 Faucher's father, a Huguenot, was a member of the French colony in Berlin, where Faucher was educated.In 1845, Faucher married Karoline Sommerbrodt, daughter of a hat-maker from Berlin, with whom he later had a daughter, Lucie, "the greatest joy of his eventful life".In 1844, Faucher got to know John Prince-Smith and became an advocate of Manchester Liberalism.