biography of Michael STIFFT (c.1822-?)

Birth place: Poland

Addresses: New Orleans, 1860-77

Profession: Engraver

Comments: His wife Bertha was from Prussia; Solomon, age 4, was born in Ohio; Wolff, age 2, in Louisiana. In 1870 he was listed as a watchmaker.

Sources: G&W; 8 Census (1860), La., VI, 70; New Orleans CD 1870. More receently, see Encyclopaedia of New Orleans Artists, 365.