Joaquín Canaveris

Joaquín Canaveris
Official in Buenos Aires Cabildo
In office
1810–1822
Personal details
Born Joaquín Joseph León Canaveris Esparza
April 9, 1789
Buenos Aires, Viceroyalty of Rio de la Plata
Died 1840s
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Nationality Argentine
Political party Federales
Spouse(s) María Ana Bayá Canaveris
Occupation Government
farmer
Profession Legal

Joaquín Canaveris (1789–1840s) was an Argentine merchant, official in the Council of the city. He served as consignee in The Consulate of Buenos Aires.[1] His sons Joaquín and Adolfo Lazaro Canaveri, were members of the National Guard of Infantry, serving in the Guard of Areco and Salto (Buenos Aires Province).[2]

Biography

Sumaca nacional Carmen or Yacaré from the port Montevideo, with 6 drawers of tea, 10 pipes and 2 barrels of wine to the consignation of Joaquín Canaveris
Announced sale of property published by the Gazeta de Buenos Ayres on March 31, 1819

In 1806 and 1807 Joaquín Canaveris had participated in the defense of Buenos Aires against the English invaders, served as Adjutant in the 7th Company of Asturians, taking part in the Combate de Miserere, under the Command of Captain Miguel Cuyar.[3] His cousin or relative Martín Esparza, friar of Santo Domingo, was killed, during the assault of British troops to the convent.[4]

In 1816, a civilian militia brigade was created by order of the Supreme Director, being appointed to Joaquín Canaveris to serve as Second Lieutenant of the same. That same year, he was sworn as Alcalde, requesting the city council to return to the neighbors of the barracks that he administered, the amount of 100 pesos that had been collected as a result of the "Fiestas Mayas" (anniversary of May Revolution).[5]

Canaveris began working on administrative tasks in the Cabildo, and after the Declaration of Independence, he was appointed Alcalde in the neighborhood of Monserrat and San Nicolás, populated largely by traders of British and American origin.[6] During his term as alcalde had sent to jail to Joseph Thwaites, a famous English merchant, who had been accused of debts.[7]

The alcaldes administrators, fulfilled police functions, they were accompanied by a civic group of militia formed by some neighbors, being armed with carbines and also they used bowie knives.[8]

In 1816, Joaquín Canaveris had working at the consulate of Río de la Plata, in replacement of Juan Antonio Zemborain.[9] That same year he adheres to Argentine Federalism,[10] and participated of the donations made for the reoganizacion of the Argentine Army, after the Battle of Sipe-Sipe in the Upper Peru.[11]

He had also served as conciliator,[12] and attorney in Buenos Aires. In 1824, he was legal representative of José Joaquín de La Serna, in the trial against Manuel de las Carreras, represented by Miguel Mármol.[13]

In 1818, Canaveris was the owner of two farms possibly located in the town of San Nicolás de los Arroyos or San Antonio de Areco, north of Buenos Aires Province.[14]

Family

His parents were Juan Canaveris and Catalina Bernarda de Esparza.[15] In 1819, Joaquín Canaveris was married in the Parish of Montserrat to María Ana Bayá, daughter of Juan Bayá and María Agustina Canaveris. That same year he publish an advertisement in Gazeta de Buenos Ayres, where he described who his house was located just a few meters from the house of Luis or Manuel de Gardeazábal,[16] husband of María Juana Wright, (sister of Agustín Wright). According to another advertisement from the same newspaper, he lived between Colegio and San Francisco.[17] In 1825, Canaveris moved with his family to the city of San Isidro, place where he had his Hacienda.[18]

Canaveris and his wife had several children, one of them was Joaquín Canavery Bayá (godson Miguel Cuyar), was one of the first settlers the town of Carmen de Areco, where served as a municipal officer.[19] In 1857, Canavery Bayá was appointed Judge of Peace by Dalmacio Vélez Sársfield, Commissioner of government of the province of Buenos Aires.[20] Exercising the position of judge of Areco, had to combat the illegal practice of medicine exercised by a group of healers of Irish or Scottish origin.[21]

In 1880 he communicated to Martin de Gainza, that they had begun the works destined to the collection funds for the acquisition of arms and costumes for the Fortín de Areco.[22] In addition to serving in the border militias, Joaquín was the municipal treasurer of Areco.[23]

In the census of 1855 it is indicated to him like settler of the town of Cañuelas, where exerted the profession of merchant.[24]

signature of Joaquín Canavery Bayá
signature of Adolfo Canavery Bayá
signature of Evelia Canavery Cevallos

The wife of Joaquín Canavery, doña María Ceballos, served as teaching in Escuela de niñas del Fortín de Areco, the first educational establishment for girls of the town of Areco (inaugurated in 1857).[25] She belonged to the family of Ramón Blanco (of Galician origin), alcalde of Areco in 1814.[26] His daughter Elvira Canaveri Cevallos, was married to Baldomero Lamela, an army officer who had participated in the Paraguayan War and the Conquest of the desert.

