Nuno Fernando Lerena

…There is no photograph of their farm, and this archive does not invent one. This archive was built for David Defranceski , born in Johannesburg, living in Brisbane. It runs backwards from his grandmother Catherine Mary Sophia Booyzen (1929–2013) — who married Nuno Fernando Lerena at St Joseph's, Mayfair, in 1949 — into the north-eastern Cape: to Barkly East and Dordrecht , to Cradock and Graaff-Reinet , and out again to Württemberg , to Soho , and to a County Cork that may or may not be real. It is a public archive with one rule: the living are left out — omitted, not hidden. And a second rule, which is harder: every claim says how well it is known.…

…& H.; married his first cousin once removed 1 Jun 1901, Cape Province 11 Dec 1947, Forest Hill — buried West Park 14 Dec Anna Johanna Maria Pretorius (1906–1944), m. 30 Dec 1924 Vereeniging 2 Catherine Mary Sophia Booyzen orphaned at eighteen; the hinge to the Lerena archive 25 Mar 1929 25 Dec 2013, Johannesburg Nuno Fernando Lerena (1924–1971), m. 15 Jan 1949, St Joseph’s, Mayfair All from the MyHeritage tree Defranceski Family Site (23andMe) , read 9 September 2026. Most dates there carry a FamilySearch citation to Dutch Reformed Church registers or to Cape and Transvaal probate records; those citations are listed on Sources .…

…4795, which is the estate number of his FIRST wife's death notice: the two documents cite each other. The 1905 marriage No children recorded No document read here places a child under this marriage. That is a statement about the records, not about the marriage. Nuno Fernando Lerena & Catherine Mary Sophia Booyzen Nuno 1924 – 1971 · Catherine 25 Mar 1929 – 25 Dec 2013 On whose word a record read here Married 15 January 1949 at St Joseph's, Mayfair — the hinge to the Lerena archive. No children recorded No document read here places a child under this marriage. That is a statement about the records, not about the marriage.…

…reet, Forest Hill 1944 where Anna Johanna Maria Pretorius died of a ruptured extra-uterine pregnancy, aged 37 No. 1, Fifteenth Avenue, Mayfair 1940 where Kathleen Barry died of carcinoma of the uterus, aged 82 — forty years after leaving the Cape St Joseph's Catholic Church, Mayfair 15 Jan 1949 where Catherine Mary Sophia Booyzen married Nuno Fernando Lerena West Park Cemetery, Johannesburg 14 Dec 1947 where George Downing Mountjoy Booyzen was buried, three days after his death 96 James Street, Germiston 1941 where Petrus Jacobus Pretorius died Turf Club Nursing Home 1947 where the second infant, Gertrude Booyzen, lived six hours Brixton Cemetery, Johannesburg 1940 where Kathleen Barry was buried — a fact the tree does not record at all Primrose Ceme…

…The 1942 notice → 30 December 1924 Vereeniging George Downing Mountjoy Booyzen & Anna Johanna Maria Pretorius a record read here A tree nurseryman and a girl of eighteen who were first cousins once removed — the Barry line closing on itself sixty-five years after it left. The cousin marriage → 15 January 1949 St Joseph's, Mayfair Nuno Fernando Lerena & Catherine Mary Sophia Booyzen a record read here Where this archive stops and the Lerena one begins. The line → Three of them are not ordinary 8 July 1901 A wedding under martial law Pretorius and Barry married "in woonhuis D. Schoeman" at Caerlaverock — in the house of a man tried as a Cape Rebel the month before , and witnessed by him.…

…The rebels → Sibling archives Same method, same author: The Defranceski (Istria), The Falco (Arienzo, Campania), The Lerena (Rosario, the Cape, Brisbane).…

…The Documents The Women Sources Gert Johannes Laubeschagne Documented 57 mentions — — Named on the 1902 notice as Anna Francisa Roos's husband, married in community of property. The only son-in-law on the page. Her 1902 death notice Nuno Fernando Lerena Documented 45 mentions 1924 1971 Her husband, married 15 Jan 1949 at St Joseph's, Mayfair.…

…Oct 1874 – 14 May 1940 · Beatrix b. 16 Jun 1889 On whose word a record read here Married at MOSSELBAAI on 5 September 1905, certificate 1318 — he 30 and a jonkman of PRETORIA, she SIXTEEN with her parents consenting.… Everyone …The only son-in-law on the page. Her 1902 death notice Nuno Fernando Lerena Documented 47 mentions 1924 1971 Her husband, married 15 Jan 1949 at St Joseph's, Mayfair.…

…y …line.… Anna Catharina Sleer …irst been the widow of William Pieter… Anna Catharina Sophia Benadie …enburg on 4 November 1894,… Anna Eliezabet Booijsen …ed 77 mentions — — Third of the seven children on the 1891 Sterfkennis, of age by then and not traced since.… Anna Francisa Roos …The only son-in-law on the page. Her 1902 death notice Nuno Fernando Lerena Documented 48 mentions 1924 1971 Her husband, married 15 Jan 1949 at St Joseph's, Mayfair.… Abel Hermanus Gerhardus Lowies …Mary Boo… Adriana Christina Viljoen …Anna Catharina Grobelaar …the forenames do not agree — and this archive has not settled whether they are the same woman.… Anna Catharina Johanna Olivier …father's 1940 estate — and… Anna Catharina Mountjoy …line.… Anna Catharina Sleer …ir…

