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J. Cabasie
Active French citizen in British Detroit in the late 1760's.
Joseph Cabassier
Owner of farm on St. Louis near present day 12th and 13th Streets. The farm adjoined Laferte's farm. Second husband of Angelique Bienvenue.
Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, Sieur de Douaguet and Mont Desert
Born: 03-05-1658Died: 10-16-1730
Founder of Fort Ponchartrain (Detroit).
Francois Cadillac
Born: 03-27-170911th child of Cadillac. Born in Detroit.
Jacques Cadillac
Born: 03-16-16954th child of Cadillac. Born in Quebec.
Jean Antoine Cadillac
Born: 01-19-1707Died: 1709
9th child of Cadillac. Born in Detroit.
Joseph Cadillac
13th child of Cadillac.
Judith Cadillac
Born: 16891st child of Cadillac. Born in Port Royal (Annapolis, Nova Scotia)
Magdelene Cadillac
2nd child of Cadillac
Marianne Cadillac
Born: 06-07-1701Died: 1701
6th child of Cadillac. Born in Quebec
Marie Agathe Cadillac
Born: 12-28-170710th child of Cadillac. Born in Detroit.
Marie Therese Cadillac
Born: 02-02-1704Died: 1753
8th child of Cadillac. Born in Detroit. First child baptized in Detroit (Fort Ponchartrain)
Marie Therese (Guyon) Cadillac
Madame
Born: 1671Died: 1740 (1746?)
Wife of Antoine Cadillac. First non-Native American woman in Detroit.
Pierre Denis Cadillac
Born: 06-13-1699Died: 1700
5th child of Cadillac. Born in Quebec.
Rene Louis Cadillac
Born: 03-17-1710Died: 1714
12th child of Cadillac. Was born in Detroit; buried in Quebec.
Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac (II)
Ensign
Born: 04-26-16923rd child of Cadillac. Born in Quebec
Claude Campau
Signed a petition supporting the election of Philip Dejean as judge and justice of Detroit.
Jacques Campau
Held lot #60 of the original 68 land grants Cadillac made to private individuals from March 1707 to June 1710.
Jacques Campau
In 1763, Major Robert Rogers and his men regrouped at Campau's farm after the Battle of Bloody Run. Campau lived on Belle Isle in 1768 when the island was sold to George McDougall.
Jean Bte. Campau
He also served as a notary in British Fort Detroit, serving French settlers there.
Michel Campau
Held lot #18 of the original 68 land grants Cadillac made to private individuals from March 1707 to June 1710.
Simon Campau
Signed a petition supporting the election of Philip Dejean as judge and justice of Detroit.
Donald Campbell
Died: 17631st commandant of Fort Ponchartrain under British rule (12/23/1760).
John Campbell
Lieutenant-Colonel
Fifth official commandant of British Fort Detroit
Guy Carleton
Governor of Canada
Governor of Canada in 1769 through at least 1775 but not beyond 1779.
Jacques Cartier
Born: 1491Died: 1557
Discovered the St. Lawrence River. Claimed the Canadian territory for France.
James Casety
Voted in Detroit's first election in 1768. Sent to Quebec as a prisoner for "sympathizing" with the US during the Revolutionary War.
Lewis Cass
1st High Priest of the Monroe Chapter #1 RAM of the Capitular Masonry.
Jean Casse
Held lot #46 of the original 68 land grants Cadillac made to private individuals from March 1707 to June 1710.
Robert Cavalier, Sieur de LaSalle
Born: 11-21-1643Died: 03-19-1687
Explorer. One-time commander of Fort Frontenac. Founder of Fort Crevecoeur (near present day La Salle, IL). "Discovered" the mouth of the Mississippi. Claimed the Louisiana Territory for France.
Jerome Cavanagh
Mayor
65th Mayor of the City of Detroit (1962-1970).
Catherine Eury (de Parelle) Celoron
Second wife of Pierre Joseph Celoron, ninth commandant of Fort Ponchartrain.
Helen Picote (de Belestre) Celoron
Mother of Pierre Joseph Celoron, ninth commandant of Fort Ponchartrain.
Jean Baptiste Celoron
Father of Pierre Joseph Celoron, ninth commandant of Fort Ponchartrain.
Marie Madeleine (Blondeau) Celoron
1st wife of Pierre Joseph Celoron, ninth commandant of Fort Ponchartrain.
Marie Madeleine Celoron
Daughter of Pierre Joseph Celoron, ninth commandant of Fort Ponchartrain, and Catherine Eury de La Parelle.
Pierre Joseph Celoron, Sieur de Blainville
Died: 04-12-1759Ninth and eleventh official commandant of Fort Ponchartrain.
Chabert
Detroit settler whose estate was the subject of concern due to moneys owed to creditors and the lack of a probate court.
M.H. Chamberlain
Born: 11-05-184241st Mayor of the City of Detroit (1886-1887)
Zachariah Chandler
Born: 12-10-1813Died: 11-01-1879
25th Mayor of the City of Detroit (1851-1852)
Pierre Chantelon
Held lot #21 of the original 68 land grants Cadillac made to private individuals from March 1707 to June 1710.