The Canaveris Cevallos family was linked to the Blanco Biaus and Sierra families.[27] in turn linked to Miguel Duffy (husband Francisca Magallanes Sierra), a prominent politician from the town of Carmen de Areco.[28]

Other members of this family were Adolfo Canavery Bayá, born on December 17, 1828, in Buenos Aires, and baptized on December 23 of the same year in the Parish of Saint Nicholas.[29] He was Comisario in the town of Carmen de Areco by 1870. His wife Carmen Martínez, born in San Antonio de Areco, belonged to a traditional family from the province of Buenos Aires.[30] In 1860, he was in charge of the Guard of Infantry in the Fuerte de Salto,[31] a fortress built in the north of the province of Buenos Aires to contain indigenous encroachments against Creole populations.[32] Canavery also served as a member of the first municipal committee of the city of Carmen de Areco.[33] His son, Adolfo Canaveri Martínez had served as public auctioneer, in 1887 he founded a house of Auction (in Bahía Blanca), with Roberto Payró, a famous Argentine writer and journalist.[34]

Adolfo was brother of Arturo Agustín Canaveri Martínez, born on May 5, 1857 in the town of Areco.[35] He was married to Clara Castro,[36] daughter of a landowner from the Exaltación de la Cruz.[37] Arturo and his wife were settlers in the town of Lincoln (Buenos Aires Province).[38] They were cousins of Evelin Canavery,[39] who was baptized on July 20, 1856, in the parish Nuestra Señora del Carmen as Antonia Evelia del Carmen Canavery Cevallos, being their godparents Leonardo Bonifacio Ceballos and Trinidad Sierra, belonging to a distinguished family of Carmen de Areco.[40]

Joaquín Canavery Bayá also had two natural daughters, Joaquina Canaveri, who was married to Jorge Vucasovic, a marine, native of Austria, and Leonor Canaveri, the wife of José Nuñez, born in Pontevedra (Spain).[41]

Joaquín Canaveris Esparza had three daughters: María Rosa (1822-1823), Faustina Canavery Bayá, married to Captain Fermin Saraví,[42] son of Colonel Bartolomé Saravi, an distinguished Argentine army officer who had participated in the War of Independence.[43] And Isolina Canavery Bayá, wife of Nicolás Ugarteche,[44] nephew of José Francisco de Ugarteche, a prestigious lawyer and politician of Paraguayan origin.[45] Joaquín was brother-in-law Fernando López Linera (husband of María Antonia Canaveris), a trader dedicated to exporting leather.[46] In 1817, Linera served as alcalde de "barrio" in the cuartel 7°,[47] (San Telmo, Buenos Aires).[48]

Oscar Rodríguez Canavery and family

In 1821, Canaveris was responsible for the sale of a property located in the town of Palermo, owned by the Presbyter José Díaz, his godfather.[49] His most distinguished descendant was the architect Oscar Rodríguez Canavery, who associated to Adolfo Trefault, founded the building company Trefault & Rodríguez Canavery S.A..[50] Among his works is to have completed the construction of the headquarters of Municipality of Veinticinco de Mayo in 1929.[51] His company also built a building located on the Lavalle street, in the neighborhood of San Nicolas.[52] Oscar Rodríguez was the son of Heraclio Rodríguez and Petrona Canavery, Inhabitants of the town of Chacabuco in 1895.[53] He was married to Ángela Rita Martínez Sáez, descendant of Enrique Santiago del Carmen Martínez Dizido.[54]

His granddaughter, María Elena Canaveri, daughter of Adolfo Canaveri and Sofia Martínez was married to Cornelio Casablanca, son of Juan Bautista Casablanca (born in Corsica) and Jesús Liendo (Argentina). He was an important official in the city of Rosario, serving as a manager of several banking branches in that city, including the Banco Español.[55]

Some of the descendants of Joaquín Canaveris Esparza and María Ana Bayá Canaveris were married to their relatives. In 1886, Saturnino Canaveri was married to Carmen Canavery, daughter of Adolfo and Carmen Martínez.[56] And Rebeca Rodríguez, daughter of Heraclio Rodríguez and Petrona Canavery Ceballos, who was married to Ricardo Patricio Bayá, son of Agustín Bayá and Elia Canaveris Gutiérrez.[57]

