John (McNab) McNabb (1805 - 1908)

Born 8 Jul 1805 in Lake Winnipeg, Rupert's Land

Ancestors

Husband of Jane M (Sanderson) McNab — married 18 Dec 1827 in Red River Settlement, Rupert's Land

Descendants

Died 17 Apr 1908 at age 102 in Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, Canada

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Biography

John McNab (McNabb) was born at Lake Winnipeg circa 1805 to Thomas McNab and Mary, a Saulteaux woman.

John married Jane Margaret Sanderson (daughter of John Sanderson and Isabel Swampy Cree) at St. John's, Red River Settlement on 18 Dec 1827.

He passed away on 17 Apr 1908.

The children of John McNab and Jane Margaret Sanderson include:

1. Sarah McNab b. circa 1829, m. Jean Baptiste Auger (son of Antoine Auger and Marie Madeleine Klyne)
2. Mary McNab b. 16 Jan 1831, m. William Saunders or Sanderson (son of William Saunders or Saunderson and Mary Alder)
3. Margaret McNab b. 24 Feb 1833, m. Peter Smith (son of Jacob Smith and Jane, both indigenous)
4. James McNab b. 25 Dec 1834, m. Catherine Carriere (daughter of Alexis Carriere and Suzanne Ducharme)
5. John McNab b. 1835, m. Mary Wishart (daughter of Thomas Wishart and Barbara Spence)
6. Ann McNab b. 10 Sep 1841, m. James William Knight (son of William Knight and Margaret Cummings)
7. Jane McNab bapt. 30 Nov 1841 (same as above?)
8. Jacob McNab b. 23 Mar 1846, m. Henrietta White

Sources

• Marriage: http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_h1344/3436?r=1&s=2

• Canada, "Census of Manitoba, 1870," database with images. Entry for John McNab, age 65, married; Place of Birth: Lake Winnipeg, Father's Name: Thos McNab, Race: Métis, Parish: Poplar Point, Volume Number: 3, Page Number: 362, Line Number: 1146, Microfilm: C-2170, Reference: MG 9 E3 Manitoba Census Returns, Item Number: 11343. https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1870/Pages/item.aspx?itemid=11343 https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1870&op=img&id=e010985677 Library and Archives Canada (bac-lac.gc.ca : accessed 27 Mar 2023).

• "Canada Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MV6M-M7W : 2 March 2021), John McNabb, High Bluff, Portage la Prairie Rural Municipality, Manitoba, Canada; from "1881 Canadian Census." Database with images. Ancestry. (www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing John Mcnabb, citing Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.

• "Census of Canada, 1891," database with images. Entry for James McNabb, age 86, married; Province: Manitoba, District Name: Lisgar, District Number: 6, Sub-District Name: St. Laurent, Sub-District Number: P, Family Number: 198, Page Number: 42-43, Microfilm: T-6293, Reference: RG31 - Statistics Canada, Item Number: 113928. https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1891/Pages/item.aspx?itemid=113928 https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1891&op=img&id=30953_148095-00285 Library and Archives Canada (bac-lac.gc.ca : accessed 28 Mar 2023).

• "Census of Canada, 1901," database with images. Entry for John Mcnabb, b. 8 Jul 1802, age 98, widowed; Place of Birth: Manitoba, Relationship: Father, Ethnic Origin: Cree I B, Nationality: Canadian, Year of Immigration: 1889, Province: Manitoba, District Name: Selkirk, District Number: 11, Sub-District Name: Posen, Sub-District Number: G, Division Number: 5, Family Number: 7, Page Number: 1, Microfilm: T-6435, Reference: RG31 - Statistics Canada, Item Number: 325959. https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1901/Pages/item.aspx?itemid=325959 https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1901&op=img&id=z000019094 Library and Archives Canada (bac-lac.gc.ca : accessed 27 Mar 2023).

• Canada, "Census of the Northwest Provinces, 1906," database with images. Entry for John McNabb, [age 106], widowed; Relationship: Father, Province: Manitoba, District Name: Dauphin, District Number: 2, District Description: being the electoral district of Dauphin, Sub-District Number: 3, Sub-District Description: Townships 20, 21 in ranges 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 west, Family Number: 153, Page Number: 19, Microfilm: T-18353, Reference: RG31, Statistics Canada, Item Number: 493791. https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1906/Pages/item.aspx?itemid=493791 https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1906&op=img&id=e001201907 Library and Archives Canada (bac-lac.gc.ca : accessed 27 Mar 2023).

• "Genealogy Searches for Unrestricted Records (Deaths)," database. Entry for John McNabb, age 107; Registration Number: 1908-002102, RM Portage La Prairie, 17 Apr 1908. https://vitalstats.gov.mb.ca/Query.php Manitoba Vital Statistics Agency (vitalstats.gov.mb.ca : accessed 28 Mar 2023).

• "Oldest man in Canada dies," Wisconsin Rapids, WI: The Daily Tribune, 29 Apr 1908, p2. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53930486/obituary-for-john-mcnabb (newspapers.com : accessed 28 Mar 2023).

• Sprague & Frye. The genealogy of the first Metis nation : the development and dispersal of the Red River Settlement, 1820-1900. Winnipeg, MB : Pemmican Publications. Table 1: Genealogies of Red River Households. p174. ID 3468: Male head: McNab, John; Race: MET; Faith: [not recorded]; Birthplace: NWT; Date: 1806; Father's ID [not recorded]; Female head: Saunders, Jane; Race: MET; Faith: [not recorded]; Birthplace: NWT; Date: 1810; Father's ID: [not recorded].

• Morin, Gail. Metis Families Volume 8 Martel - Nolin (pp. 150-3). Kindle Edition.