Pierre Faure: Gibbs Family Tree

Gibbs Family Tree

1636 - 1697 (60 years)

Generation: 1

Pierre Faure was born in Jan 1636 in Orange, France; died in 1697 in Orbe, Switzerland.

Notes:

Being persecuted on account of his religion, upon the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes by Louis XIV, in 1685, he fled from Orange, where he was established as a merchant in the Netherlands. When peace was re-established, consequent upon the Treaty of Ryswick, he returned to the Principality Orange; but, war having broken out anew, he left his native country a second time in 1703 and settled in Orbe in Switzerland.

Family/Spouse: Jeanne or Marie Soulier. Jeanne was born in St Restitut in Dauphiné, Drome, France; died in 1683 in Orange, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Pierre married Justina Pointy in Jan 1683 in Courthézon, Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. Justina was born on 1 Aug 1653 in Courthézon, Orange, France; died in Overleden. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

2. Antoine Alexandre Faure was born on 2 Feb 1685 in Orange, Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France; died on 25 Jul 1736 in Stellenberg, Western Cape, South Africa.
3. Frederick Faure died about 1685.

Generation: 2

Antoine Alexandre Faure

(1.Pierre¹) was born on 2 Feb 1685 in Orange, Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France; died on 25 Jul 1736 in Stellenberg, Western Cape, South Africa.

Other Events and Attributes:

Death: 1763

Notes:

He is the progenitor of the FAURE’s of South Africa and elsewhere (as some members emigrated from South Africa).

He was born in 1685, the year of the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes, in the town of Orange, Principality of Orange, France. He fled Orange with his parents in 1686, returned with them later, only to flee again to the Netherlands, from where he emigrated to South Africa in 1714. He was a Teacher and married the daughter of another French Protestant refugee to South Africa, Rachel DE VILLIERS (1694-1773)

Antoine married Rachel de Villiers on 30 Aug 1716. Rachel (daughter of Abraham de Villiers and Susanna Gardiol) was born on 8 Jul 1694 in Franschhoek, South Africa; died on 2 Sep 1773 in Swellendam, Western Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

4. Abraham Faure was born on 17 Aug 1717 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa; died on 22 Jul 1792 in Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa; was buried on 25 Jul 1792 in Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa.

Generation: 3

Abraham Faure

(2.Antoine², 1.Pierre¹) was born on 17 Aug 1717 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa; died on 22 Jul 1792 in Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa; was buried on 25 Jul 1792 in Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa.

Notes:

Abraham married Anna Maria Wium on 29 Aug 1756 in Stellenberg, Western Cape, South Africa. Anna (daughter of Pieter Wium and Anna de Hasse) was born on 30 Sep 1731 in Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa; died on 14 Aug 1811 in Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

5. Jacobus Christiaan Faure was born on 28 Jul 1769 in Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa; died on 13 Sep 1834 in Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa.
6. Philip Eduard Faure was born on 29 Jul 1773 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa; died on 26 May 1822 in Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa.

Generation: 4

Jacobus Christiaan Faure

(4.Abraham³, 2.Antoine², 1.Pierre¹) was born on 28 Jul 1769 in Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa; died on 13 Sep 1834 in Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa.

Jacobus married Aletta Hendrina Blankenberg on 30 Aug 1793 in South Africa. Aletta (daughter of Johannes Gysbert Blankenberg and Maria Cornelia van Niekerk) was born on 27 Nov 1772 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa; died on 8 Nov 1839 in Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

7. Dr. Philip Eduard Faure was born on 1 Feb 1811 in Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa; died on 7 Dec 1882 in Wynberg, Western Cape, South Africa.