Notman Photos

The McCord Museum of Canadian History in Montreal recently located seventeen images of Liffitons taken by the Notman Photographic Studios between 1870 and 1913. Charles Albert Liffiton (1849-1927) or members of his family are the predominant subjects. A photograph of William Thomas Liffiton (1852-1916) and a second of his hockey pro son, Charlie Liffiton, were also discovered. Both were taken on the same day in 1899.

The McCord Museum houses the Notman Archives, a collection of over 1,250,000 photographs from the Notman Studios. Permission to display some of the photographs at liffiton.net has not yet been granted, but today you can view online two Liffiton images taken in 1910. To see Miss Violet Liffiton and her sister Miss Muriel (Capi), go to the McCord Museum web site at www.mccord-museum.qc.ca. Type in "Liffiton" in the search field at the top right of the page.

Photos

  • Littleham and Exmouth

    Littleham and Exmouth (9)

    Liffitons lived at Littleham at Exmouth from 1781 to 1881.
     
  • Liffiton Hockey

    Liffiton Hockey (9)

    Charlie, Artie, and Ernie Liffiton played with famous teams of the vintage era: the Montreal Athletic Association, the Montreal Wanderers, the Renfrew Creamery Kings, the Pittsburgh Bankers, and the Crescent Athletic Club of Brooklyn. CLICK on the lead photo to see the collection.
     
  • William Henry Liffiton - Quebec

    William Henry Liffiton - Quebec (1)

    Courtesy of Stacey Ann (Liffiton) Bailey.
     
  • Maria Huntley Liffiton's NZ Photograph Album 1

    Maria Huntley Liffiton's NZ Photograph Album 1 (14)

    Maria Huntley Liffiton (1848 - 1919) was born in England but grew up and lived in New Zealand. Her album of photographs, which span the last half of the 19th Century, is presented here as a gift to Liffiton descendants and relatives from Maria's great neice, Peg Vause of Aukland, NZ.
     
  • Maria Huntley Liffiton's NZ Photograph Album 2

    Maria Huntley Liffiton's NZ Photograph Album 2 (12)

    Eleanor Louisa Liffiton and son Frederick Smith, Jr. about 1861.
     
  • Maria Huntley Liffiton's NZ Photograph Album 3

    Maria Huntley Liffiton's NZ Photograph Album 3 (14)

    Glenbervie, the country estate of Sir Robert Douglas and Lady Eleanor.
     
  • Montreal 1874-1910 William Thomas Liffiton Family

    Montreal 1874-1910 William Thomas Liffiton Family (7)

    WTL, wife Jessie Fraser Jackson, and children - William Henry, Ida Jessie, Arthur Edward, Ernest James, George Frederick, Herbert Leslie (known as Pete) taken around 1899 in Montreal.
     
  • Capi Photographs

    Capi Photographs (3)

    Capi was born Muriel Wylie Liffiton but wrote The Curve of Time as M. Wylie Blanchet.