Background
Ifft, George Nicolas was born on January 27, 1865 in Butler County, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Nicolas and Eleanor Jane (Snyder) Ifft.
Ifft, George Nicolas was born on January 27, 1865 in Butler County, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Nicolas and Eleanor Jane (Snyder) Ifft.
Bachelor of Arts, Franklin and Marshall College, 1885, Master of Arts University of Leipzig, 1886, 1887.
Newspaper reporter, various cities, Philadelphia to Sari Francisco. Proprietor and editor Pocatello (Idaho) Tribune, 1891-1905. American consul at Chatham, Ontario, 1905-1906, Annaberg, Germany, 1906-1908, Warsaw, Russia, 1908-1909, Nuremberg, Germany, 1909-1914, Saint Gall, Switzerland, 1914-1916, Stuttgart, Germany, 1916-1917.
In charge Consulate General, Winnipeg, Canada, May 21-July 18, 1917.
Assigned to Vardo, Norway, September 5, 1917. In charge Consulate General, Christiania, November 24, 1917-May 25, 1918.
Same at Christiansand, July 1, 1918-March 31, 1919. Consul at Bergen, 1919-1924, at Nancy, France, 1924-1926, at Ghent, Belgium, 1926-1930.
Again editor Pocatello (Idaho) Tribune since 1930.
Member of staff of Government.
Married Ettie Riddle, May 23, 1891. Children: George Nicholas, Mistress Catherine Kirchhof.