Fife Family AlbumCurrently, there is no rhyme or reason for the order of the photographs - as the site grows we will have to sort them somehow.
A few of the folks in the images are still yet to be identified and some of them may be wrong. If you can help in this regard, please let us know - even if it's just a hunch. Also, if you have any photographs that you could part with long enough for me to scan so that everyone can enjoy them, that would be great too! Otherwise, Enjoy what we have so far.
This photograph was taken on Stanley Fife and Frances Bouchard's wedding day, August 4, 1956 in Shrewsbury, MA. Also in the photo are Stanley's parents Gordon Kenneth Fife, and Florence G. Fife, nee Burgess, and Frances' mother Eva Berthiaume Bouchard.
Harry & Ella This photograph was taken in front of the cottage on Lake Dunmore, Vermont. Harry is on the left and Ella to his right. Not sure of the date - any ideas?
This photo was probably taken by Mary, wife of Gilbert Craig. Harry and Ella with their children are posing along with Gilbert and his youngest daughter Thelma. The photograph has 531 Warren Avenue written on the back, which was the home of Gilbert and Mary in East Providence, RI.
Arthur & Gilbert This was taken at one of the family gatherings at the homestead in New Canaan. It appears that many of the family pitched tents near Uncle Charlie's house. We have several more photographs like this one that will be posted soon. This one is of Arthur Parkes and Gilbert Craig in a more reflective mood.
Group Photo I am not sure of the identity of the children and the woman in this image but, Gilbert Craig is on the left and Arthur Parkes is on the right.
Gilbert and Harry This photograph was taken on Lake Dunmore, Vermont at the summer home of Harry and Ella. In the image Gilbert Craig is the passenger and Harry Moore is providing the propulsion.
Harry & Gilbert Harry Moore Fife and Gilbert Craig Fife in someone's backyard. Maybe at Gordon and Pearl's on Bristol Street in Worcester. Don't have a date, probably taken in the 1920s or 30s.
Newpaper Clipping Newspaper clipping with four generations of Fife's in the photograph. Not sure which Nova Scotia newspaper it was published in. The text states that little Murray Lee is only nine-months old so that would make the date of the photo about 1937.
Group Photo Great group photograph, maybe taken at Gordon and Pearl's at 20 Bristol Street in Worcester. Lots of fine looking Fife women in this one! Don't have a date yet.
Pearl & Gordon According to the inscription on the back of the photograph this image of Gordon Buckley Fife and his wife, Pearl Leona, was taken on June 9, 1947 at Northborough Manor, Northborough, Massachusetts. The occasion was the graduation of their daughter, Dorothy Jane, from beauty culture school.
Group Photo This photograph was undoubtedly taken in New Canaan by Gilbert or his wife Mary on one of their trips to the homestead. Also in the photo is Lillian, her brother Murray Samuel and Lillian and Murray's father Harley Everett. Many thanks to Murray L. Fife for help with the identification and the date of the photograph - late 20's to early 30's.
Group Photo This photograph appears to have been taken in Gordon and Pearl's backyard at 20 Bristol Street in Worcester, Mass. Posing together are Frederick Corbett, Leota Cassie, and Gordon Buckley.
Harry & Ella This is a wedding day photograph of Harry Moore Fife and Ella Sanford. They were wed on July 5, 1922 in St. Croix, Hants County, Nova Scotia.
Group Photo This was probably taken at Gordon and Pearl's home in Worcester, Mass. or at Gilbert and Mary's in Providence, R.I. I would put the date at about 1916 judging by the age of Russell and Eileen.
Group Photo This photograph was probably taken in New Canaan about 1922, give or take a few years. I'm guessing at the date by the apparent ages of Gilbert Craig's children in the photograph. On the back of the photograph the woman to the left is identified as Clara but, if you compare this image to the ones below with both Clara and Margaret in them, I think you'll agree that this is Margaret. Also in the photograph is Florence Fife nee Treen, William or Willie's wife and Arthur Parks Fife.
Group Photograph This photograph was probably taken in New Canaan before 1918, when James Buckley Fife died. In the photo with little Dorothy Jane is her mother Pearl Leona, wife of Gordon Buckley.
Group Photo This photograph was taken on August 15, 1926, or so the notation says, at Uncle John and Aunt May's farm. I'm still working on exactly who Uncle John and Aunt May are. Also in the photo you will find Bennie Hills and Margaret Jane with two of their sons, one being my father; Gordon Buckley and Pearl Leona with three of their youngest, and two daughters of a cousin Mabel's for which I have no names yet.
Group Photo This photograph and the next one were taken at the same time and at the same place. I suspect that in this one Gilbert had set the timer on his camera and was caught in the act of checking it to see if the shutter was going to snap. In the next photo you'll see that his wife, Mary is absent and is probably the photographer.
Group Photo I have not been able to identify the boy in the first photo and the gentleman in the hat, the lady on the left, and the well tanned, tall & lean gentleman in the back that are in both photographs. Anyone got any ideas? The date written on the photographs is 1928.
Group Photo This photograph and the next three were taken by Gilbert and his wife Mary. They each took turns as photographer in the first two. Clara is standing next to a gentleman who I suspect is her husband, Jonah Skidmore. I don't recognize the house so, I don't think it is Charles Tupper's or James Buckley's which is another reason why I think it is Jonah.
Group Photo I believe these two photos and the two below were taken on the same trip. Gilbert and his family were living in Rhode Island and made many trips up to the homestead. Thelma was born in 1919 so I would place the age of the photo about 1925 - give or take.
Group Photo This photograph and the one below were taken at the same sitting. I suspect it is either at Uncle Charlie's (Charles Tupper Fife) or Uncle Jim's (James Buckley Fife) place in New Canaan. From left to right: Cynthia - Uncle Charlie's youngest daughter, then Margaret Fife, the little one is Thelma, and next to her is Eileen - both daughters of Gilbert Craig Fife, and finally Clara Fife. Both Margaret and Clara are sisters of Uncle Charlie and Uncle Jim.
Group Photo This is basically the same photograph but with just Margaret, Thelma, Clara, and the dog. Gilbert and Mary took many photographs during their visits to the homestead.
Group Photo This photograph might have been taken at Harry Moore Fife's house since his oldest daughter Nona is in the photograph sitting up-front with the child in her lap. Nona's children were all boys and from the looks I would say that she is Gilbert and Mary's youngest - Thelma. From left to right: Harry Moore, Gilbert Craig, Mary - Gilbert's wife, Bennie Hills, Margaret - Bennie's wife, and Ella - Harry's wife. This photo would be about 1920.
Jim and Fanny's Children This and the following photograph contain seven of the twelve children of James Buckley and Frances Pamela Fife. The photograph was probably taken in Worcester, Massachusetts at Gordon's house on 20 Bristol Street.
Jim and Fanny's Children The second group photograph of Jim and Fannie's children. Missing from the two photographs are Thomas Austin, William Lester, Willie Reid, Gilbert Craig, Lloyd Earle (died about 1928), and Leo Murray (died in infancy).
Gordon & Pearl's Children The children of Gordon Buckley and Pearl Fife. The date on the photo is 3/24/49. The photograph was taken in Worcester, Massachusetts.
Hollis and Alice's Children The children of Hollis Austin and Mary Alice Fife. The date is about 1959. The photograph was taken in Westborough, Massachusetts.

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