Juan de Canaveris (''or Canaverys'') (1748 – 1822) was an Piedmontese

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and politician, who served during the viceroyalty of Río de la Plata as

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officer in the Tribunal de Cuentas de Buenos Aires. He had achieved a high social status in the

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, where he supported the revolutionary movements of May, being the only neighbor (founding fathers of Argentina) of Italian origin who attended in the

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, of May 22, 1810. Juan Canaverys also had an active participation in the Hermandad de la Santa Caridad, the first charitable society of Buenos Aires. He was the founder of the family of that last name in Buenos Aires, connected in turn with the main Argentine families of the colonial and post colonial period of Argentina and Uruguay, and the direct ancestor of prominent military, revolutionaries, lawyers, notaries, politicians and priests of Buenos Aires. He had a long career in Buenos Aires, serving as attorney-in-fact of

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and Victorián de Villava. In 1798 he was appointed as representative of the City Council of

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. During the

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he integrated the sector proposed by

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and

Feliciano Chiclana Feliciano Antonio Chiclana (June 9, 1761 in Buenos Aires – September 17, 1826 in Buenos Aires) was an Argentine lawyer, soldier, and judge. Biography Feliciano Chiclana studied at the Colegio de San Carlos and in 1783 he finished with a law ...

, political group that proposed the destitution of the Viceroy and the assumption of the government by the

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, in form of a provisional government.

Early years

Giovanni Antonio Domenico de Canaveris was born near the year 1748 in Saluzzo (

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), during the end of the

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. His parents were Gabriel Antonio Canaveris and Margherita Jugluns, belonging to a noble family from

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. He arrived at Río de la Plata about 1770, in times of the

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in the

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. His first registered public intervention dates from the year 1772. Is probable that his first works in Buenos Aires were related to commercial activities. In 1776, he was appointed to exercise the position of "portero" of the Real Tribunal de Cuentas of Buenos Aires, an institution created by order of the Viceroy

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and

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, Minister of the Indies. He was employee of the Contaduría de Retasas of the Tribunal de Cuentas during the entire period of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata, leaving his post of portero accountant for a brief period in 1795 and 1799. In 1785 Canaveris was employed interim of the Junta Montepío de Ministros, an institution established for assistance to widows and families of government employees. Although the work of "portero" (accounting officer) was not a

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position, Canaveris was the oldest officer in the Court of Auditors. He earned five hundred

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a year, the same amount as a Senior Accountant. As an officer of the Court of Auditors he was in charge of protocol matters, clerk and responsible for the

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of the Camara de Sesiones (Chamber of Sections) of the Court. For his services rendered to the Court of Accounts Juan Canaveris received an increase in his salary by Real Order on June 8, 1799. His actions as attorney-in-fact in judicial and commercial matters were concerning to some of the main political leaders of the Viceroyalty like

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, and Joseph Medianero, a Spanish official who served in the Fuerte de Floridablanca. He also intervened as a representative of

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, in a sale contract for this to Manuel Arredondo y Pelegrín, regent of Buenos Aires. He also served as a attorney of the

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, on behalf of the elected aldermen of the City Council

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and

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. He presented a

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in defense of aldermen to the Viceroy

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, to avoid annulment the elections, held in that province on July 20, 1796. His most recognized work was as a representative of Victorián de Villava, the Protector Guardian of Natural resources and Indians in the village of San Pablo, Capinota Province,

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. In his name he had obtained permission from the viceroyal authorities to build four

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in a site known as "Cucumí". He also provided his services as a lawyer to Joseph de la Cruz, a soldier of the

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, who served under Félix de Azara, and as the legal agent of the family of

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, a well-known Captain of the Cuerpo de Blandengues de Buenos Aires. Juan Canaveris Cristina Ross, firmas

He was involved in the establishment of the Hospital de Caridad, the first public hospital in Montevideo, Uruguay. In 1796 he was appointed as legal representative of

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. He maintained a solid social and economic position in the Provinces of the Río de la Plata, owned several homes, barracks, lands, jewelry, and servants. Among the neighbors with whom he had commercial relations was María Cristina Ross, daughter of

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, born in the

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. In 1777 he sold a property located in the neighborhood of San Nicolás (Buenos Aires) to Ángel Castelli, a well-known doctor born in

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. In 1791 he took charge of the legal affairs of the brothers Manuel and

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, a Spanish naval officer who served as an expeditionary of

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. His legal affairs in the Río de la Plata were attended by distinguished members of the local aristocracy, including services provided by

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, a lawyer who was in charge of his personal assets in the territories of the Río de la Plata. His legal affairs before the Court of

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were entrusted to Justo José Cosio, in charge of the judicial proceedings of the Esparza Sánchez family.

