Juan Canaveris facts for kids
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Juan Canaveris
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San Nicolás, Buenos Aires, Where Canaveris resided
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| Functionary Government of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata | |
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Giovanni Antonio Domenico Juglun di Canaveri
1748 Piedmont, Kingdom of Sardinia |
| Died | 1822 Buenos Aires |
| Spouse | Bernarda Esparza |
| Occupation | Functionary |
| Profession | Notary |
Juan de Canaveris (or Canaverys) (1748–1822) was an Italian lawyer and politician, who served as accounting officer in the Tribunal de Cuentas de Buenos Aires, during the viceroyalty of Río de la Plata. He had achieved a high social status in the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata (member of the Church), where supported the revolutionary movements of May, being the only neighbor (founding fathers of Argentina) of Italian origin who attended in the Open Cabildo, of May 22, 1810.
Juan Canaverys was the founder of the Canavery family in Argentina, 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 1798 he was appointed as representative of the City Council of Santiago del Estero.
Biography
Born in Saluzzo, Piedmont, Kingdom of Sardinia in 1738 or 1748. He was the son of Gabriel Canaveri and Margarita Jugluns, but hispanicized his original name to Canaveris later on.
Juan Canaveris arrived at Río de la Plata about 1770, in times of the Bourbon Reforms in the Spanish Empire. He probably had lived and studied in Genoa. He was married at the Cathedral of Buenos Aires on May 4, 1772, with Catalina Bernarda de Esparza, a noble woman, daughter of Juan Miguel de Esparza and María Eugenia Sánchez. Canaveris and his wife lived in the neighborhood of San Nicolás and had twelve children, six boys and six girls.
Images for kids
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Arms of Canaveris, Milan branch 16th century.
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signatures of Juan Canave (Canaveris) and María Cristina Ross.
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original record of May 22, 1810 (May Revolution)
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dowry of Bernarda Catalina Esparza to Juan de Canaveris
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Canaveris and Juan Bonfiglio, owner of Fonda de los Tres Reyes (1809 census)
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record about the correct location of the Canaveris Esparza family home
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notice concerning the auction of his house (1870)
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announcement of the sale of his property in 1857
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See also
In Spanish: Juan de Canaveris para niños
