Manuel Canaveris

Manuel Canaveris (1787–1830) was an Argentine army officer, who made his military career in Buenos Aires as Lieutenant in the Regiment of Patricians. He also served as Lt. in the 4th Regiment of Buenos Aires. Canaveris and his family had an active participation during the English invasions and May Revolution. His father was one of the neighbors who attended the Open Cabildo of May 22, 1810.

Personal life
He was born on September 15, 1787 in Buenos Aires, and was baptized the next day in the Metropolitan Cathedral by the presbyter Juan Antonio Delgado as Josse Manuel Cornelio Ramón Jugluns de Canaverys, being his godmother Juana Fonelo, belonging to a family from Cádiz.

Manuel was the eighth son of Don Juan Canaveris, born in Saluzzo, Piedmont, Kingdom of Sardinia, and Doña Bernarda Catalina de Esparza, belonging to a distinguished family of the city. His family consisted of six brothers and six women, born between 1773 and 1797. They lived in a two-story house, with a roof, belonging to their maternal grandmother Doña María Eugenia Sánchez Galianos. His house was located in the Calle de la Piedad, (now Bartolomé Mitre, between 25 de Mayo and Leandro N. Alem) in the neighborhood of San Nicolás.

His remote paternal ancestors were native to Central and Western Europe, and the maternal ones belonged to lineages of the Iberian peninsula.

Manuel Canaveris, married at parish church Nuestra Señora de Montserrat on April 24, 1811, with María Angeles Rodríguez, daughter of Basilio Rodríguez and Anselma Calderón de la Barca. They were married by the father Juan Nepomuceno Solá, and attended as witnesses of the ceremony Cayetano Silva (alcalde del cuartel n°28 in 1815) and María Martínez. Canaveris and his wife had eight children, Sinforoso, Antonino, María Juana, Eustaquia, Serapio (born November 14, St. Serapion), Rufino, Vicente and Ruperta Canaveri.

Sinforoso Canaveri Rodríguez was born on July 17, 1808 and was baptized in the parish Nuestra Señora de Montserrat on July 20 of the same year. was married in the parish of Jesús Amoroso (San Martín) to Manuela Pelliza, daughter of Francisco Pelliza and María de los Santos Fernández. After his first wife died, he was dedicated to trade, owned a Barraca de Frutos (Grocery store) on Victoria Street, located one block from the Plaza de la Victoria. Sinforoso was also married to Rosa Farias Zubillaga and Quintina Páez, both women belonging to traditional Uruguayan families.

Antonino Canaveri Rodríguez (1812-1890) was godson of Juan Bayá Rosell and María Manuela Bayá. He was married twice: first to Juana Sosa. and second with Norberta García, a woman 30 years younger than him. According to the census of 1869, Antonino Canaveri was dedicated to driving carriages or wagons in the city.

Serapio Canaveri Rodríguez was husband of Daniela Blanco, born on December 11, 1820 (St. Daniel), daughter of Rufino Blanco and Vicenta Calvo, a Creole family related to Saturnino Blanco, an Argentine military man who served as Commandant in Yaguareté Corá. His daughter Aurelia Josefa Canaveri Blanco, was goddaughter of José María Torres. According to the Buenos Aires census of 1855, Serapio Canaveri was employed as a butcher, and his son Manuel had been born in Salto, Uruguay. He was probably the brother or cousin of Pedro Canaveri (Zoilo Canavery's grandfather), a neighbor of Barracas Sur who practiced a similar profession.

Rufino Canaveri Rodríguez was married twice, first to María Cirila Borda, daughter of Vicente Borda and Ignacia de Santa Ana. And second with Dionisia Peraza, daughter of Joaquín Peraza and Celestina Saco. Rufino served as an employee of the Compañía Primitiva de Gas de Buenos Aires Ltda..

Ruperta Canaveris Rodríguez was married (March 13, 1847) in the parish of Balvanera to Ramón Ferrer (of Catalan and Creole roots), son of Julian Ferrer and Fernanda del Valle. Ruperta and her husband were the parents of Dolores Ferrer Canaveri, born on October 16, 1850.

The maternal grandmother of the Canaveris Rodríguez family was María Anselma Calderón de la Barca y Taborda, daughter of Joseph Antonio Calderón and Margarita Taborda, a traditional Creole family descended from Spanish conquistadors, linked to families from Carmen de Areco, Exaltación de la Cruz and Rosario, Santa Fe. She died in 1829 in Buenos Aires, being buried in the Cementerio del Norte.

The majority of the descendants of the Canaveris Rodríguez family were born or lived in neighborhoods of the city of Buenos Aires, including Almagro, Balvanera, Monserrat, Nueva Pompeya, Recoleta, San Nicolas and San Telmo

Military career
Manuel Canaveris did his elementary studies in the Real Colegio de San Carlos, the main educational establishment of the city. Some time later he and his brothers began to work as accounting employees of the Court of Accounts of Buenos Aires, where his father performed administrative functions.

