluzzo, Province of Cuneo (Italy),[2] possible descendant of Domenico de Canaveris, notary of Bagnasco in 1520.[3] He was the son of Gabriel Canaveri and Margarita Jugluns, natives of Verzuolo.

Canaveri change your name on Spanish official documents as Canaverys, and in books records is cited as Canaveris.[4]

Canaveris arrived at Buenos Aires about 1770. He married at the Cathedral of Buenos Aires May 4, 1772 Catalina Bernarda de Esparza, the daughter of Juan Miguel de Esparza (alcalde of Buenos Aires in 1764).[5] Canaveris and his wife had twelve children, six women and six men: María Ramona (1773), María Antonia (wife of Fernando Linera), sister of the Third Order of Saint Dominic, María Dominga (married to Mariano Lazcano), Juan Miguel (1778-1802, godson of Mariano Olier), Juan Joseph, María Eugenia, (1782-1813) buried in San Francisco, mother of Juan Manuel Bayá and Antonina Bayá, wife of Felipe Achinelli. Mariano (school teacher),[6] Manuel, lieutenant in 4th Regiment,[7] Joaquín (1789-1840s), Juana Josefa, mother of Sinforoso Amoedo and Felipe Amoedo, José (b.1791). And María de la Encarnación, wife of Alejo Menchaca, native of Biscay.[8]

Juan Canaveris was the grandfather of doctors Sinforoso Amoedo,[9] and Ángel Canaveris.[10] And uncle or relative of Gabriel Maria Canaveri inhabitant of Villareggia, notary of Corte dei conti in the city of Turin.[11]

Career

Between 1777 and 1786, Canaveris was a "portero" of the Court of Accounts of Buenos Aires. In 1795, he was appointed as representative of the Protector Guardian of Natural resources and Indians in the village of San Pablo, Capinota Province, Bolivia. In 1796 Canaveris was legal representative of Francisco Antonio Maciel to manage the approval, the Diocesan of Buenos Aires, for the construction of a public hospital in Montevideo.[12] In 1798, delegates of the council of Santiago del Estero, had assigned Canaveris as attorney for his defense.[13]

During the British invasions of the Río de la Plata, Canaveris had participated in the meetings organized by Martín de Alzaga.[14] His sons, José,[15] Mariano, Manuel, and Joaquín participated in the defense of Buenos Aires in the regiments — Quinteros and Labradores, Húsares of Pueyrredón, Cántabros Montañeses and Tercio de Vizcaínos.[16] The monk Martin Esparza, a relative of Canaveris's wife, was killed by British troops during the second invasion in the interior of Convent of Santo Domingo.[17]

In the May Revolution of 1810, Canaveris was one of neighbors attending the open Cabildo. He reproduced the vote of Feliciano Chiclana in favor of dismissing the Viceroy Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros.[18]

In 1813 Juan Canaveris was the owner of a farm in the town of San Isidro, their lands were in the vicinity of the hacienda of Miguel de Azcuénaga, personal friend of Canaveris and his family.[19]

Descendants

portrait of Juana Bayá Canaveris, (goddaughter of Domingo Matheu) wife of Felipe Somoza

His descendants include Feliciano Canaveris, Tomás Canavery, Ángel Canavery, Saturnino Canaveri,[20] and Isabelino Canaveris, who all served in the military.[21] Other descendants include Juan Manuel Canaveris (attorney) trading partner of the British community in Buenos Aires.[22] Héctor Canaveri, was congressman of the Province of Buenos Aires.[23] Manuel Canaveri (b.1854, Montevideo, procurador),[24] husband of Luisa de Alvarado Périchon, (relative in law of Ernesto Rouquaud). Camilo Canaveri (revolutionary of the Park),[25] attorney that on legal representation of a citizen, won a lawsuit against a British insurance company in 1912.[26] Sinforoso Canaveri (inhabitant of Almirante Brown) notary of La Plata, who in October 27, 1888 provides legal verification of Nicolás Levalle, where bequeaths property in Olavarria in favor of Florencio Monteagudo (military and expeditionary of desert).[27]

Joaquín Canaveri, Intendant of Areco, father in law of Baldomero Lamela. Don Samuel Canaveris, accountant in the Casa de Moneda de la República Argentina.[28] And Enrique Mosconi Canavery, military and engineer pioneer in organizing the exploration and exploitation of oil in Argentina.[29]

His great-granddaughter Isabel Celia Canaveri (poetess), was the author of the poem "El cardo azul" recorded by Carlos Gardel and José Razzano.[30]

Juan Canaveris also was the ancestor of Zoilo Canavery amateur football player of Racing Club de Avellaneda and Club Atlético Independiente. And of Pedro Canaveri president of the Argentine Football Association in 1946.

