Antoine Fazy
Antoine Fazy was a Protestant industrialist in Geneva who played a central role in establishing the city's printed cotton industry. He was granted resident status in 1702.
Biography
Antoine Fazy was born around 1681, the son of Daniel Fazy and Marguerite Vasserot, originally from Saint-Véran. He married three times: first to Priscille Du Pouy, a refugee, in 1704; second to Suzanne Bouverot in 1718, daughter of Jean Bouverot, a canvas bleacher and refugee from Pont-de-Veyle; and third to Clermonde Rousseau, a citizen of Geneva and aunt of Jean-Jacques Rousseau.In 1701, Fazy entered the indiennes printing factory at Eaux-Vives that had been established ten years earlier by his uncle Daniel Vasserot. In 1710, he created his own factory at Pâquis, which would later be taken over by his second son, Jean-Salomon Fazy. In 1728, his eldest son, Jean Fazy, founded a factory at Bergues in Saint-Gervais.
He was the grandfather of Jacques Peschier, a Swiss pharmacist and chemist.