Has any one heard of the surname Faab?

[JanPennington]

I have been asked to help work the identity of a lady in a portrait.  According to  writing on the back her maiden name is FAAB.  I wondered if anyone had any ideas of where she might be from originally.  I haven't been able to find any thing about the name.
She seems to have ended up in Australia.  I will see if I can get permission to post the picture on the site.
Thanks\Jan

[majm]

Hi Jan,

Is it hand-written?   Is it all in capitals?  If handwritten, with only the initial letter capitalised, is it perhaps Fooh rather than Faab?

JM

[JanPennington]

I think I have managed to attach the portrait correctly and also the writing on the back - there is no evidence that the writing was done at the time the portrait was painted - it was probably dome when the painting was donated to the Museum in 1960's and therefore may not be accurate.
Any comments would be appreciated.
Jan

[JanPennington]

As you can now see from the pictures I have added it is all capitals but I was wondering whether the inscription was added at a later date and could have been copied from handwritten document.  All a bit mysterious as we have been told she is not included in Bracey family bible - someone is trying to contact family if possible for access to the bible if it is still in existence.    The museum has the coral necklace she is wearing.  I think I will have to get someone to check the acquisition records - they are not as detailed as they should be.
Jan

[majm]

Yes, it clearly reads Rebekah Ann  BRACEY nee FAAB

I have typed that into this post in the hope that a family history buff will do a google type search and find this thread, and contact you.

 

JM

[Gadget]

I've found a Mary Ann Rebecca Fabb marrying a Samuel Paxel Bracey, Norfolk, England 14 Jan 1836.

It's the closest on a World search.

Gadget

Added -  not followed it up.

[majm]

  Hi Gadget,   I have had skim look and nought in my NSW offline resources.

http://ryersonindex.org/index.htm  The surname BRACEY brings up around 80 responses ... this is an index of many death/funeral announcements from some/many newspapers mainly east coast of Australia. 

  Hi Janet,  which state for the museum... if New South Wales, I have loads of 19th century offline resources, so will take my time to wander through them 

JM

[Kiltpin]

This site -

http://worldnames.publicprofiler.org/Main.aspx

Gives Faab as coming from Nordrhein-Westfalia in Germany.

Regards
Chas

[hanes teulu]

The marriage register can be viewed on FindMyPast
Samuel Paget Bracey, parish of Gt Yarmouth and Mary Ann Rebecca Nabb (as transcribed), parish of Rollesby, 14 Jan 1846.

Re "Nabb" - looking at the image, don't think it's an "N" - the bride's signature is more like an "F".

But signature is clearly "abb" - double "b" not double "a".

Witness looks like "Georgiana Fabb"?