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Dr. Philip Eduard Faure

Dr. Philip Eduard Faure

Male 1811 - 1882  (71 years)

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  1. 1.  Dr. Philip Eduard FaureDr. 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.

    Notes:

    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]

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


Generation: 2

  1. 5.  Jan Gysbertus Reynier Cambier Faure Descendancy chart to this point (1.Philip1) was born on 15 Jun 1841 in Wynberg, Western Cape, South Africa; died on 11 Oct 1897 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Jan Gysbert Reynier Cambier Faure

    Notes:

    Clerk to Res Magistrate Beaufort West. Served in Magistrates Office,Hopetown (1866). Calvinia. R.M. ladysmith 1876. Interpretor for H.E. Sir Garnet Wolsley in Transvaal in 1874. R.M.Aberdeen, Victoria West, Calvinia, Graaff-Reinet and Cape Town 1894. Kept a mistress.

    Jan married Johanna Catharina Paulina Deneys on 15 Sep 1869 in Wynberg, Western Cape, South Africa. Johanna (daughter of Dirk Gysbert Deneys and Anna Catharina Eksteen) was born on 10 May 1851 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa; died on 26 Mar 1947 in Wynberg, Cape Province, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 10. Anna Cambier Faure  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 3 Oct 1870 in Clanwilliam, Western Cape, South Africa; died on 28 Aug 1943 in Wynberg, Western Cape, South Africa; was buried on 30 Aug 1943 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.
    2. 11. Johanna Aletta Faure  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 21 Oct 1872 in Caledon Downs, Free State, South Africa; died on 17 Oct 1922 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.
    3. 12. Wilhelmina Frances Faure  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 30 Sep 1875 in Caledon, Free State, South Africa; died on 14 Jan 1919 in Braamfontein, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa; was buried in Jan 1919 in Braamfontein, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.
    4. 13. Jessie Ida Faure  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 27 Jul 1877 in Ladismith, Western Cape, South Africa; died in Dec 1877 in Ladismith, Western Cape, South Africa.


Generation: 3

  1. 10.  Anna Cambier FaureAnna Cambier Faure Descendancy chart to this point (5.Jan2, 1.Philip1) was born on 3 Oct 1870 in Clanwilliam, Western Cape, South Africa; died on 28 Aug 1943 in Wynberg, Western Cape, South Africa; was buried on 30 Aug 1943 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: Jul 1943, Dauphine, Main Rd, Wynberg

    Anna married William Frederick Purcell, Dr on 24 Mar 1897 in Wynberg, Western Cape, South Africa. William (son of Walter Patrick Joseph Purcell and Sophia Wilhelmina Jonasina Hertzog) was born on 18 Sep 1866 in Paarl, Western Cape, South Africa; died on 3 Oct 1919 in Constantia, Cape Town, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 14. Frederick Walter Faure Purcell  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 8 Jan 1899 in Good Hope, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 2 Aug 1968.
    2. 15. Olive Margaretha Deneys Purcell  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 29 Jun 1907 in Kensington, London; died in Jan 1994 in Stockport, Cheshire, Lancashire.
    3. 16. William Frederick Hertzog Purcell  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 19 Feb 1911 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa; died on 24 Nov 2002 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA; was buried in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA.

  2. 11.  Johanna Aletta Faure Descendancy chart to this point (5.Jan2, 1.Philip1) was born on 21 Oct 1872 in Caledon Downs, Free State, South Africa; died on 17 Oct 1922 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Birth: 21 Oct 1872, Western Cape, South Africa
    • Death: 1925

    Family/Spouse: Peter Aubrey Smuts. Peter was born in 1884 in Kokstad, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa; died in 1948 in Western Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 12.  Wilhelmina Frances FaureWilhelmina Frances Faure Descendancy chart to this point (5.Jan2, 1.Philip1) was born on 30 Sep 1875 in Caledon, Free State, South Africa; died on 14 Jan 1919 in Braamfontein, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa; was buried in Jan 1919 in Braamfontein, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Wilhelmina Frances Faure
    • Residence: 31 Aug 1901, Alpine Villa, Constantia Road, Plumstead, Cape, South Africa

