(died 1811), fur trader. Born in Scotland. Parents: Donald McGillis and his wife Mary McDonell. We may guess that as the son of GC settlers he had at least some first-hand acquaintance with GC. He joined the North West Company, and in 1805 was a clerk in its service at Fort Dauphin. He had four children by an Indian wife. Relatively little is known about him. In the life of his nephew the surveyor John McGillis, Angus is said to have “settled in St. Paul,” Minnesota, after his marriage, but if so, there appears to be no mention of him in the early records of the St. Paul area. He was the brother of Hugh McGillis; for other family relations among the McGillises, see the entry for his father.

Wallace (this is the main source; the entry in MDict is substantially the same as that in Wallace) * family history in life of John McGillis, land surveyor, OLS No. 50 (1935) 94-95 * rmessage April 1999 from the Minnesota Historical Society re lack of evidence connecting McGillis and the St. Paul area