Juan de Canaveris
| Juan Antonio Domingo Jugluns de Canaverys | |
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| Official of the Buenos Aires Cabildo | |
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In office 1777–1810 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
Giovanni Antonio Domenico Canaveri 1748 Saluzzo, Piedmont, Kingdom of Sardinia |
| Died | August 22, 1822 Buenos Aires, United Provinces of the River Plate |
| Resting place | |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Political party | Patriot |
| Spouse(s) | Catalina Bernarda de Esparza |
| Occupation |
Government Farmer |
| Profession | Legal |
Juan de Canaveris (or Canaverys) (1748–1822) was an Italian lawyer. He served as accounting officer in the Tribunal de Cuentas de Buenos Aires, during the viceroyalty of Río de la Plata. Canaveris 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 Italian who attended in the Open Cabildo, on May 22, 1810.
Giovanni Antonio Domenico Canaveri was born near the year 1748 in Saluzzo (Principality of Piedmont), during the end of the War of the Austrian Succession. He was son of Gabriel Antonio de Canaveri and Margherita Jugluns, belonging to a noble family from Verzuolo, and whose ancestors and relatives were inhabitants of different points of the territory of the County of Savoy, Kingdom of Sardinia (including Bra and Turin) and County of Provence. Giovanni probably lived and studied in Genoa, in the census of 1807 and 1809 is indicated as of Genoese origin.
Juan Canaveris arrived at Buenos Aires about 1770, in times of the Bourbon Reforms in the Spanish Empire. He married at the Cathedral of Buenos Aires on May 4, 1772, with Catalina Bernarda de Esparza, a lady, daughter of Juan Miguel de Esparza and María Eugenia Sánchez. The wedding between Canaveris and Esparza was performed by the priest José Antonio Acosta, and counted as witnesses to the citizens, Antonio de Espinosa, Sebastiana Esparza and Mariano González, belonging to distinguished families of the city.
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