Like other members of his mother's family, Manuel served in the military. His mother's ancestors include Captains Miguel Gerónimo Esparza, Francisco de Salas Reynoso, Pedro Morales y Mercado and Gonzalo Carbajal, who served as General and Lieutenant Governor of Santa Fe.

Manuel Canaveris and his brothers Mariano, Joaquín and José were members of the volunteer militias, for defense of Buenos Aires during the British invasions of the Río de la Plata 1806-1807. In the second British invasion Manuel Canaveris, had served in Cántabros Montañeses or in the Batallón de Voluntarios de Galicia (cited as Carabelos), Mariano Canaveris served in Húsares de Pueyrredón, José Canaveris in the Quinteros y Labradores, and Joaquín Canaveris in the Tercio de Vizcaínos, formed by volunteers of Basque origin.

The Tercio de Cántabros Montañeses, also known as Tercio of Montañeses, had been created on September 18, 1806, and counted as chiefs José de la Oyuela and Pedro Andrés García, belonging to illustrious families of the city. At the beginning of the English invasions the battalion had 4 companies, with 261 troops. During the second invasion the British commanders Robert Craufurd and Denis Pack, were defeated by Creole regiments of Montañeses and Patricios in the Convent of Santo Domingo. The Battalion of Galicia, was composed mostly by neighbors of Galician origin. His commander was Pedro Cerviño.

His brother Jose Canaveris, a well-known city lawyer, was awarded with the degree of Captain, by the Junta Suprema of Seville for his heroic actions during the English invasions. And his father Juan de Canaveris, an member of the Court of Accounts of Buenos Aires, was one of the neighbors who voted for the dismissal of Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros as viceroy of the Río de la Plata.

Unlike his brothers, who were lawyers and teachers, he devoted himself entirely to the military career. Between 1809 and 1810, Canaveris was Sub-lieutenant Abanderado in the 4th Regiment of Infantry, formed by members of the "Tercio de Cántabros Montañeses" and Tercio de Andaluces. The Cántabros regiment was one of the units held by Viceroy Liniers, who repressed the rebels during Mutiny of Álzaga. Canaveris served in the same regiment during the events of May 1810, and took part in the early years of the struggle for Independence in Argentina.

On August 3, 1810 Canaveris was promoted to Lieutenant of the 4th Regiment, by order of the Primera Junta, serving under the orders of the Colonels José Merelo and Ignacio Álvarez Thomas. He together with the officers of the regiment, had contributed money for the First Upper Peru campaign.

That same year he rescued a freedman, probably to be enlisted in the Regimiento de Castas, a military unit of freedmen recruited in Buenos Aires. In 1811, Lt. Canaveris continued to be in charge of carrying the banner of the 4th regiment. The 4th regiment of Buenos Aires, led by Álverez Thomas took part in the Second Campaign on Montevideo of 1811.

After the Motín de las Trenzas, the 1st Regiment of Patricians was in charge of Manuel Belgrano. On January 1, 1812 Canaveris was appointed as Lieutenant in the Regiment of Patricians, being commissioned to provide services in the guarnición of Buenos Aires as officer of the 7° Compañia de fusileros. The Patricians began using Brown Bess muskets, (known as "tower") which had been seized from the English invaders.

Canaveris was a colleague of the brothers Ángel Galup and Manuel Galup, Uruguayans officers who had an outstanding work during the emancipatory wars..

Manuel Canaveris was retired from the Army at the age of 24 years, on January 17, 1812. He had served for six years, including his four years of service as Commander in the 2° Batallón del Regimiento N° 4 de Infantería of Buenos Aires, and in the 7° Compañía de Fusileros del Regimiento N°2 de Patricios.

After his retirement from the militia, he was dedicated to his farm. He owned a small ranch, probably located in Barracas or Balvanera. His grandchildren and nephews are cited in the historical novel Amalia, written by José Mármol.

Descendants and genealogy
Their daughter, Juana María Canaveris y Rodríguez Calderón married Juan Ángel Michelena, born in the city of Guayaquil (Ecuador). In 1820, he began his military career, serving as Sergeant in the Battalion of the Rio de la Plata. In 1821, Michelena was sent to serve in the Campaign to Upper Peru, with the rank of sergeant, he was under the command of General José de San Martín, taking part in the Battle of Torata and Battle of Moquegua where he was taken prisoner. After the end the Peruvian War, he returned to Buenos Aires serving in the Regiment of Mounted Grenadiers. Michelena also participated in the Argentine-Brazilian War, having an active participation in the actions occurred during the Battle of Ituzaingó and Yerbal, where he was wounded.

Michelena was also involved in civil conflicts, during the Combate de las Vizcacheras (occurred in 1829), he served under the command of Federico Rauch. He also fought in Caseros on February 3, 1852 against the forces of Juan Manuel de Rosas, serving in the battalion General San Martin to the orders of Colonel Mariano Echenagucía. It is possible that Juan Michelena was related to the famous Juan Ángel de Michelena, an royalist Captain born in Maracaibo.

Juana Canaveris de Milchelena belonged to Sociedad de Beneficencia Familiares de La Guardia Nacional (Charity Society of the National Guard), chaired by Victoria Pueyrredon de Lynch (relative to Justo Pastor Lynch and Feliciano Pueyrredón).

