Sinclair Heritage (1945) the MacGillvarys

Mr and Mrs James MacGillvary in Meskanaw - their home is just visible in the background - up to the eaves in snow that year (hence the memento of the big snow of 1945). The MacGillvarys raised the orphaned Sinclair children in Kirkwall, Orkney and then emigrated to Canada (ahead of the children) to join their relatives (Borwicks) already in Saskatchewan. Jemima MacGillvary was the sister or step-sister of the Sinclair children's mother Jane [Isbister] Sinclair.

Dawson Heritage (c1936)

This is a picture of my father, James Keith Dawson, at the farm at Maple Lake taken in about 1936 (he was born in '31). He looks happy enough for a guy riding a pretend pony - those depression years were tough, what with the splinters and all. He later went on to ride Seafury aircraft for the Canadian Navy - much better than a pony and with bigger guns.