References

  1. La Revolución de Mayo, y sus antecedents desde las invasiones inglesas, Volume 2, Lajouane, 1950
  2. Cuarto Congreso Internacional de Historia de América:
  3. Catalogo della raccolta di statuti, consuetudini, leggi, decreti, ordini e privilegi dei comuni:, Italy. Parlamento. Senato. Biblioteca
  4. Astigiani nella Pampa: l'emigrazione dal Piemonte, dal Monferrato e dalla provincia di Asti in Argentina, Giancarlo Libert
  5. Causas instruídas: en Buenos Aires durante los siglos XVII y XVIII, Facultad de derecho y ciencias sociales
  6. Archivo del doctor Juan María Gutiérrez, Juan María Gutiérrez, Biblioteca del Congreso de la Nación (Argentina)
  7. Il lavoro degli italiani nella Republica Argentina, dal 1516 al 1910:, Emilio Zuccarini
  8. Genealogía, Issues 13-15, Instituto Argentino de Ciencias Genealógicas
  9. Cuando murió Buenos Aires, 1871, La Bastilla, 1974
  10. Pedro Visca: fundador de la clínica médica en el Uruguay, s.n., 1983 - Physicians
  11. Regj editti, patenti, manifesti, e proclami stati pubblicati, e ..., Volumen 1, Kingdom of Sardinia
  12. Memoria historica del Hospital de Caridad de Montevideo: desde su fundacion, Isidoro De-María
  13. Actas capitulares de Santiago del Estero: 1792 a 1805, Ricardo Levene
  14. Documentos relativos a la actuación de Martín de Alzaga en la reconquista y en la defensa de Buenos Aires (1806-1807), Enrique Williams Alzaga
  15. Invasiones inglesas al Río de la Plata 1806-1807, Marcos de Estrada
  16. Todo es historia, Issues 450-461, Todo es Historia, 2005
  17. Buenos Aires--historia de las calles y sus nombres, Volumen 1, BPR Publishers, 01/01/1988
  18. Los dias de Mayo, 1810, Imp. de G. Kraft, 1897
  19. Documentos eclesiásticos y civiles de San Isidro: siglos XVIII y XIX, Aldo Abel Beliera, Instituto Argentino de Ciencias Genealógicas
  20. Argentina-Chile, una frontera caliente, Editorial de Belgrano, 1981 - Argentina
  21. Por la patria: la Revolución de 1897 y sus antecedentes, Volume 1. Luis Alberto de Herrera.
  22. Latin American Bureaucracy and the State Building Process (1780-1860), Juan Carlos Garavaglia,Juan Pro Ruiz
  23. Archivo y colección'Los López', Archivo General de la Nación, Documentos Escritos, Jan 1, 1999
  24. Jurisprudencia criminal y comercial:, Buenos Aires (Argentina). Cámara de Apelación de la Capital
  25. Crotto: historia de una ingratitud, Ernesto Quiroga Micheo, Ernesto Raúl Quiroga Vergara
  26. Jurisprudencia de los tribunales nacionales: Publicación dirigida por la Inspección general de justicia, Argentina. Courts
  27. Archivo histórico Olavarría, Volume 1, Part 1, Municipalidad de Olavarría
  28. Papel moneda nacional argentino y bonaerense, siglo XIX, 1813-1897, Osvaldo J. Nusdeo, Pedro D. Conno
  29. Revista, Volume 40, Issues 474-479, Círculo Militar (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
  30. Carlos Gardel y los autores de sus canciones, Orlando del Greco

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