Mctavish

Simon Mc Tavish - American Fur Trade
... Having found an apprentiship with a Scots merchant at New York, McTavish recognized the opportunities offered by the fur trade ... Over the next few years, McTavish prospered in the trading of furs, and in 1773, with a new partner, James Bannerman, he extended his operations to Grand Portage on Lake Superior ... fur trade rendezvous, while other American traders concentrated on the south and west, McTavish understood that he would have access to fur pelts that were found in much greater quantity and were of better ...

Clan Mac Tavish - History - Sale of Dunardry
... In 1797 Dunardry was purchased by Simon McTavish of Montreal, from Stratherrick, Invernesshire ... Simon McTavish was born of the Garthbeg branch of the family and at this time was probably the richest man in Canada ... Lachlan's son John George McTavish soon became a fur trader with the North West Company under Simon's patronage ...

Simon Mc Tavish - Montreal
... In the meantime, the Americans had withdrawn from Canada, and McTavish transferred his operations to Montreal ... owned 37.5% of the company's shares and upon the death of Benjamin Frobisher in 1787 McTavish became the man in charge of the business ... of the company a few months later saw the shrewd McTavish gain control of eleven of the company's twenty shares ...

Graham Mc Tavish
... Graham McTavish (born 1961) is a Scottish television, film, and voice actor ... McTavish has also had many supporting roles in British dramas and films such as Casualty, Jekyll, The Bill, Taggart and Sisterhood ... McTavish provided the voice and motion capture work for the evil psychopath war criminal Zoran Lazarevic in Uncharted 2 Among Thieves, the voice of the main ...

Mc Tavish - See Also
... École McTavish Junior High Public School McTavish reservoir McTavish Street Waldo McTavish Skillings (1906–1981), politician and insurance agent This page or section lists people with the surname McTavish ...