English Invasions and May Revolution

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or Regiment of Saboya, and who participated in the

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to the Río Grande. He and his family had a prominent participation in the defense and reconquest of Buenos Aires during the English invasions. He and his colleagues from the Court of Accounts refused to take oath to Beresford and also participated in secret meetings organized by residents of the city. He also collaborated with the money donations organized by the Cabildo of Buenos Aires, chaired by

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. His sons,

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, Mariano,

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, and Joaquín participated in the defense of Buenos Aires in the regiments — Quinteros and Labradores, Húsares of Pueyrredón, Cántabros Montañeses and

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. In 1808, his son Mariano Canaveris, hero of the reconquest and second lieutenant graduated from the 1st Battalion of Husares, requested permission to join the ranks of the

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. The

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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. His grandson, Apolinario Linera Canaveris was born during the English occupation of the city, and the sister of this, Mercedes Clara Linera Canaveris on August 12, 1807, anniversary of the reconquest. Juan de Canaveris is recognized for being one of the neighbors who were invited to attend the open Cabildo of May 22, 1810 (

), event that gave rise to the Argentine Republic. He belonged to the moderate group that wanted the cabildo to assume the government until it could be returned to the

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. He reproduced the vote of

in favor of dismissing the Viceroy

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. His wife was a distant relative of

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and

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, two of the leaders of the revolution. Like many patricians of the time, he also dedicated himself to the purchase of land and the administration of farms, one of them located in the town of Quilmes. He also was the owner of a

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in the town of San Isidro, located in the vicinity of the

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of Juan Martín de Pueyrredón and

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, personal friend of Canaveris and his family.

Family

Juan Canaveris (padrón de estranjeros 1809)

Juan Canaveris was married to Catalina Bernarda de Esparza, a

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maiden, daughter of

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and María Eugenia Sánchez. His wedding was celebrated on May 4, 1772 in the Cathedral of Buenos Aires by

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, a distinguished parish priest of the city. He and his wife lived in the neighborhood of San Nicolás, had twelve children, six boys and six girls, born between 1773 and 1797, María Ramona Canaveris, María Antonia Canaveris, María Dominga Canaveris, Juan Miguel Canaveris (1778-1803), godson of

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, Juan Joseph Canaveris, María Eugenia Canaveris, Mariano Canaveris,

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, Juana Josefa Canaveris, José Mariano de la Cruz Canaveris and María de la Encarnación Canaveris, married to Alejo Menchaca, native of

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. The house of Juan Canaveris was located was located on Calle de la Piedad No. 21, 23, 27 and 29 (between the current

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and 25 de Mayo), in the vicinity of the

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, the main

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in the city in early 1800. He and his wife were fervent Catholics, belonged to the Orden de la Merced, and were the founders of a chaplaincy in the city. His daughters, María Antonia and Dominga Canaveris, belonged to the religious order of

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. Juan Canaveris and Bernarda Catalina de Esparza were the grandparents of

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, a medical doctor, who died during the yellow fever epidemic of 1871, and

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, a prestigious doctor in psychiatry, head of the mental

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in 1879. His family also was related to

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, member of the Primera Junta, who was godfather of María del Carmen, María de la Candelaria, Mariano Domingo and María Antonia Bayá Canaveris. Cristina Francisca Axa Canaveris, a great-granddaughter of Juan Canaveris, was married to Pedro Vicente Acevedo Echevarria, grandson of

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, secretary of the

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. Juan de Canaveris died on August 22, 1822, being buried in the Iglesia de la Merced. His wife, Bernarda Catalina de Esparza died several years later. The last noble branches were the Canavery-Páez, Canavery-Andrade, Canavery- Alvarado Périchon, Canavery-Flores, Canavery-Segrestan, Canavery-Pelliza, Canaveris-Luna, Canaveris-Gutiérrez, Canaveris-Trillo, Canaveris-Panelo and Canavery-Castillo. His last name is directly and indirectly linked to families Acevedo, Argerich, Bayá,

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, Cuyar, Ezeyza- Halliburton-

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, Lagleyze, Lamela, Linera, Lezcano, Luna, Martínez Dizido, Marull,

