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.