Marie Therese Pequignot

Marie Therese Pequignot was born on September 23, 1782 in Chamesol, Doubs, Franche-Comté, France.¹ She was the daughter of Francois Joseph Pequignot and Anne Marie Grosard. She married Luc François Jeanin-Gaume, son of Jean Claude Jeannin-Gaume and Marie Agnès Nedey, on December 27, 1802 in Mambouhans, Doubs, Franche-Comté, France.^2,3

Her married name was Jeanin-Gaume. Origin Of PEQUIGNOT Surname : Pequegnot Or Pequgnot. Diminutive of pequin (= weak in occitan and undoubtedly in other speeches), it is a nickname given to a small man. The name is especially carried in the Haute-Sane and Doubs, and more generally to Franche-Comt, just like the close forms Pequignat, Pequignet, Pequigney, Pequignot.