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, Michelena,

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, Nazar Anchorena, Pelliza, Peralta Ramos, Saravi, Sautú, Somoza, Thorne, Trillo, Ugarteche and Vitón. It is through his daughter María Eugenia Canaveris de Bayá (ancestor of Gloria María Bayá), that his genealogy traces an illustrious connection with the General Justo José de Urquiza, president of the

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between 1854 and 1860. Through the Peralta Ramos family his genealogy is linked with

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, a fashion icon figure, belonging to the family of

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Legacy

Calle de la Piedad entre Reconquista y 25 de Mayo

Giovanni Canaveri had emigrated from the

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, Piedmont to

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in times of

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, and settled possibly in

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, later in Spain and then in Buenos Aires during the reign of

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, who implemented the Bourbon reforms in the Spanish colonies. Juan de Canaveris used a large number of variants of his original surname, signing documents such as Canavero, Canavé, Canaven, Canaberis, Canavery and others. Canaveris, Canaveriis o Canaveri is a

toponymic surname A toponymic surname or topographic surname is a surname derived from a place name.

, present in antiquity in North Italy and France, including the regions of

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and

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. His family were related to the beginnings of Argentine education, pioneers in adopting the

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teaching system in the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata. Some of his descendants were also involved the establishment of the railways in Buenos Aires (public deeds), including the Great Southern Railway and Lacroze Railroad. General Enrique Mosconi, a maternal great-grandson of Juan Canaveris, and whose father engineer took part in the construction of Central Argentine Railway, was president of

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, and served between 1906 and 1908, in the

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as Captain in the 1st Battalion of Pioners of Westphalian. His descendants took part in most of the political and military events in Argentina and Uruguay, including those that occurred towards the end of the 19th century. Some of them integrated the ranks of the main political parties of the time like the

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, National Party and National Civic Union. His

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also took an active part in the birth of the economic institutions of Argentina, including the Bank of the Province of Buenos Aires,

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and Buenos Aires Stock Exchange. Members of his family also participated in the colonization of

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, and the Argentine Patagonia, providing police, military and political services. His descendant Samuel Canaveris (1854 - c 1920) was Mayor of

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on several occasions. The son of this M. Canaveri presided over the honorary commission of Immigration in Santa Cruz Province, sub-chaired by Juan D. Aubone and Víctor Fenton.

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and

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, great-great grandchildren of Juan Canaveris were precursors of the Argentine soccer. Another member of the family linked to the sport was Carlos M. Canaveris, who integrated the First Directive Commission of the

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of Puan in 1907. Stephen Achinelly (1800-1845), a British stockbroker born in

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, linked to the Bayá Canaveris and Thompson-Cunningham families, is registered as a founding partner of British Hospital of Buenos Aires in 1844. The houses of the Canaveris Esparza family, which also had a warehouse and

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s, were rented to English, French and Irish immigrants established in Buenos Aires since the end of the colonial period. It was also inhabited in his adulthood by his sons Joaquín and Juan José Canaveris, and then acquired at public auction by his grandson

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, who lived in it until his death in 1868. The houses of Nos. 21 and 23 were sold by Juan Manuel Canaveris to Nicolás Hugo de Anchorena (husband

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) in 1857. These properties had a land of seventeen and a half yards in front and seventy yards of surface in the back ground. His home was in the vicinity of the central branches of the Banco Británico de la América del Sud and

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, established in the area since 1860s. Juan Canaveris also owned land in the current town of

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. These lands were sold by his son Joaquín Canaveris to Lorenzo Antonio Uriarte, who in turn sold them to Martina Monasterio de Llavallol, wife of

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. So far no record is found about the genealogy of his parents Gabriel Canaveris and Margarita Jugluns, but apparently was a mixed family ancestry of the Piedmontese aristocracy, the French

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, and an Irish family, possibly linked to the

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that served in France, Northern Italy or Spain towards the 17th or 18th century. His idiosyncrasy and that of their descendants until the third or fourth generation, is nothing like the Italian or Spanish Creole families of their time. A trips to

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and

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made in 1830 by his grandson Juan Manuel Bayá Canaveris, possibly suggests a paternal connection in

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. Juan Canaveris never made a will, his last record in the post-colonial period is in the claim for the rights of his wife in the testamentary of Doctor Francisco Antonio de Esparza, a direct relative of Catalina Bernarda de Esparza. His wife, who died on December 17, 1832 in the town of San Isidro, received a distinguished and solemn funeral officiated by Father Bernardo de la Colina in the Santo Domingo Convent, place where she was buried.

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