Gov John McNab (1755 - 1820) of HBC
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In reply to:
Re: Mary McNab, December 25, 1831, Manitoba
Matthew Hanson 1/21/03
Hi,
I am an indirect Scottish descendant of John McNab living in Scotland. Contrary to what is stated in postings about Mary McNab, he was born in Aberdour, Fife, Scotland on 5th November 1755, NOT near London England (I don't know where this came from as his service sheet with HBC says he was born in "Fifeshire, Scotland"). Be that as it may, I have a miniature of him and donated colour slides and black and white prints of it to the HBC Archive where it is annotated to say I hold the original and it gives my name, an out of date postal address and my email address. I said that I would welcome hearing from any relatives of John McNab and I've now been contacted by four people, 3 of whom were descendants of John McNab and who have given me details of their family trees.
My own relationship to John McNab is that he is referred to in written notes on my family tree as being the uncle of one of my great great grandmothers. I have still to work out which. Judith Hudson Beattie of HBCA sent me copies of various papers relating to John McNab
If any other relatives of John McNab wish to contact me they can email me at [email protected].