Florence Helena McGillivray was born in Pickering Township in Ontario on March 1, 1864.
She was the eleventh of thirteen children, and the youngest female of the Scottish immigrant farmer, George McGillivray (1813-1894) and his wife, Caroline Amelia Fothergill McGillivray (1828-1909).

In 1870, the family moved to Inverlynn, a house located at 1300 Gifford Street in Whitby, Ontario.
To this day, the property has remained in the possession of George McGillivray`s descendants.
The children attended a grammar school in Whitby, and she had shown artistic talent in her early childhood years so she pursued her art by attending the Central Ontario School of Art (now Ontario College of Art), where she studied under Professor William Cruikshank.
McGillivray then began taking one-on-one lessons from renowned Canadian artists such as Farquhar McGillivray Knowles and Lucius Richard O'Brien.
Florence Helena McGillivray was born in Pickering Township in Ontario on March 1, 1864. She was the eleventh of thirteen children, and the youngest female of the Scottish immigrant farmer, George McGillivray (1813-1894) and his wife, Caroline Amelia Fothergill McGillivray (1828-1909).
In 1870, the family moved to Inverlynn, a house located at 1300 Gifford Street in Whitby, Ontario. To this day, the property has remained in the possession of George McGillivray`s descendants. The children attended a grammar school in Whitby, and she had shown artistic talent in her early childhood years so she pursued her art by attending the Central Ontario School of Art (now Ontario College of Art), where she studied under Professor William Cruikshank. McGillivray then began taking one-on-one lessons from renowned Canadian artists such as Farquhar McGillivray Knowles and Lucius Richard O'Brien.
Florence Helena McGillivray