References

  1. ↑ Gaceta de Buenos Aires (1810–1821), Companía sud-americana de billetes de banco
  2. ↑ Registro Nacional de la República Argentina, Argentina
  3. ↑ Todo es historia, Issues 450–461 (PDF), Todo es Historia, 2005
  4. ↑ Las Invasiones Inglesas, Isaac Pearson
  5. ↑ Acuerdos del extinguido Cabildo de Buenos Aires, Volumen 7;Volumen 45 (PDF), Archivo General de la Nación
  6. ↑ Acuerdos del extinguido Cabildo de Buenos Aires, Archivo General de la Nación, 1934
  7. ↑ Los negocios del poder: reforma y crisis del estado, 1776–1826, Hugo R. Galmarini
  8. ↑ La Institución del Alcalde de Barrio (PDF), Sandra L. Díaz de Zappia
  9. ↑ El Consulado de Buenos Aires y sus proyecciones en la historia del Río de la Plata, Volumen 2, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, 1962
  10. ↑ Boletín del Instituto de Historia Argentina y Americana "Doctor Emilio Ravignani", Instituto de Historia Argentina y Americana "Doctor Emilio Ravignani
  11. ↑ Gaceta de Buenos Aires, Volume 4, Compañía Sud-Americana de Billetes de Banco
  12. ↑ Historia del derecho argentino, Volumen 7 by Ricardo Levene, Editorial G. Kraft, 1952
  13. ↑ De la Ría del Nervión al Río de la Plata: estudio histórico de un proceso migratorio, 1750–1850, Nora Siegrist de Gentile, Óscar Álvarez Gila
  14. ↑ Un modelo borbónico para defender la frontera? El presidio de Santa Elena, Fradkin, Raúl; Ratto, Silvia (Universidad Nacional de Rosario
  15. ↑ Genealogía, Números 13–15, Instituto Argentino de Ciencias Genealógicas., 1961
  16. ↑ Gazeta de Buenos Ayres. No. 116, Gazeta de Buenos Ayres (Trapalanda Digital)
  17. ↑ Gaceta de Buenos Aires (1810–1821), Gazeta de Buenos Ayres
  18. ↑ Las Raices de San Isidro, Stella Maris De Lellis
  19. ↑ El nombre, el pago y la frontera de Martín Fierro, R. Darío Capdevila
  20. ↑ Registro oficial de la provincia de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires province
  21. ↑ Historia de Carmen de Areco: 1771-1970, Oscar Ricardo Melli
  22. ↑ Catálogo de documentos del Museo Histórico Nacional, Volume 3, República Argentina
  23. ↑ Monitor de la Campaña (PDF), Sitio Oficial de la Municipalidad de Exaltación de la Cruz.
  24. ↑ Argentina, Capital Federal, Census, 1855, Argentina
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  30. ↑ Bautismos 1876-1877, Catedral San Nicolás de Bari
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  33. ↑ Registro oficial de la provincia de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires Province
  34. ↑ Roberto J. Payró en Bahía Blanca, Sureña, Editorial Moderna
  35. ↑ Bautismos 1850-1862, Nuestra Señora del Carmen
  36. ↑ Matrimonios 1892-1905, Catedral San Nicolás de Bari
  37. ↑ Diario de Sesiones de la Camara de Senadores de la Provincia de Buenos Aire, Buenos Aires Province
  38. ↑ Argentina, National Census, 1895, Family Search
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  41. ↑ Bautismos 1897, Parroquia Nuestra Señora de Balvanera
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  49. ↑ El Argos de Buenos-Ayres, Argentina
  50. ↑ Boletin oficial de la Bolsa de comercio de Buenos Aires, Volume 27, Part 2, Bolsa de Comercio de Buenos Aires
  51. ↑ Ordenanza Nº 0099/1928, Honorable Concejo Deliberante
  52. ↑ Reencuentro con la arquitectura del siglo XX, Patricia Méndez
  53. ↑ Argentina, National Census, 1895, República Argentina
  54. ↑ Revista jurídica argentina"La Ley.", Volume 134, La Ley, 1969
  55. ↑ Anecdotario de Lisandro de la Torre y Debate sobre el comunismo, Edgardo Luis Amaral
  56. ↑ Matrimonios 1886, Parroquia Inmaculada Concepción (Buenos Aires)
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