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Lerena

Pablo Armando / Robert Paul "Bob" Lerena

1882–1950 · Rosario, Rosario Department, Santa Fe Province, Argentina

Born22 FEB 1882, Rosario, Rosario Department, Santa Fe Province, Argentina
Died19 MAR 1950, Newlands, Cape Province, South Africa, Cape Town, City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality, WC, South Africa
CauseCoronary Thrombosis
BuriedMaitland Cemetery Number 1, Cape Town, South Africa
Occupation
Uruguay consultate — Cape Town
Horse Breeder
Ostrich Farmer (Unconfirmed, advised by Sue Taylor)
Horse dealer and trainer
Horse Breeder
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Family

Parents
Roberto Llorensb. 1850tree onlyFrancisca Fernandez Lerenab. 1850tree only
Pablo Armando / Robert Paul "Bob" Lerena22 FEB 1882–19 MAR 1950Lerena
married 3 SEP 1911Mary Septima Taylor1884–1935tree onlymarriedRose Lilian Theys1896–1987tree only
3 children
Rogue Luis Armando Lerena1905–1973tree onlyRicardo Juan Carlos "Bob" Lerena1920–1994tree onlyNuno Fernando Lerena1924–1971tree only
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The mark describes the person, not the link. Of the 7 relatives drawn here, 0 have a document of their own in this archive — but that is not the same as a document tying them to this person. This archive holds no separate proof for most parent–child links; where it does, the note above this chart says so in words.

Where this comes from

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Where this sits in the family

Not on the direct line. They are published because they belong to one of the eight surnames this archive follows.

The register spells this surname more than one way, and the search folds the forms together — so Xubrinich and Žubrinić, Joannis and Ivan, find each other.

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What the tree says that cannot be true →

Events, as the record has them

  • birth22 FEB 1882Rosario, Rosario Department, Santa Fe Province, Argentina
    still need to look through the rosario records herE: https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/film/004098791?cat=208788&i=4&lang=en
  • death19 MAR 1950Newlands, Cape Province, South Africa, Cape Town, City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality, WC, South Africa
    "Grahamstown, Cape Province, South Africa records," images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C913-K98Q-J?view=index : Nov 11, 2024), image 397 of 1704; . 007734658
  • burialMaitland Cemetery Number 1, Cape Town, South Africa
    Plot 7719c
  • event
    He ran from argentina for a communism related reason, but unsubstantiated claims come from family members
  • event
    Friendly with political figures and was the ambassador for Argentina for a while. Although Yvonne Lerena claims it was Uruguay.
  • event
    Pablo had big stables in Cape Town and Gavin Knott was given the job of tying the horse business up after he died. Gavin mentioned he knew nothing about horses. Pablo used to import horses into South Africa from Argentina for the ZA government. He then also brought in some horses for his own stables from there. So, the horseracing went back a long way and Luis was very involved. Cardo and Luis never spoke again. At dad's funeral they spoke as a bit of shoe, that was all but Cardo did go and see Luis of his death bed in hospital. Doreen seemed to think that it was Luis fault. She said he was a
  • event
    He owned a lot of land up around Blouberg area. We do not know what he did. The 3 brothers left Cape Town for Johannesburg in the 1940's. They all lived together in a house in Mayfair. Doreen and Ricardo married in the Mayfair Catholic church. So the 3 brothers were not involved in Pablo's business life from then, and maybe even his personal life ?
  • will1950
    "Cape Province, South Africa records," images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C91Q-MLNR?view=index : Nov 11, 2024), image 120 of 892; .
  • eventArgentina
    He became a soldier in the 6th Cavalry National Guard.
  • event1950
    Record of Death: "South Africa, Transvaal, Civil Death, 1869-1954", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:78S6-Y62M : Sat Mar 09 14:58:43 UTC 2024), Entry for Rieta Maria Lerena and Rogue Louis Armando Lerena, 28 Aug 1937.
  • event1931Cape Town, South Africa
    SUBMISSION: RE: PLANS OF PROPOSED STABLES KOEBERG ROAD, RUGBY RP LERENA. DEPOT KAB | SOURCE 3/CT | TYPE LEER |. VOLUME_NO 4/2/1/3/474 |. SYSTEM 01 |REFERENCE B796 | http://www.national.archsrch.gov.za/sm300cv/smws/sm30ddf0?202506230013505871A780&DN=00000002
  • event1932Cape Town, South Africa
    UNAUTHORISED WOOD AND IRON STRUCTURE, MADEIRA ROAD, RUGBY: RP LERENA. DEPOT KAB |. SOURCE 3/CT |. TYPE LEER | VOLUME_NO 4/2/1/3/515 | SYSTEM 01 | REFERENCE B352 | http://www.national.archsrch.gov.za/sm300cv/smws/sm30ddf0?202506230015155871A780&DN=00000003
  • event1947Cape Town, South Africa
    http://www.national.archsrch.gov.za/sm300cv/smws/sm30ddf0?202506230020065871A780&DN=00000004/1/3/1674 |SYSTEM 01 | REFERENCE B3099 | PART 1 | DESCRIPTION COMPLETION OF HOUSE AND GARAGE. LOT 1202, HOVE ROAD, CAMPS BAY. MR. R LERENA. |.
  • event1950
    DEPOT KAB | SOURCE 3/CT. |. TYPE LEER |. VOLUME_NO 4/2/1/3/1793 |. SYSTEM 01 | REFERENCE B2892 | PART 1 | DESCRIPTION : COMPLETION OF ADDITIONS. MADEIRA STREET, RUGBY. MR. R LERENA. | http://www.national.archsrch.gov.za/sm300cv/smws/sm30ddf0?202506230020085871A780&DN=00000005

Notes carried in the tree

Reproduced as written, minus the automated copy-reference boilerplate. These are what the family and other researchers put down, not what this archive has verified.

"South Africa, Cape Province, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court, 1834-1989," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGK2-5QJ7 : 17 March 2018), Robert Paul Lerena, 1950; citing Probate, Grahamstown, Albany, Cape Province, South Africa, 1950, Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa; FHL microfilm 1,670,259. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C913-K98Q-J?i=396&cc=2517051
is roberto paul and pablo armando the same person? And did they come from Uruguay, as Yvone Lerena recalls they were the uruguayan ambassadors in South africa. Name: Pablo LerenaEvent Type: ImmigrationEvent Place: Buenos Aires, ArgentinaEvent Place (Original): Buenos AiresGender: MaleAge: 27Marital Status: SingleNationality: UruguayoRecord Number: 112Digital Folder Number: 007857705Image Number: 01748Record Number: 16 Citing this Record"Uruguay, listas de pasajeros, 1888-1980," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:768X-B7N2 : 2 November 2019), Pablo Lerena, ; citing Immigration, , , Archivo General de la Nación, Dirección Nacional de Migración (General Archive of the Nation, National Migration), Montevideo; FHL microfilm .

Sources attached in the tree

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