Before founding Detroit and becoming a foot in mouth Cajun governor, Cadillac was an Acadian, being at least the second former resident of Acadia to settle in Louisiana.

As Lucie has already pointed out, Cadillac was not really an Acadian, but a military man who served in Port Royal. I suppose most Cajuns would not consider him a Louisiana settler either, since he only remained 3 years until his recall. Regarding the Cadillac family estate in France, it is located in the region of Aquitaine on the Garonne river in south-eastern France. According to my 1991 Petit Larousse, the city's population is 33410, and occupies an area 2961 hectares. (This converts to 7316 acres). It shows on my map some 20 miles upstream (south-east) of the city of Bordeaux. Had a fort in the 14th century, a "Chateau" from the beginning of the 17th. Main industry is production of wine. When Lucie says he "spent his last years in Gascony" this was probably on the family estate since the city of Cadillac is located in the ancient dukedom of Gascony. Regards, Maurice http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=maurice_a_l ----- Message d'origine ----- De : Elton Oubre À : ACADIAN-CAJUN-L@rootsweb.com Envoyé : vendredi 16 janvier, 2004 21:53 Objet : [ACADIAN-CAJUN] Cadilac Before founding Detroit and becoming a foot in mouth Cajun governor, Cadillac was an Acadian, being at least the second former resident of Acadia to settle in Louisiana.