Welcome to The Attell Family of San Francisco, California, website!My name is Eric Thomsen and I am doing research on the descendants of Jonas and Sara Attell, my great-great-great-grandparents.Although not covered here, I am researching the Tomsky and Hollzer families of San Francisco as well. Although I welcome all visitors to this site, I hope that you are visiting because you are an Attell, or you have additional information on this family.If you believe you are a member of the family, it is most likely because you have heard stories of being related to Abe Attell, boxing's world featherweight champion from 1901 to 1912, and one of the gamblers behind the 1919 World Series fix.He's here, along with his brother, Caesar, my great-grandfather.Please do not hesitate to contact me at the above e-mail address (be sure to remove the word REMOVE and include "ATTELL FAMILY" in the subject line in all caps so I can pick it out from all the spam) to submit any additional information you might have or corrections to information I have posted.I appreciate it all.Please note that because the contents of this website are viewable by the general public, information on only the earliest generations of the family is included.Any individual I know to be alive or possibly alive is named "LIVING." My grandmother, Charlotte Attell Meyer, passed away in December of 2005.For some reason, this website will not let me update that information, so she is still listed as living. SPECIAL THANKS: To the many people who provided much of the information found on this site:Ruth Amber, Camille Attell, Linda Attell, Valerie Attell, Abby Attell Behr, Sandy Bellach-Ayeroff, Karen Chambliss, Judith Edmonson at Hills of Eternity, Melanie Ehara, AnnRae Attell Ferns, Jim Faulkinbury, Guadalupe Gutierrez at Salem, Chuck Kearns, Lisa at Eternal Home, Vivian Melton, Charlotte Meyer, Debbie Neville, Sylvia Paccione, Diane Reich, my Mother, Stephen Weiner at Hills of Eternity and Claire Young.The California Genealogical Society in Oakland, the San Francisco Main Public Library and www.rootsweb.com also proved to be great resources.
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