    Wilhelmina married Alfred Edward Andrew Williamson on 21 Apr 1898 in St John's Church, Wynberg, Western Cape, South Africa. Alfred (son of James Williamson and Emma Mary Parker) was born in 1869 in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia; died in 1933 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa; was buried in 1933 in Braamfontein, Cemetery, Johannesburg, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 17. Arthur Faure Williamson  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 9 Jul 1899 in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa; died on 18 Apr 1968 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.
    2. 18. Ethel Faure Williamson  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 Jun 1901 in Plumstead, Western Cape, South Africa; died in 1983.
    3. 19. Francis Faure Williamson  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 8 Jul 1903 in South Africa; died in 1958 in South Africa.
    4. 20. Kathleen Cambier Faure Williamson  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 9 Jul 1905; died on 27 Nov 1978.
    5. 21. Monica Faure Williamson  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 19 Jul 1908 in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa; died in 1982.


Generation: 4

  1. 14.  Frederick Walter Faure Purcell Descendancy chart to this point (10.Anna3, 5.Jan2, 1.Philip1) was born on 8 Jan 1899 in Good Hope, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 2 Aug 1968.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Baptism: 1 Feb 1899, Good Hope, Eastern Cape, South Africa

    Frederick married Jocelyn Marie Helena de Villiers on 19 Jan 1926. Jocelyn was born on 14 Nov 1900 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa; died on 13 Jul 1985. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 22. Anna Marie de Villiers Purcell  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 9 Jan 1928; died on 14 Jun 1961 in Lesotho.
    2. 23. Andrew de Villiers Cambier Purcell  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 21 Aug 1930 in Manchester, Greater Manchester; died on 19 Jul 1999 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.
    3. 24. Christina Lindsay Deneys Purcell  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 16 Feb 1933.
    4. 25. Oliver Lindsay Deneys Purcell  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 16 Jun 1935; died about 4 Aug 2022.

  2. 15.  Olive Margaretha Deneys Purcell Descendancy chart to this point (10.Anna3, 5.Jan2, 1.Philip1) was born on 29 Jun 1907 in Kensington, London; died in Jan 1994 in Stockport, Cheshire, Lancashire.

    Olive married Ralph Drew Palmer on 21 Nov 1936 in Wynberg, Cape Province, South Africa . Ralph was born in 1900 in Bridgwater, Somerset; died on 24 Mar 1985. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 16.  William Frederick Hertzog Purcell Descendancy chart to this point (10.Anna3, 5.Jan2, 1.Philip1) was born on 19 Feb 1911 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa; died on 24 Nov 2002 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA; was buried in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Departure: Southampton, Hampshire
    • Departure: Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
    • Residence: California, USA
    • Arrival: 15 Sep 1936, New York, USA
    • Occupation: 1937; Architect
    • Departure: Aug 1937, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
    • Arrival: 20 Sep 1937, Southampton, Hampshire
    • Arrival: 30 Sep 1937, New York, USA
    • NaturalizationPetition: 15 Feb 1950, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Naturalization: 9 Feb 1951, California, USA
    • Residence: 1985, Cambridge, MA

    Notes:

    Family/Spouse: Elizabeth "Betty" Runkle. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 26. Anne Cambier Purcell  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 Aug 1944 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA; died on 21 May 1987 in Santa Barbara, California, USA.

  4. 17.  Arthur Faure WilliamsonArthur Faure Williamson Descendancy chart to this point (12.Wilhelmina3, 5.Jan2, 1.Philip1) was born on 9 Jul 1899 in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa; died on 18 Apr 1968 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 23 Aug 1952, 18 Park Mansions, Camp Ground Rd, Rondebosch, Cape Town, South Africa
    • Occupation: 1962, Bloemfontein, South Africa; Judge of Appeal

    Notes:

