Archibald McDonald [SEP] date of death
Archibald McDonald
Archibald McDonald (3 February 1790 – 15 January 1853) was Chief Trader for the Hudson's Bay Company at Fort Langley, Fort Nisqually and Fort Colvile and one-time deputy governor of the Red River Colony.
Early life.
McDonald was born in Leechkentium (), Glen Coe, on the south shore of Loch Leven, in Appin, then located in the county of Argyll, Scotland, the last of 13 children born to parents Angus and Mary (née Rankin). His paternal grandfather
of a prominent Métis family. They had thirteen children, and remained together until Archibald's death.
References.
- Biography at the "Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online"
- Archibald McDonald
- "Manitoba Government Archives"
- The Washington Historical Quarterly, Vol. 9 No. 2: "Archibald McDonald: Biography and Genealogy", by William S. Lewis