1882 The world
The Argentine Stud Book is created by the Jockey Club on 30 June - the year he was born.
on Turf histories. A coincidence, recorded as one.
1882–1950 · 18 fixed points
The Timeline
Every dated thing this archive can stand behind, in order, with the record it rests on — and the handful of world events that explain why a Rosario horseman was at the Cape at all.
From Rosario to Newlands
18 fixed points · 1882–1950
22 February Life
Pablo Armando Lerena born at Rosario de Santa Fe.
on His own Argentine passport, 1940; corroborated by "Clase de 1882" on the army enrolment card.
October The world
The South African War begins. Roughly 360,000 horses are shipped into the country; Argentina is one of the main sources.
on Remount-trade histories. He was 17.
31 May The world
The war ends. About 600 Afrikaners emigrate to Argentina - the traffic ran both ways.
on Argentina-South Africa relations.
25 November Life
His eldest son Roque Luis Armando is born at Cape Town.
on Corpus Christi Wynberg baptism register, 1911.
1908 Document
He enrols for Argentine military service at the CAPE TOWN consulate. The card names his father and mother.
on Ficha de enrolamiento, Cajon 985 (Lera), image ark 3:1:3QHK-MQL4-NQWN.
12 June Document
Roque, born 1905, is baptised at Corpus Christi, Wynberg - three months before his parents' wedding.
on The baptism register, naming both parents.
3 September Document
He marries Mary Septima Taylor at St Dominic's, Wynberg. He is a HORSE-DEALER of Diep River; both are single; both sign their own names.
on Cape Province marriage register no. 160, ark 1:1:88RY-GF3Z.
1915 Document
Guardia Nacional, 6th Cavalry - the service the 1908 card enrolled him for.
on Annotation on the 1940 passport.
6 January Life
Ricardo JUAN CARLOS Lerena born at Claremont, Cape - carrying his Argentine grandfather's name.
on Named with this exact date in the 1950 estate.
6 October Life
Nuno Fernando Lerena born at Wynberg, Cape. David's grandfather.
on Named with this exact date in the 1950 estate.
1931 Document
Plans lodged for STABLES at Koeberg Road, Rugby.
on Cape Town municipal file, KAB 3/CT 4/2/1/3/474 B796.
15 November Life
Mary Septima dies at 34 Florence Road, Observatory, aged 51. Buried Maitland, grave 7719A.
on Cape Province civil records; Maitland interment register p.3215 entry 163.
November Document
Two of his sons appear in the LDS South African Mission church census - Ricardo at Claremont, Nuno at Wynberg.
on LDS Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960.
24 December Document
Argentine passport Serie A No. 07962, issued at Cape Town on Christmas Eve. Profession: Trainer. Widower. A scar on the forehead.
on The passport itself, in the family's papers.
10 September The world
Argentina and South Africa establish diplomatic relations - thirty-nine years AFTER the Cape Town consular office enrolled him.
on Argentina-South Africa relations.
19 March Life
He dies at 7 Forth Road, Newlands, of coronary thrombosis. Registered as "Robert Paul LERINA", Race Horse Owner, widower.
on Union of South Africa death certificate A 214036, entry W612/50.
1950 Document
Estate: gross 15,527 pounds 15s - about half a million today - including a claim for 26 pounds of CARROTS.
on First and Final Liquidation and Distribution Account, MOOC 6/9/17017.
Nothing of that kind.
The gap that shapes the page. Between his birth at Rosario in 1882
and his eldest son’s birth at Cape Town in 1905 there are twenty-three years with
nothing in them — and the only plausible bridge this archive has found is the
remount trade of 1899–1902. The horses →