    Arthur was Head Boy at St John's College, Johannesburg. Arthur served in World War 1 in France for 2 years. He started his career as an Advocate in Cape Town and moved to the Johannesburg Bar in 1941. He was appointed a Supreme Court Judge, Transvaal Division in 1953, Judge President of Natal in 1961 and Judge of Appeal in 1962, a post that he held until his death in 1968. He was highly regarded in legal circles. He was always an excellent provider for all his children.
    On 17.12.1926, at age 27, Arthur married Caroline Mitchel Molteno, in Claremont, Cape Town. They were divorced in 1935. He married again: In 1935, at age 35, Arthur married Erna JHF Templin (* 21.10.1902). Caroline was pressed by her powerful uncles to divorce Arthur after his infidelity (with Erna) during her extended trip to Europe alone in the early 1930s. She never remarried.

    Arthur married Caroline Molteno on 17 Dec 1926 in St Saviours Church, Claremont, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, and was divorced in 1935. Caroline (daughter of John Charles Molteno and Lucy Lindley Mitchell) was born on 6 Oct 1901 in Rondebosch, Cape Town, South Africa; died on 19 Nov 1989 in Mowbray, Western Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 27. Deneys Molteno Williamson  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 9 Oct 1927 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa; died on 17 Sep 1995 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.
    2. 28. Jean Cambier Molteno Williamson  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 12 Dec 1929 in Wynberg, Western Cape, South Africa; died on 10 Jun 2007 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
    3. 29. Carol Margaret Williamson  Descendancy chart to this point

    Arthur married Erna Johanna Helene Frieda Templin in 1935. Erna (daughter of Templin) was born on 21 Oct 1902 in Windhoek, Khomas, Namibia; died on 18 Mar 1989. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 30. Arthur Ewald Williamson  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 25 Feb 1935; died in Jun 1990.
    2. 31. Elizabeth Williamson  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1937.
    3. 32. Joan Marie-Louise Williamson  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 13 Jul 1939; died in Nov 2019 in Oudtshoorn, Western Cape, South Africa.
    4. 33. Andrew Phillip Faure Williamson  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 14 Jul 1942 in South Africa; died on 29 Dec 2020 in Forest Row, East Sussex.
    5. 34. Douglas Templin Williamson  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Jul 1944 in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa; died on 5 Jan 2023 in Glasgow, Scotland.

  5. 18.  Ethel Faure Williamson Descendancy chart to this point (12.Wilhelmina3, 5.Jan2, 1.Philip1) was born on 20 Jun 1901 in Plumstead, Western Cape, South Africa; died in 1983.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Baptism: 31 Aug 1901, Wynberg, Cape Province, South Africa

    Ethel married Thomas Edward Price on 22 Jun 1927 in Wynberg, Cape Province, South Africa. Thomas was born on 9 Dec 1891 in Tarkastad, Cape, South Africa; died on 18 Oct 1966. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 35. Norman Price  Descendancy chart to this point

  6. 19.  Francis Faure Williamson Descendancy chart to this point (12.Wilhelmina3, 5.Jan2, 1.Philip1) was born on 8 Jul 1903 in South Africa; died in 1958 in South Africa.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Baptism: 4 Jul 1904, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa

    Family/Spouse: Gwenyth Muriel Edmonds. Gwenyth was born on 27 Sep 1916 in Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 36. Anne Faure Williamson  Descendancy chart to this point

  7. 20.  Kathleen Cambier Faure Williamson Descendancy chart to this point (12.Wilhelmina3, 5.Jan2, 1.Philip1) was born on 9 Jul 1905; died on 27 Nov 1978.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Departure: Mombasa, Coast, Kenya
    • Arrival: 4 Jul 1929, London

    Kathleen married Ian Shanks on 26 Feb 1945 in Gibraltar. Ian was born on 15 Jan 1904 in South Yarra, Melbourne, Australia; died in 1986 in South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 21.  Monica Faure Williamson Descendancy chart to this point (12.Wilhelmina3, 5.Jan2, 1.Philip1) was born on 19 Jul 1908 in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa; died in 1982.

    Monica married Cyril George Langford Tilney on 10 Jun 1937 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. Cyril was born on 2 Oct 1908 in Swellendam, Cape Province, South Africa; died on 16 Sept 1969. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]



 

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