The descendants of Manuel Canaveris include prominent Argentine and Uruguayan military, like Francisco Canavery Pelliza, born in 1827 in San Isidro, who served as Lieutenant of the cavalry. In 1853, Canavery was married to Orfelia Segrestán, of French roots, daughter of Jorge Pascual Segrestán and María Uriarte. Francisco Canavery and his wife were parents of Héctor, Saturnino, María Luisa, and Guillermo Corazón de Jesús Canavery, who was baptized with that name for being born on June 25 (St. William of Vercelli day).

In 1867, the Canavery Segrestan family lived in a house located in Cuyo Street (now Sarmiento, between San Martín and Reconquista, neighborhood of San Nicolás).

María Luisa Canaveri was married to Damián Vera, a Major of the Argentine army, born in Monte (Buenos Aires Province), son of Juan Vera and Valentina Gómes, belonging to Creole families of Buenos Aires.

Saturnino Canaveri (Lieutenant colonel), who had participated in military expeditions against the Indians during the Conquest of the Desert. His brother Héctor Canavery, was neighbor in the town of Quilmes, place where he served as Police Commissioner. And the Lieutenant colonel Isabelino Canaveris, (born in Montevideo), had been involved in armed conflicts in Uruguay. Manuel Canaveris was also the ancestor of several lawyers and notaries of Buenos Aires including: Manuel María Canaveri Páez, born in Montevideo (procurator), married on September 19, 1873, to Juana Bolasco (baptized by Eduardo O'Gorman), daughter of Domingo Bolasco and Carmen Trucco, natives of Genoa. His wedding counted as witnesses, to his relatives Felipe Santiago Achinelly (politician and procurator, son of Felipe Achinelli) and Francisca Michelena.

After the death of Juana Bolasco, he returned to marry with María Luisa de Alvarado, daughter of Juan Bautista de Alvarado and María Périchon. His second wife, Luisa de Alvarado had belonged to the French community of Buenos Aires. She was the niece of Maria Luisa Périchon, the wife of Ernest Rouquaud, one of the first settlers in the Patagonia.

Camilo Alejo Canaveri Páez, was godson of José Antonio Durán, a Colonel who participated in the civil wars. He was a lawyer who joined the rebel forces of the Civic Union during the Revolution of the Park. He also served as attorney of Enrique Mathet and José Camilo Crotto, Governor of Buenos Aires Province between 1918 and 1921.

Another grandson of Manuel Canaveris had been Sinforoso Canaveri, notary of government in the city of La Plata, who had made the contracts of scriptures concerning sale of land by Claudio M. Joly to the Lacroze company, (owned by Federico Lacroze), for the construction of the tramway station and the expansion of the rail network of Buenos Aires Central Railway.

Sinforoso Canaveri Páez had also served as notary public in the City Porteña, had his office on the May Avenue in the exclusive neighborhood of Monserrat. He was married to Angélica Andrade, a woman descendant of the first settlers of Buenos Aires, whose maternal great grandmother Doña Victoria Monterroso, was daughter of María Concepción de Rueda and Francisco Monterroso, an Andalusian, born in Puerto de Santa María, who had served as gunsmith of the Regiment Cantabros Montañeses in 1810, The Monterroso Rueda family were related to the families of Juan del Azcó, Capitán del Regimiento de Dragones, and María Luisa de Merlos y del Sar Guerrero (sister of José Ignacio de Merlos), who attended as godparents at the baptism of María Concepción Rueda. And also related to the family of Fernanda and Margarita Rico, both married to a descendant of Joseph Belgrano. Manuel Jugluns de Canaveris was the uncle of Juan Manuel Bayá, one of the first brokers in the city of Buenos Aires. And of Sinforoso Amoedo, a prestigious doctor of medicine. His descendants were related to families of O'Gorman's and Terry's. His great-grandson, Virginio Canaveris was baptized on November 8, 1867, being his godson Manuel Terry Marmol, belonging to an old family from Buenos Aires. In 1879 Col. Tomás Juan O'Gorman Riglos attended as godfather at the wedding of his great-granddaughter María Luisa Canaveri with Damián Vera. Manuel José Ramón Jugluns de Canaveris was the great grandfather of Artemia Canaveri Blanco (1862-1900s), a woman who attended as a godmother in the baptism of a citizen of Savoyan and Swiss origin, celebrated on November 20, 1886 in the Methodist Church of Buenos Aires, the first Methodist religion temple in South America. His granddaughter, Francisca Michelena Canaveris Rodríguez was married to Domingo Nicolás Cabrera Méndez, son of Pedro Cabrera Amat and Vicenta Méndez Tapia, belonging to a traditional Argentine family, descendants of the Spanish Conquistador Don Jerónimo Luis de Cabrera.

The oldest son of Manuel Canaveris and Ángeles Rodríguez, Don Sinforoso Canaveris was a Lieutenant who served in the ranks of the Federal Army. Towards the year of 1840 he integrated in the Batallón de Voluntarios Rebajados of Buenos Aires, a military unit that was led by Joaquín Ramiro.