Marie Eugenia (Pequignot) Goffena (1820 - abt. 1862)

Born 28 Feb 1820 in Frahier-et-Chatebier, France

Ancestors

Wife of Jean Joseph (Schmitt) Smith — married 10 Jun 1837 in Darke County, Ohio, USA

Wife of Peter (Goffinet) Goffena — married 18 Jun 1859 (to May 1862) in Darke County, Ohio, USA

Descendants

Died about 24 May 1862 at about age 42 in Darke County, Ohio, USA

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Biography

When Marie "Mary" Eugenia 'Jane' Pequignot was born on February 28, 1820, in Haute-Saône, Franche-Comté, France, her father, Stanislaus Pequignot, was 33 and her mother, Marie Francoise Griesz, was 33. She married Jean Joseph Schmitt Smith on 10 Jun 1837 in Wayne, Darke, Ohio, USA; they had 12 children together.

On 18 June 1859 she married Peter Goffena in Frenchtown, Darke, Ohio; they had one daughter, Elizabeth, together. She died on May 24, 1862, at the age of 42.

JOSEPH SCHMITT AND MARY EUGENIA PEQUIGNOT WERE FIRST MARRIED BY SAMUEL ENGLISH IN A CIVIL CEREMONY, JUNE 10, 1837 AND THEN A CHURCH CEREMONY, NOV. 23, 1839. JOSEPH SCHMITT WAS ONE OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE PARISH OF ST. VALBERT CHAPEL MARCH 27, 1842, WHEN THE PAPER WAS SIGNED TRANSFERRING THE LAND TO THE DIOCESE IN CINCINNATI. JOSEPH SCHMITT ALSO HELPED BUILD THE HOLY FAMILY CHURCH IN FRENCHTOWN, OHIO. THE FAMILY CHANGED THE NAME SCHMITT TO SMITH SHORTLY AFTER COMING TO THIS COUNTRY. ACCORDING TO THE CENSUS, THE LAST CHILD OF JOSEPH SMITH AND MARY EUGENIA PEQUIGNOT WAS BORN IN 1857. IN 1860, MARY EUGENIA PEQUIGNOT SMITH WAS MARRIED TO PETER GOFFENA AND RESIDING IN PATTERSON TW. THEREFORE THIS INDICATES THAT PETER GOFFENA AND JANE SMITH WERE MARRIED IN 1859 -- JOSEPH SMITH (HER FIRST HUSBAND) DIED, 1857.

Peter Goffena (born Goffinet in Habergy, Belgium in 1809, died in Darke County Ohio, 1872) had four wives and fifteen children. His first wife was Anna Marie Schmitt, the sister of Jean Joseph Schmitt, whose widow, Maria Eugenia (Pequignot), he later married.

Sources

• "Brøderbund Software, Inc., World Family Tree European Origins Vol. E1, Ed. 1 (Name: Release date: September 15, 1997;), Tree #0951; Mong, Ursena and Lois Ann Baker, The Schmitt Family History 1810-1983 (Family History donated to the Garst Museum, Greenville, Ohio), p. 10
• "10 Jun 1837 in the Ohio, Marriages, 1803-1900 to Joseph Smith; Repository Information: Ancestry.com with image [1]"
• "Marnier Family Tree on FamilySearch [2]"
• "New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957, Year: 1830 Ancestry.com with image [3]"
• "1840 United States Federal Census, Year: 1840; Census Place: Neave, Darke, Ohio; Roll: 390; Page: 69; Ancestry.com with image [4]"
• "1850 United States Federal Census, Year: 1850; Census Place: Wayne, Darke, Ohio; Roll: M432_674; Page: Ancestry.com with image [5]"
• "1860 United States Federal Census; Year: 1860; Census Place: Patterson, Darke, Ohio; Roll: M653_956; Page: 558; Image: 562; Family History Library Film: 803956; Repository Information: Ancestry.com with image [6]"
• "U.S., Find A Grave Index, May 1862; Name Marie Eugenie Schmitt Goffena; Birth Date 28 Feb 1820; Birth Place Frahier-et-Chatebier, Departement de la Haute-Saône, Franche-Comté, France; Death Date: 24 May 1862; Death Place: Darke County, Ohio, USA; Burial: Holy Family Cemetery - Darke County, Ohio, USA; Created by: Bubbysgal; Record added: Oct 05, 2011; Find A Grave Memorial 77645063; Repository Information: Ancestry.com without image [7]"
• "1925 - Death of Son, Albert - Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011 [8]"
• "Death of Daughter, 1926, Mary Josephine; "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," Public Board of Health, Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm 1,877,849; Name Mary Josephine Cordell; Event Date 13 Aug 1926; Event Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois; Birth Date 19 Mar 1847; Father's Name: Joseph Smith; Mother's Name: Eugenia Pequignot; Spouse's Name James Cordell; with image at FamilySearch [9]"

Note

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