Marshall Chapin
Born: 02-27-1798Died: 12-26-1838
7th and 9th Mayor of the City of Detroit (1831; 1833). Established Detroit's first drugstore.
Alexis Chapoton
B. Chapoton
Citizen of British Detroit.
Joseph Chapoton
On March 7, 1761, Joseph had a will drawn up in the presence of the notary and witnesses.
Magdelaine Chapoton
Died: 01-05-1763Sister of Joesph Chapoton. Wife of Gabriel Legrand (married around 1758).
Charconacle (Chacornacle?)
Lieutenant
An officer of Cadillac's. Was a member of the Fort Ponchartrain founding party.
Pierre Francois Xavier Charlevoix
Was instrumental in the founding of the Huron Mission in present day Windsor.
Andre Chauvet
Born: 1670Andre Chauvet dit Camiran was born in France around 1670 in the region of Guyenne (now Aquitaine). He was baptized in the church of St-Pierre in the village of Camiran, in the wine-producing ''Entre-Deux-Mers'' area, upstream from Bordeaux on the Garonne river.
Andre was a ''sergent des troupes de la Marine'' when he arrived in Fort Pontchartrain in 1703. There he met Anne Pastourel dit Lafranchise, a young widow with two children, who had been hired as a midwife to Cadillac's wife. Andre and Anne eventually married in Montreal (July 17th 1707) and returned to live in Fort Pontchartrain for a few years. Two sons were born there, Pierre and Andre. The family left sometime between 1711 and 1714 and settled in Trois-Rivieres were Andre became a cabaretier (pub owner). This is a very fitting occupation since the Chauvet family is still in the wine business to this day in the region of Camiran.
Andre, whose surname is sometimes misspelled ''Chovet'' (and was for a long time misspelled ''Chouet'' on this very site), held lot #02 (on Rue Ste. Anne) of the original 68 land grants Cadillac made to private individuals from March 1707 to June 1710.
[A big ''thank you'' goes out to Anne Camirand, Ph.D., a descendant of Andre Chauvet dit Camiran, for providing much of this information and for giving me the correct spelling of the name Chauvet.]
Isidore Chene
Voted in Detroit's first election in 1768.
Louis Antoine Chenonvoizon (Cheauonvouzon?)
Born: 1659Died: 04-27-1707
AKA Quarante Sols (Chenonvoizon is his baptized name). Wyandot (Huron) Chief.
Pierre Chesne
Held lot #01 of the original 68 land grants Cadillac made to private individuals from March 1707 to June 1710.
Daniel Chester
Artist of Russell A. Alger Fountain
Robert Chevalier de Beauchene
A member of Cadillac's Detroit-founding party. Chevalier's adventure were written by a man named le Sage in 1745.
George R. Chittenden
One of thirty leading Detroit citizens deported by General Proctor for criticizing the General's actions during the War of 1812.
James Chittenden
One of thirty leading Detroit citizens deported by General Proctor for criticizing the General's actions during the War of 1812.
Jean Baptiste Chornic
Held lot #45 of the original 68 land grants Cadillac made to private individuals from March 1707 to June 1710.
Cicot
Active French citizen in British Detroit in the late 1760's.
Francois Clairambault, d'Aigremont
Inspector of the western posts. Investigated matter with Bourgmont at Fort Ponchartrain.
James Hill Clark
Trader murdered by Jean Myer at the Maumee River.
William Claus
Major
Interim commandant of British Fort Detroit in 1792.
Albert Cobo
Mayor
63rd Mayor of the City of Detroit (1950-1957).
George Codd
Mayor
46th Mayor of Detroit (1905-1906).
Thomas Colhoon
Was ordered by Henry Boquet to take supplies to and start a trade business in Detroit in 1760. Couldn't comply due to bad weather.
Bonnaventure Compien dit L'Esperance
Held lot #07 of the original 68 land grants Cadillac made to private individuals from March 1707 to June 1710.
John Congsett
One of thirty leading Detroit citizens deported by General Proctor for criticizing the General's actions during the War of 1812.
John Connolly
Was promised command of Detroit at the outbreak of the Revolution - he never assumed the post.
Jean Baptiste Contencineau
Figure of some controversy. Was involved in an arson charge. Was hanged, along with an African-American woman who was sentenced to be his executioner.
Levi Cook
Born: 12-16-1792Died: 12-02-1866
8th and 12th Mayor of the City of Detroit (1832; 1835-1836).
Courcelles
Governor of New France 1669
Frank Couzens
Mayor
59th Mayor of the City of Detroit (1933-1938).
James Couzens
Mayor
50th Mayor of the City of Detroit (1919-1922).
J.B. Craite
Official sent from Quebec in 1780 to appraise the McDougall holdings on Belle Isle.
Ann Crane
Wife of FJB Crane
FJB Crane
Landowner
Croghan
Antoine Crozat
Acting Governor of Louisiana in Cadillac's absence.
Alexis Cuillerier
Man accused of drowning the child of James Fisher in 1763. He was banished from Detroit, then called back when the accusation was proven false.
Abraham Cuyler
Lieutenant
Led a party from Niagara with supplies for Fort Detroit. Were attacked en route by a faction of Pontiac's "army". Cuyler and nearly half of the 96 men escaped.
