Manuel Canaveris

Manuel Canaveris
Birth name Manuel José Ramón Cornelio Jugluns de Canaveris
Born 1787
Buenos Aires, Viceroyalty of Rio de la Plata
Died 1830
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Allegiance Argentina United Provinces of the River Plate
Years of service 1806-1821
Rank Lieutenant
Unit Regimiento de Patricios
Battles/wars Battle of Santo Domingo, War of Independence

Manuel Canaveris (1787–1830) was an Argentine army officer, Lieutenant in the Regiment of Patricians. He also served as Lt. in the 4th Regiment of Buenos Aires.[1]

Personal life

Manuel was born on September 15, 1787 in Buenos Aires, the eighth son of Juan Canaveris and Bernarda Esparza. Her family consisted of six brothers and six women, born between 1773 and 1797. They lived in the house of his maternal grandmother María Eugenia Sánchez (1730-1816, buried in Santo Domingo), located in the San Miguel street, (now Sarmiento) between 25 de Mayo and Leandro N. Alem, in the neighborhood of San Nicolás.[2]

In 1811 Manuel Canaveris was married to María Angeles Rodríguez, daughter of Basilio Rodriguez and Anselma Calderón, (criollos) descendant of Spanish conquerors. Canaveris and his wife they had eight children, Sinforoso, Antonino, María Juana, Eustaquia, Serapio, Rufino, Vicente and Ruperta Canaveri.[3] Their daughter, María Canaveris y Rodríguez Calderón married Juan de Michelena del Pino (military), son of the Captain Juan Ángel Michelena, born in the city of Maracaibo and supporter of the realist forces, during the wars for independence.[4] Juan Michelena husband of María Canaveris, was maternal grandson of Joaquín del Pino and nephew in-law of Bernardino Rivadavia.[5]

His eldest son Sinforoso Camilo Canaveris (1808-1872) married Manuela Pelliza, daughter of Major Francisco Pelliza. After his first wife died, Sinforoso C. Canaveris is dedicated to trade, owned a Grocery store on Victoria Street, located one block from the Plaza de la Victoria.[6] S. Camilo Canaveris marry for the third time to Quintina Páez, (born in Montevideo) descendant of Juan Páez (1710-1774) Creole of Galician origin, served as Soldier of the Regimiento de Dragones (Uruguay).[7] The Páez family they were remote descendants of Nicolás Colman.[8]

census 1818, Manuel Canabeu (Canaveris) & family

Military career

Like other members of his mother's family, Manuel Canaveris served in the military. His mother's ancestors include Captains Miguel Gerónimo Esparza,[9] Francisco de Salas Reynoso, Pedro Morales y Mercado and Gonzalo Carabajal.[10] Manuel and his brothers Mariano, Joaquín and José were members of the volunteer militias, for defense of Buenos Aires during the British invasions of the Río de la Plata 1806-1807. In the second British invasion Manuel Canaveris, had served in the Cántabros Montañeses, Mariano Canaveris served in Húsares de Pueyrredón, José Canaveris in the Quinteros y Labradores,[11] and Joaquín Canaveris in the Tercio de Vizcaínos, formed by volunteers of Basque origin.[12] Between 1807 and 1810 Canaveris was Sub-lieutenant Abanderado in the 4th Battalion. In 1810 he was promoted to Lieutenant, of the 4th Regiment, under the orders of the Colonels José Merelo and Ignacio Álvarez Thomas.[13]

In 1812 after the Motín de las Trenzas, Canaveris was appointed as Lieutenant in the Regiment of Patricians, commander of the 7° Compañia de fusileros, (Fusilier Company).[14] The Patricians began using Brown Bess muskets, (known as "tower") which had been seized from the British invaders.[15]

Manuel Canaveris had retired from the army at the age of 34 years in 1821.[16] After his retirement from the militia, was dedicated to his farm had a small ranch in the village of Barracas.

