Dr. Philip Eduard Faure

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Dr. Philip Eduard Faure (February 1, 1811, Stellenbosch - December 7, 1882) was the first minister of the Dutch Reformed Church Wynberg, where he worked for 48 years, four times moderator of the Dutch Reformed Church's Cape Synod and six times actuator or assessor of the same body. Wynberg was his only congregation.

Faure left in 1828 after Utrecht for theological study. On December 7, 1834, he was confirmed as Wynberg's first teacher and served the congregation until his death on December 7, 1882. It was his eldest brother, Dr. Abraham Faure, who founded the congregation five years earlier on September 20, 1829, when he led the first religious practice on the farm De Onder Schuur, later the state president's home Westbrooke (currently Genadendal).

The Church gives him and dr. William Robertson commissioned in 1848 to visit the Voortrekkers in the Transgariep and to strengthen them spiritually. The two church leaders lie about 3,000 miles (4,800 km). On November 25, 1848, they founded the congregation of Smithfield as the third congregation in the later Free State, and the congregation in Bloemfontein continued to emerge the same year. The successful journey has done much to improve the tense relationship between the Voortrekkers and the Mother Church in the Cape Colony. The Free State town of Fauresmith, where the NG congregation Fauresmith was also founded in 1848, was named after Faure and Governor Sir Harry Smith when it was founded in 1850.

From 1850 on, Faure appeared as editor of the annual Church Almanac. He also founded the Theological Seminary in Stellenbosch in 1859.

At Wynberg he strives for the spiritual processing and education of the colored population. This leads to the establishment of a separate missionary congregation, which merged with the Wynberg congregation in 2008.

Faure has held numerous leadership positions in the church thanks to his ingenuity, versatility and business acumen. His sermons, speeches and writings have also been published. He was the first moderator of the Cape Synod in 1847, when he was only 36 years old. In 1857, 1863 and 1873 he held this post again.



Personal life and origin
Faure was the eleventh and last child of Jacobus Christiaan Faure and Aletta Hendrina (born Blanckenberg). Four of their children died young. Their second child and first son were dr. Abraham Faure, who was a teacher of the Dutch Reformed Church Cape Town for 45 years. The latter linked his youngest brother on January 12, 1835 at Wynberg to Anna Wilhelmina Cambier (whose mother was also a Blanckenberg). Eight children were born from marriage: Wilhelmina Hendrina (born 1835), Jacobus Christiaan (1837), Aletta Hendrina (1839), Jan Gijsbertus Reijnier Cambier (1841), Philibert Carel Gerard (1844), Maria Cornelia (1845), Abraham Iodocus Heringa (1847) and Philip Carel Dirk (1849).

Abraham and Philip Eduard's grandfather, Abraham, was the son of the ancestor of the family in South Africa. He was born on 17 August 1717 and died on 22 July 1792 in Stellenbosch. From his marriage to Anna Maria Wium (September 30, 1731 to 1811, Philip Eduard's birth year), seven children were born, of which Abraham and Philip Eduard's father, Jacobus Christiaan, was sixth.

Faures' ancestor, Antoine Alexandre, was born in Orange on 2 February 1685 and died in 1736 in Stellenbosch. He fled to Prussia in 1703 because of his persecution because his grandfather Phillipe accepted the Reformed faith. From Prussia he settled in the Cape. His wife and the father-in-law of the Faures were Rachel de Villiers (1694 to 1773). They had seven children, of which Abraham sr. was the oldest.

Philip married Anna Wilhelmina Maria Cambier on 12 Jan 1835 in Wynberg, Western Cape, South Africa. Anna (daughter of Jean (Jan) Cambier and Wilhelmina Hendrina Blankenberg) was born on 17 Apr 1815 in Wynberg, Western Cape, South Africa; died on 30 Aug 1875 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa; was buried in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Wilhelmina Hendrina Faure was born on 9 Nov 1835 in Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa.
2. Jacobus Christiaan Faure was born on 6 Aug 1837; died on 6 Jul 1838.
3. Aletta Hendrina Faure was born on 8 Apr 1839 in Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa.
4. Jan Gysbertus Reynier Cambier Faure was born on 15 Jun 1841 in Wynberg, Western Cape, South Africa; died on 11 Oct 1897 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.
5. Philibert Carel Gerard Faure was born on 16 Jun 1844 in Wynberg, Western Cape, South Africa; died on 18 Dec 1844.
6. Maria Cornelia Faure was born on 1 Sep 1845; died on 28 Aug 1847.
7. Abraham Jodocus Heringa Faure was born on 19 Oct 1847; died in Switzerland.
8. Philip Carel Dirk Faure was born on 14 Nov 1849; died on 20 Nov 1885.

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]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 18 Nov 1781, Good Hope, Eastern Cape, South Africa

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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]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Johannes Gysbertus Blanckenburg
• Baptism: 10 Oct 1784, Good Hope, Eastern Cape, South Africa
• Baptism: 25 Mar 1787, Good Hope, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Johannes married Maria Cornelia van Niekerk on 13 Dec 1767 in South Africa. Maria (daughter of Bernardus Barend van Niekerk and Aletta Hendrina van den Heuvel) was born on 27 Jul 1749 in Paarl, Western Cape, South Africa; died on 17 Oct 1787 in South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Maria Cornelia van Nieuwkerk
• Baptism: 23 Sep 1753, Good Hope, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Other Events and Attributes:

• Death: 1763

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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]

Pieter married Anna de Hasse on 12 Aug 1725 in Dutch Reformed Church, Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa. Anna (daughter of Guillaume de Hasse and Marie Catrina Durier) was born in 1705 in Vollenhove, Brederwiede, Overijssel, Netherlands; died in Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1725, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

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Died:
Age: 42

Hendrik married Johanna Le Febre on 6 Sep 1739 in South Africa. Johanna (daughter of Gysbert Le Febre and Catharina van der Sande) was born on 14 Aug 1718 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa; died on 16 Dec 1785 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died:
Age: 80

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 20 Jan 1709, Stellenbosch, Cape Of Good Hope, South Africa
• Residence: 1740, Western Cape, South Africa; Farm with 7 slaves, 200 sheep, 7000 vines

Bernardus married Aletta Hendrina van den Heuvel on 29 Jul 1746 in Paarl, Cape Province, South Africa. Aletta (daughter of Nicolaas van den Heuvel and Maria Seegers) was born on 25 Feb 1725 in South Africa; died on 9 May 1767 in Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 25 Feb 1725, Stellenbosch, Cape Province, South Africa