1760 - 1829
John MacNider
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| Birthday |
10th June, 1760
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| Birthplace |
Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
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| Died |
December, 1829
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| Zodiac Sign |
Gemini
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John MacNider (10 June 1760 – 1829) was a Scottish-Quebecer businessman who pioneered the settlement and development of the Seigneuries of Grand-Métis and Métis-sur-Mer, Quebec. He is remembered as a particularly enterprising and visionary Seigneur, "a man with the dreams and ambition to pursue its (Metis's) development and with the means to do so". From nothing, he developed a thriving Scottish community into which he willingly put more money in than he ever took out. Though MacNider died three years before its completion, he played a crucial role in persuading Governor Sir James Kempt to build the road that would connect Métis by land to the outside world. The road became a settlement magnet, and Métis quickly became the principal population centre for the Gaspé region. His second wife, Mrs Angelica (Stuart) MacNider (1764-1829), kept a diary recording early life at Métis, held at the National Archives of Canada. He was the grandfather of The Hon. Félix-Gabriel Marchand, 11th Prime Minister of Quebec.
