Saturnino Canaveri

Saturnino Canaveri
Birth name Saturnino Canaveri Segrestán
Born 1854
Buenos Aires, Confederación Argentina
Died 1939
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Allegiance Argentina
Service/branch Argentine Army
Rank Lieutenant Colonel
Battles/wars Conquest of the Desert
Revolution of the Park
Spouse(s) Carmen Canaveri
Relations Héctor Canaveri (brother)
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Saturnino Canaveri (1854–1939) was an Argentine military, officer during the Conquest of the Desert.[1]

Biography

Canaveri was born 1854 in Buenos Aires. His parents were Lt. Francisco Canaveris and Ofelia Segrestán (inhabitant of Temperley),[2] daughter of Jorge Pascual Segrestan native of Paris and María Uriarte (Argentina).[3]

In 1878, Saturnino Canaveri served as a Lieutenant of cavalry during the expeditions against the Indians in the Conquest of the Desert.[4] His military missions include, having participated in the Combate de Aluminé, occurred on February 18, 1883, during tasks of exploration and topographical recognition, commanding by the General Conrado Villegas in the Río Negro and Neuquén.[5] Canaveri had been commissioned to pursue of Ancapi Ñancucheo, a brave Pehuenche chief.[6] Ñancucheo had their huts on the Chimehuin River, time later he became part of the Argentine Army.[7]

During the Revolution of 90, the now Major Canaveri, remained loyal to the government.[8]

In 1900, Saturnino Canaveri was retired from the army with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.[9]

References

  1. ↑ Argentina-Chile, una frontera caliente. Miguel Ángel Scenna.
  2. ↑ Caras y caretas, Issues 1194-1199, 1921
  3. ↑ Boletín interno, Números 51-59; Números 61-90, Instituto Argentino de Ciencias Genealógicas., 1975
  4. ↑ Efemérides argentinas, 1492-1966, Volume 1, Fermín Vicente Arenas Luque (1967)
  5. ↑ Efemérides americanas desde el descubrimiento de la América hasta nuestros dias, Pedro Rivas
  6. ↑ Acción y presencia del Ejército en el sur del país, Enrique César Recchi
  7. ↑ Funcionarios, Diplomáticos, Guerreros: Miradas Hacia el Otro en Las Fronteras de Pampa y Patagonia, Siglos XVIII y XIX, Lidia Rosa Nacuzzi
  8. ↑ La revolución: (su crónica detallada)a̋ntecedentes y consecuencias, Volumen 2, Mendía y Martínez, 1890
  9. ↑ Revista, Volume 38, Issues 462-467, Círculo Militar (Buenos Aires, Argentina) (1939)

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