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Cadillac was born in [[Beauport, Quebec City]], to her parents Elizabeth Boucher and Denis Guyon, the |
Cadillac was born in [[Beauport, Quebec City]], to her parents Elizabeth Boucher and Denis Guyon, the latter a merchant and farmer. Both of her parents died before she turned twenty. It is not known who subsequently took care of her, but it is thought that her two brothers and her uncle may have played a role. On March 8, 1683, she was sent to the [[Ursuline Monastery of Quebec]], where she would remain until April 4, 1684, before returning home in 1685.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wtQzdaSDb-oC&q=First+Lady+of+Detroit:+The+Story+of+Marie-Therese+Guyon,+MME+Cadillac&pg=PA172|title=First Lady of Detroit: The Story of Marie-Therese Guyon, MME Cadillac|last=Bush|first=Karen Elizabeth|date=2001|publisher=Wayne State University Press|isbn=0814329845}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://detroithistorical.org/learn/encyclopedia-of-detroit/cadillac-madame-marie|title=Cadillac, Madame Marie {{!}} Detroit Historical Society|website=detroithistorical.org|access-date=2017-11-14}}</ref> |
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At the age of seventeen, on June 25, 1687, Cadillac married [[Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac]], a French military leader who helped to found the first settlement that would later become the city of [[Detroit]].<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IjMvDwAAQBAJ&q=Marie-Therese+Guyon+Cadillac&pg=PT10|title=Wild Women of Michigan: A History of Spunk and Tenacity|last=Lewis|first=Norma|date=2017-09-04|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=9781439662403}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Great female artists of Detroit|last=Bilek, Suzanne|year=2012|isbn=9781609496715|oclc=806018780}}</ref> The couple lived together in [[Nova Scotia]] for several years.<ref name=":3" /> |
At the age of seventeen, on June 25, 1687, Cadillac married [[Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac]], a French military leader who helped to found the first settlement that would later become the city of [[Detroit]].<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IjMvDwAAQBAJ&q=Marie-Therese+Guyon+Cadillac&pg=PT10|title=Wild Women of Michigan: A History of Spunk and Tenacity|last=Lewis|first=Norma|date=2017-09-04|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=9781439662403}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Great female artists of Detroit|last=Bilek, Suzanne|year=2012|isbn=9781609496715|oclc=806018780}}</ref> The couple lived together in [[Nova Scotia]] for several years.<ref name=":3" /> |
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In 1702, she and a female travel companion became the first white women to travel and reach [[Fort Pontchartrain|Fort Pontchartrain De Troit]], where Cadillac joined her husband who had arrived a year earlier.<ref name=":3" /> While at the fort she engaged in many aspects of managing it, including signing contracts and hiring explorers. She served as the colony's doctor, and when her husband was away played an even larger role in the colony.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> In 1711, Cadillac moved to [[History of Mobile, Alabama|Mobile]], then the capital of Louisiana, after her husband was given a promotion.<ref name=":0" /> Cadillac eventually returned to France, where she lived until her death in 1740.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.michiganwomenshalloffame.org/Images/Cadillac,%20Marie%20Therese%20Guyon.pdf|title=Marie-Therese Guyon Cadillac|website=Michigan Women's Hall of Fame}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=http://historydetroit.com/people/marie_cadillac.php|title=People of Detroit {{!}} Marie Therese Guyon Cadillac|website=historydetroit.com|access-date=2017-11-14}}</ref> |
In 1702, she and a female travel companion became the first white women to travel and reach [[Fort Pontchartrain|Fort Pontchartrain De Troit]], where Cadillac joined her husband who had arrived a year earlier.<ref name=":3" /> While at the fort she engaged in many aspects of managing it, including signing contracts and hiring explorers. She served as the colony's doctor, and when her husband was away played an even larger role in the colony.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> In 1711, Cadillac moved to [[History of Mobile, Alabama|Mobile]], then the capital of Louisiana, after her husband was given a promotion.<ref name=":0" /> Cadillac eventually returned to France, where she lived until her death in 1740.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.michiganwomenshalloffame.org/Images/Cadillac,%20Marie%20Therese%20Guyon.pdf|title=Marie-Therese Guyon Cadillac|website=Michigan Women's Hall of Fame}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=http://historydetroit.com/people/marie_cadillac.php|title=People of Detroit {{!}} Marie Therese Guyon Cadillac|website=historydetroit.com|access-date=2017-11-14}}</ref> |
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Cadillac and her husband generated the bulk of their capital from the fur trade and rent from land grants.<ref name=":0" /> Cadillac used her wealth to help build |
Cadillac and her husband generated the bulk of their capital from the fur trade and rent from land grants.<ref name=":0" /> Cadillac used her wealth to help build La Ville du Détroit into a city she hoped would rival [[Montreal]] and [[New York City|New York]].<ref name=":0" /> She and her husband also started Detroit's first fine arts collection that was displayed in the town's church St. Anne. <ref name=":0" /> |
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She had thirteen children.<ref name=":0" /> |
She had thirteen children.<ref name=":0" /> |
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Revision as of 23:09, 2 August 2022
Marie-Therese Guyon Cadillac (1671–1746) was an American pioneer. She is known as "The First Lady of Detroit."
Biography
Cadillac was born in Beauport, Quebec City, to her parents Elizabeth Boucher and Denis Guyon, the latter a merchant and farmer. Both of her parents died before she turned twenty. It is not known who subsequently took care of her, but it is thought that her two brothers and her uncle may have played a role. On March 8, 1683, she was sent to the Ursuline Monastery of Quebec, where she would remain until April 4, 1684, before returning home in 1685.[1][2]
At the age of seventeen, on June 25, 1687, Cadillac married Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, a French military leader who helped to found the first settlement that would later become the city of Detroit.[2][3][4] The couple lived together in Nova Scotia for several years.[2]
In 1702, she and a female travel companion became the first white women to travel and reach Fort Pontchartrain De Troit, where Cadillac joined her husband who had arrived a year earlier.[2] While at the fort she engaged in many aspects of managing it, including signing contracts and hiring explorers. She served as the colony's doctor, and when her husband was away played an even larger role in the colony.[5][6] In 1711, Cadillac moved to Mobile, then the capital of Louisiana, after her husband was given a promotion.[4] Cadillac eventually returned to France, where she lived until her death in 1740.[5][6]
Cadillac and her husband generated the bulk of their capital from the fur trade and rent from land grants.[4] Cadillac used her wealth to help build La Ville du Détroit into a city she hoped would rival Montreal and New York.[4] She and her husband also started Detroit's first fine arts collection that was displayed in the town's church St. Anne. [4]
She had thirteen children.[4]
Cadillac was inducted into the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame in 1994.[4]
References
- ^ Bush, Karen Elizabeth (2001). First Lady of Detroit: The Story of Marie-Therese Guyon, MME Cadillac. Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0814329845.
- ^ a b c d "Cadillac, Madame Marie | Detroit Historical Society". detroithistorical.org. Retrieved 2017-11-14.
- ^ Lewis, Norma (2017-09-04). Wild Women of Michigan: A History of Spunk and Tenacity. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9781439662403.
- ^ a b c d e f g Bilek, Suzanne (2012). Great female artists of Detroit. ISBN 9781609496715. OCLC 806018780.
- ^ a b "Marie-Therese Guyon Cadillac" (PDF). Michigan Women's Hall of Fame.
- ^ a b "People of Detroit | Marie Therese Guyon Cadillac". historydetroit.com. Retrieved 2017-11-14.