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Antoine Alexandre Faure

Male 1685 - 1736  (51 years)


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  • Name Antoine Alexandre Faure 
    Birth 2 Feb 1685  Orange, Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 25 Jul 1736  Stellenberg, Western Cape, South Africa Find all individuals with events at this location 
    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)
    Person ID I66  Gibbs Family Tree
    Last Modified 3 Feb 2018 

    Father Pierre Faure,   b. Jan 1636, Orange, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1697, Orbe, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years) 
    Mother Justina Pointy,   b. 1 Aug 1653, Courthézon, Orange, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Overleden Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage Jan 1683  Courthézon, Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F197  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Rachel de Villiers,   b. 8 Jul 1694, Franschhoek, South Africa Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Sep 1773, Swellendam, Western Cape, South Africa Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Marriage 30 Aug 1716 
    Children 
     1. Abraham Faure,   b. 17 Aug 1717, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Jul 1792, Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
    Family ID F15  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 9 Jul 2017 

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    Link to Google MapsBirth - 2 Feb 1685 - Orange, Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 25 Jul 1736 - Stellenberg, Western Cape, South Africa Link to Google Earth
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