Here is a bit of background on Cadillac. For one thing he was not Acadian nor did he become Acadian. However, he had been sent to Port-Royal as part of the military. He is believed to have used trading vessels provided by shipowner, François Guyon of Beauport, Québec for whom he worked. Cadillac married Francois’ niece whose family had also settled in Quebec. They had one child in Port-Royal where he was stationed but the rest of their children were born in Quebec and Detroit, the majority of them in Quebec. <<In 1683, his military career took him to Port Royal in New France (now Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada).>> <<In Port Royal, Laumet earned a reputation of being an expert navigator. He is believed to have used trading vessels provided by shipowner, François Guyon of Beauport, for whom Laumet worked>> <<Laumet married Guyon's 17 year old niece, Marie Therese Guyon <http://www.historydetroit.com/people/marie_cadillac.asp> of Quebec on June 25, 1687. The church record of the marriage lists Laumet as: Antoine de la Mothe, Sieur de Cadillac, son of Jean de la Mothe, Sieur de Cadillac, de Launay et de Semontel and Jeanne de Malenfant. From this time forward, Laumet was known as Cadillac. The "Cadillac" portion may have come from a family estate. >> Source: http://www.historydetroit.com/people/antoine_cadillac.asp Lucie LeBlanc Consentino Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home <http://www.acadian-home.org> www.acadian-home.org CMA 2004 - <http://www.cma2004.com/> www.cma2004.com Grand-Pré - <http://www.grand-pre.com/> http://www.grand-pre.com/ <http://www.umoncton.ca/etudeacadiennes/centre/cea.html> www.umoncton.ca/etudeacadiennes/centre/cea.html <http://www.umoncton.ca/etudeacadiennes>