Descendants

Manuel Canaveris was the ancestor of the commanders- Francisco Canaveri (1827-1860s, lieutenant of the cavalry),[17] Saturnino Canaveri (lieutenant colonel), who had participated in military expeditions against the Indians during the Conquest of the Desert.[18] And the Lieutenant colonel Isabelino Canaveris, (born in Montevideo), had been involved in armed conflicts in Uruguay.[19]

His grandson Camilo Alejo Canaveri (godson of José Antonio Durán), was attorney of José Camilo Crotto (1863-1936), governor of Buenos Aires between (1918-1921).[20] His other grandson had been Sinforoso Canaveri (1857-1930s, inhabitant of Adrogué) notary of government in in the city of La Plata, who had made the contracts of scriptures concerning sale of land by Claudio M Joly (French citizen and co-founder of the town of Moreno),[21] to the Lacroze company, (owned by Federico Lacroze), for the construction of the tramway station and the expansion of the rail network of Buenos Aires Central Railway.[22] Canaveri had also served as notary public in the City Porteña, had his office on the May Avenue in the exclusive neighborhood of Monserrat.[23] He was married to Angélica Andrade, daughter of landowners, and descendant of Casimiro Alegre. And of Francisco Monterroso, (born c.1760 in Puerto de Santa María) the gunsmith to the Regiment Cantabros Montañeses .[24]

Manuel Canaveris was the uncle of Juan Manuel Bayá (Trade Commissioner) and of Sinforoso Amoedo a prestigious doctor of medicine.

References

  1. ↑ Il lavoro degli italiani nella Republica Argentina, dal 1516 al 1910: studi, leggende e riceche, Emilio Zuccarini
  2. ↑ Genealogía, hombres de mayo, Revista del Instituto Argentino de Ciencias Genealógicas, 1961
  3. ↑ Genealogía, Números 13-15, Instituto Argentino de Ciencias Genealógicas
  4. ↑ Nobiliario del antiguo virreynato del Río de la Plata, Librería y editorial "La Facultad", Bernabé y cía. 1936
  5. ↑ Rivadavia: homenaje en el centenario de su muerte, Asociacioń Bernardino Rivadavia, Bahiá Blanca, Argentine republic
  6. ↑ Impuesto de patentes: Rejistro de los contribuyentes de la ciudad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires (Argentina). Dirección de Rentas
  7. ↑ Colección de documentos para la historia económica y financiera de la República Oriental del Uruguay:, Juan E. Pivel Devoto
  8. ↑ Génesis de la familia uruguaya:, Juan Alejandro Apolant
  9. ↑ Cuestion de limites inter-provinciales entre Buenos Aires, Cordoba y Santa-Fé, Tip. de M. Biedma, 1881, 1881
  10. ↑ Genealogía, Issue 13, Instituto Argentino de Ciencias Genealógicas 1961
  11. ↑ Invasiones inglesas al Río de la Plata 1806-1807, Marcos de Estrada
  12. ↑ Todo es historia, Issues 450-461, Todo es Historia
  13. ↑ Documentos Para La Historia Del General Don Manuel Belgrano, El Instituto, 1982
  14. ↑ Tomas de razón de despachos militares, cédulas de premio 1740 a 1821, Archivo General de la Nación (Argentina)
  15. ↑ Boletín del Centro naval, Número 709, Argentina. Ministerio de Marina
  16. ↑ Registro nacional de la República argentina, Talleres gráficos de la penitenciaría nacional, 1879
  17. ↑ Boletín interno, Issues 51-59; Issues 61-90, Instituto Argentino de Ciencias Genealógicas
  18. ↑ Argentina-Chile, una frontera caliente, Miguel Ángel Scenna
  19. ↑ Revolucion oriental
  20. ↑ Fallos de la Corte Suprema de Justicia de la Nación: Con la relación de sus respectivas causas..., Volume 107, Argentina. Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación
  21. ↑ Historia del partido de General Sarmiento, Volume 22, Eduardo I. Munzón
  22. ↑ La municipalidad y el ferro-carril de Buenos Aires al Pacífico, Ernesto Quesada
  23. ↑ Anuario de la América latina(Bailly-Baillière-Riera), Sociedad anónima "Anuarios Bailly-Baillière y Riera reunidos
  24. ↑ Indice del archivo del gobierno de Buenos Aires: correspondiente al año de 1810, Manuel Ricardo Trelles

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