Nationality Argentine Spouse(s) María Ana Bayá Profession Legal Party Federales | Political party Federales Occupation Governmentfarmer Religion Catholicism | |
Full Name Joaquín Joseph León Canaveris Esparza Died 1840, Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
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. 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).
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Biography
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. His cousin or relative Martín Esparza, friar of Santo Domingo, was killed, during the assault of British troops to the convent. In 1809 Canaveris was promoted to Second Lieutenant of artillery in the battalion of Tercio de Vizcaínos.
Canaveris began working on administrative tasks in the Cabildo, and after the Declaration of Independence, he was appointed Alcalde in the neighborhood of San Nicolás, populated largely by traders of British and American origin. During his term as alcalde had sent to jail to Joseph Thwaites, a famous English merchant, who had been accused of debts. The alcaldes fulfilled police functions, they were armed with carbines and also they used bowie knives.
In 1816, Joaquín Canaveris had working at the consulate of Río de la Plata, in replacement of Juan Antonio Zemborain. That same year he adheres to Argentine Federalism. Canaveris had also served as conciliator, 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.
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.
Family
His parents were Juan Canaveris and Catalina Bernarda de Esparza. 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, husband of María Juana Wright, (sister of Agustín Wright). According to another advertisement from the same newspaper, he lived between Colegio and San Francisco. In 1825, Canaveris moved with his family to the city of San Isidro, place where he had his Hacienda.
Canaveris and his wife had several children, one of them was Joaquín Canavery Bayá (relative-in-law of Miguel Duffy), was one of the first settlers the town of Carmen de Areco, where served as a municipal officer. In 1857, Canavery Bayá was appointed Judge of Peace by Dalmacio Vélez Sársfield, Commissioner of government of the province of Buenos Aires. He continued to occupy municipal posts in the late 1880s. The wife of Joaquín Canavery, doña María Cevallos, served as teaching in the town, granddaughter of Ramón Blanco, alcalde of Areco in 1814. His daughter Elvira Canaveri Cevallos, was married to Baldomero Lamela, a military who had participated in the Paraguayan War and the Conquest of the desert.
His grandson, 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. Adolfo was brother of Arturo Canaveri, one of the first settlers of Lincoln (Buenos Aires Province).
Joaquín Canaveris had three daughters: María Rosa (1822-1823), Faustina Canavery Bayá, married to Captain Fermin Saraví, son of Colonel Bartolomé Saravi, an distinguished Argentine military who had participated in the War of Independence. And Isolina Canavery Bayá, wife of Nicolás Ugarteche, nephew of José Francisco de Ugarteche, a prestigious lawyer and politician of Paraguayan origin. Joaquín was brother-in-law Fernando López Linera (husband of María Antonia Canaveris), a trader dedicated to exporting leather. In 1817, Linera served as alcalde de "barrio".
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.