…who died at BOEKFONTEIN.… Anna Catharina Mountjoy …25 Jul 1820 Aletta Catharina Olivier b.… Anna Catharina Sleer …ptised at Rustenburg on 4 November 1894, son of Petrus Jakobus Booysen and Anna Catharina Sophia Benadie — named for his uncle, who w… Anna Eliezabet Booijsen …isa Roos …The only son-in-law on the page. Her 1902 death notice Nuno Fernando Lerena Documented 40 mentions 1924 1971 Her husband, married 15 Jan 1949 at St Joseph's, Mayfair.… Abel Hermanus Gerhardus Lowies …Mary Boo… Adriana Christina Viljoen …Anna Catharina Grobelaar …the f… Albert Alfred Daschner …n.… Anna Catharina Johanna Olivier… Aletta Catharina Johanna Venter …The household has moved from Burgersdorp to Dordrecht by this baptism.… Alida Jacoba van Ellinckhuizen …This arc…

…Her 1902 death notice Nuno Fernando Lerena Documented 38 mentions 1924 1971 Her husband, married 15 Jan 1949 at St Joseph's, Mayfair.… Abel Hermanus Gerhardus Lowies …Ma… Anna Francisa Roos …ions… Anna Catharina Sleer …irst been… Anna J.…

…Her 1902 death notice Nuno Fernando Lerena Documented 38 mentions 1924 1971 Her husband, married 15 Jan 1949 at St Joseph's, Mayfair.… Abel Hermanus Gerhardus Lowies …M… Anna J.…

…The Documents The Women The Atlas Anna Eliezabet Booijsen Documented 157 mentions — — Fourth on the 1876 notice.…

…etersen.… Anna Catharina Sophia Benadie …f 1894 Documented 39 mentio… Anna Eliezabet Booijsen …The Documents The Women Anna Johanna Maria Booijsen Documented 77 mentions — — Third of the seven children on the 1891 Sterfkennis, of age by then and not traced since.… Anna Francisa Roos …The only son-in-law on the page. Her 1902 death notice Nuno Fernando Lerena Documented 48 mentions 1924 1971 Her husband, married 15 Jan 1949 at St Joseph… Anna Francisa Roos …s …Mary Booyzen …Mary Booyzen Documented 44 mentions 1914 buried 23 Jan 1914, Brixton — D.R.… Adriana Christina Viljoen …whether they are the same woman.… Anna Catharina Johanna Olivier …father's 1940 estate — and… Anna Catharina Mountjoy …The Documents Home Open Questions… Anna Catharina Sleer …ir…

…e.… Anna Catharina Sleer …irst been the widow of William Pietersen.… Anna Catharina Sophia Benadie …f 1894 Documented 36 mention… Anna Eliezabet Booijsen …ed 73 mentions — — Third of the seven children on the 1891 Sterfkennis, of age by then and not traced since.… Anna Francisa Roos …The only son-in-law on the page. Her 1902 death notice Nuno Fernando Lerena Documented 46 mentions 1924 1971 Her husband, married 15 Jan 1949 at St Joseph's, Mayfair.… Abel Hermanus Gerhardus Lowies …Mary Boo… Adriana Christina Viljoen …1940 estate Namesakes Anna Cath… Albert Alfred Daschner …an… Anna Catharina Johanna Olivier …N in the Transvaal.… Abel… Anna Catharina Mountjoy …ocumented 81 mentions 5 Aug 1852,… Anna Catharina Sleer …phia Benadie …f 1894 Documented 33 m…

…The Documents The Women Sources Gert Johannes Laubeschagne Documented 51 mentions — — Named on the 1902 notice as Anna Francisa Roos's husband, married in community of property. The only son-in-law on the page. Her 1902 death notice Nuno Fernando Lerena Documented 47 mentions 1924 1971 Her husband, married 15 Jan 1949 at St Joseph's, Mayfair.… Abel Hermanus Gerhardus Lowies …Mary Booyzen …Mary Booyzen Documented 44 mentions 1914 buried 23 Jan 1914, Brixton — D.R. section, grave 2472 SIX MONTHS OLD — not “0 days”, which is what the index says and what this archive printed for an afternoon.…

…Her 1902 death notice Nuno Fernando Lerena Documented 46 mentions 1924 1971 Her husband, married 15 Jan 1949 at St Joseph… Anna Francisa Roos …s …Mary Booyzen …Mary Booyzen Documented 43 mentions 1914 buried 23 Jan 1914, Brixton… Anna Eliezabet Booijsen …Her son-in-law B. J. van den Berg signed it. The Documents The Women The Atlas Anna Eliezabet Booijsen Documented 157 mentions — — Fourth on the 1876 notice.…

