Juan Manuel Canaveris

Juan Manuel Canaveris Denis
Personal details
Born May 10, 1804
Buenos Aires, Viceroyalty of the Rio de la Plata
Died May 2, 1868
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Nationality Argentina Argentine
Occupation Politician
Profession Legal
Religion Catholicism

Juan Manuel Canaveris (1804-1868) was an Argentine attorney and procurador of Buenos Aires. He collaborated in the early days of government of Juan Manuel de Rosas.[1]

Biography

His son Samuel Canaveris, was settler in the town of Quilmes
His daughter Carmen Canaveris

Canaveris was born in Buenos Aires, made his secondary studies in the National College. In 1819 is enlisted in the Argentine Army, and was retiring in 1821 as Ensign in the Húsares de Buenos Aires regiment.[2] In 1823 he was assistant in the Escuela de la Piedad (School of Piedad), one of the leading educational establishments in the city.[3] In 1831 Canaveris Denis obtained a doctorate in law at the University of Buenos Aires.[4]

In the early 1830s, Canaveris served as procurator in the government of Rosas.[5] In 1833, he was appointed alternate member of the jury responsible to guarantee press freedom in the republic. The jury was composed of leading figures of the time as Juan Martín de Pueyrredón, Miguel de Azcuénaga, Tomás de Anchorena and José Canaveris (his father).[6] Pursued by supporters of Rosas, Canaveris was forced into exile in Montevideo. In 1837 he traveled to Europe returning from Cadiz to Port of Montevideo on 28 December of the same year.[7]

In 1839 he participates in meetings organized by Juan Bautista Alberdi and Valentín Alsina where was treated the problem of the French blockade of the Río de la Plata.[8] On February 16, 1843 during the Great Siege of Montevideo, Canaveris served in the Fortaleza del Cerro. He was enlisted as soldado raso (private), a fact which caused him great pain because of his high social status.[9]

Juan Manuel Canaveris also was dedicated to trade and import, had a warehouse in the Catedral street 153 (now San Martín), in the neighborhood of San Nicolás.[10] Canaveris had maintained business relations with the Hodgson & Robinson Co, importers from Manchester in Buenos Aires.[11] In 1826 he was interested in acquiring hectares near the Salado River, in the current town of Bragado.[12]

Family

Juan Manuel was the third son of José Canaveris and Agustina Denis, possible descendant of Anton Denis, native of Limerick.[13] He was brother of Feliciano Canaveris assassinated by order of Manuel Oribe during the Civil War.[14]

Juan Manuel Canaveris married on August 21, 1842 in The Parish Church of St. Francis of Assisi, with María del Carmen Gutiérrez, born in Montevideo.[15] Parents of Emilia, Ángel, Juana, Haydeé, (married to Pedro Acevedo) settler in Pergamino, Elia Canaveris (wife Agustin Bayá),[16] Samuel and Carmen Francisca. His son Samuel Canaveris was attorney,[17] and one of the first employees of the Casa de Moneda de la República Argentina.[18] Canaveris and his wife made frequent trips to Genoa, where his son Ángel Canaveris (doctor of psychiatry) was born in 1847.[19][20]

His grandson Carlos Manuel Canaveris, was student of the Escuela de Maquinistas Navales (School of Naval Engineers) directed by Carlos B. Massot (Capitán de fragata),[21] he carried out an improvement course in Barrow-in-Furness, (United Kingdom).[22]

References

  1. ↑ Columbus: Amerikanische Miscellen - Volumen2. Karl Nicolaus Röding.
  2. ↑ Tomas de razón de despachos militares, cédulas de premio, retiros, empleos civiles y eclesiásticos, donativos, etc., 1740 a 1821. Archivo General de la Nación (Argentina).
  3. ↑ Acuerdos del extinguido Cabildo de Buenos Aires, Volume 9; Volume 47. Buenos Aires.
  4. ↑ Revista de la Universidad de Buenos Aires, Volumen 44. Universidad de Buenos Aires.
  5. ↑ Amalia ; novela histórica americana. José Mármol. 1930.
  6. ↑ Registro Oficial - Volumen12. Buenos Aires (Argentina : Province). 1833.
  7. ↑ Libros de ingreso de pasajeros a Montevideo (Libro No. 951 Años 1837 al 1838). Archivo General de la Nación - AGN/Uruguay.
  8. ↑ Escritos póstumos de Juan Bautista Alberdi: Miscelánea. Propaganda revolucionaria, 1900. Juan Bautista Alberdi.
  9. ↑ Los partidos de la República Oriental del Uruguay: estudio político-histórico-popular. Guillermo Melián Lafinur.
  10. ↑ Almanaque político y de comercio para 1826. Ediciones de la Flor.
  11. ↑ The British Textile Trade in South America in the Nineteenth. Llorca, Manuel.
  12. ↑ Los Biaus - Municipalidad de Chivilcoy (PDF). MA Caggiano.
  13. ↑ El censo más antiguo. La Gaceta.
  14. ↑ Montevideo: Apuntes históricos de la defensa de la república, Volume 1. Uruguay.
  15. ↑ Revista del Instituto de Estudios Genealógicos del Uruguay, Issues 13-17. El Instituto, 1991.
  16. ↑ Necrología. Caras y Caretas.
  17. ↑ Fallos y disposiciones de la exma. Cámara de Apelaciones de la Capital, Volume 89. Buenos Aires (Argentina). Cámara de Apelación de la Capital,.
  18. ↑ Papel moneda nacional argentino y bonaerense, siglo XIX, 1813-1897. Osvaldo J. Nusdeo, Pedro D. Conno.
  19. ↑ Nobiliario del antiguo virreynato del Río de la Plata. Carlos Calvo.
  20. ↑ Presencia y acción del Partido Nacional: aurora y ocaso. Macedonio Dell' Acqua Vieytes.
  21. ↑ Colección de leyes y decretos militares concernientes al ajército y armada de la República Argentina : 1810 á 1896. Ercilio Dominguez.
  22. ↑ La Escuela de Maquinistas en Inglaterra, Caras y Caretas
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