…ustenburg on 4 November 1894, son of Petrus Jakobus Booysen and Anna… Anna Catharina Sophia Benadie …cuments The Women Anna Johanna Maria Booijsen Documented 73 mentions — — Third of the seven children on the 1891 Sterfkennis, of age by then and not traced since.… Anna Francisa Roos …The only son-in-law on the page. Her 1902 death notice Nuno Fernando Lerena Documented 46 mentions 1924 1971 Her husband, married 15 Jan 1949 at St Joseph… Anna Johanna Maria Booyzen (Vermaak) …David Schalk Booijsen and Adriana Christina Viljoen, and named for her grandmother ANNA MARIA VAN DER MERWE — the second document in this archive to carry that name forward.… Albert Alfred Daschner …e by then and not traced since.… Anna Francisa Roos …The only son-in-law on the pa…

…& H.; married his first cousin once removed 1 Jun 1901, Cape Province 11 Dec 1947, Forest Hill — buried West Park 14 Dec Anna Johanna Maria Pretorius (1906–1944), m. 30 Dec 1924 Vereeniging 2 Catherine Mary Sophia Booyzen orphaned at eighteen; the hinge to the Lerena archive 25 Mar 1929 25 Dec 2013, Johannesburg Nuno Fernando Lerena (1924–1971), m. 15 Jan 1949, St Joseph’s, Mayfair All from the MyHeritage tree Defranceski Family Site (23andMe) , read 9 September 2026.… The documents …Left: a boy of about seven in a pleated tunic and wide collar — Dirk Jacobus Pretorius (b. 8 June 1902). Centre: Petrus Jacobus Pretorius (1878–1941), the stock farmer.…

…, indexed twice.… Anna Catharina Sophia Benadie …for his uncle, who w… Anna Eliezabet Booijsen …terfkennis, of age by then and not traced since.… Anna Francisa Roos …The only son-in-law on the page.… Anna J.… Anna Johanna Maria Booyzen (Vermaak) …ocumented 70 mention… Anna Francisa Roos …noon.… Anna Catharina Sleer …Her 1902 death notice Nuno Fernando Lerena Documented 40 mentions 1924 1971 Her husband, married 15 Jan 194… Anna Francisa Roos …section, grave 2472 SIX MONTHS OLD — not “0 days”, which is what the index says and what this archive printed for an afternoon.… Anna Catharina Sophia Benadie …abeth de Beer 1754 –… Catherine Maria Sophia “Kathleen” Barry …t household at the 1841 census, and the youngest of the three women there. AND SHE MARRIED…

…The hinge to the Lerena archive, and the starting point of this one.…

…A n Anna Eliezabet Booijsen Fourth on the 1876 notice.… Anna Catharina Sophia Benadie …ooijsen Documented 73 mentions — — Third of the seven children on the 1891 Sterfkennis, of age by then and not traced since.… Anna Francisa Roos …The only son-in-law on the page.…

…& H.; married his first cousin once removed 1 Jun 1901, Cape Province 11 Dec 1947, Forest Hill — buried West Park 14 Dec Anna Johanna Maria Pretorius (1906–1944), m. 30 Dec 1924 Vereeniging 2 Catherine Mary Sophia Booyzen orphaned at eighteen; the hinge to the Lerena archive 25 Mar 1929 25 Dec 2013, Johannesburg Nuno Fernando Lerena (1924–1971), m.… Disputed …Resolved RESOLVED. His 1845 death notice (estate 7698) and his gravestone both give 1 December 1844, and neither his notice nor his widow’s 1867 notice lists a Julia. Reject the child, keep the date. The same two documents also drop KEETOR PETER BENJAMIN KOLBE, whom the tree gives a 1840 birth — he is in neither list.…

…irect line, argued on the line from a record this archive has read inferred, not stated from the family tree, unverified All 12 relationships shown are written in a record this archive has read. 194… Catherine Mary Sophia Booyzen …– 1944 record Catherine Mary Sophia Booyzen 25 Mar 1929 – 25 Dec 2013 generation 2 — see the spine → married Nuno Fernando Lerena 1924 – 1971 record 7 siblings Willem Hermanus “Willy” Booyzen 15 Oct 1925 – 1996 Margaretha Wilhelmina Elizabeth “Maggie” Booyzen 14 Oct 1926 – 1966 Anna Johanna Maria Booyzen (Vermaak) 12 Oct 1930 – deceased Georgina Jeanette Booyzen (Boshoff) 22 Sep 1932 – deceased Petrus Jacobus “Piet” Booyzen 10 Jan 1934 – 2003 Gertrude Elizabeth Booyzen 11 May 1946 – 15 May 1946 Gertrude Booyzen 11 May 1947…

…The Documents The Women Sources Gert Johannes Laubeschagne Documented 51 mentions — — Named on the 1902 notice as Anna Francisa Roos's husband, married in community of property. The only son-in-law on the page. Her 1902 death notice Nuno Fernando Lerena Documented 47 mentions 1924 1971 Her husband, married 15 Jan 1949 at St Joseph's, Mayfair.… Anna Francisa Roos …Parents Matthys Roos d. bef. 1892 record Charlotta Elizabetha Dormehl c.…

…bef. 1892 record Charlotta Elizabetha Dormehl c.…