Atticus Shaffer

Shaffer in 2011, photo by Prphotos

Place of Birth: Santa Clarita, California, U.S.

Date of Birth: June 19, 1998

Ethnicity: Italian (paternal grandmother), Polish (maternal grandmother), German, Swiss-French, French/French-Canadian, English

Atticus Shaffer is an American actor. His roles include the shows The Middle and The Lion Guard, and the films Hancock and Frankenweenie. He is 4′8″.

Atticus is the son of Debbie and Ron Shaffer. He is a practising Christian. He has type four osteogenesis imperfecta, which causes fragile bones and short stature.

Atticus’ paternal grandfather is Roy Edward Shaffer, Sr. (the son of William Albert Shaffer and Helen Dorothy Pearson). Roy was born in Indiana, and has German and English ancestry. William was the son of William W. Shaffer and Lucy Cornelia Albright. Helen was the daughter of Thomas Allen Pearson and Katherine B. Tryon.

Atticus’ paternal grandmother is Annena Jeroma Perrelle (the daughter of Fortunato Dominic Perrelle and Maria/Mary Antonia Caruso). Annena was born in Indiana, the daughter of Italian emigrants, from Reggio, Calabria. Fortunato was the son of Antonio Perrelle and Anna Miricola. Maria was the daughter of Joe Caruso and Giroloma Murdaco.

Atticus’ maternal grandfather is Kenneth Robert Solgot/Salgat (the son of Henry Solgot and May Cotterel). Kenneth was born in Michigan, and had Swiss-French (from the Solgot surname), German, French (including French-Canadian), and English, ancestry.

Atticus’ maternal grandmother is Wanda Mary Jankowski (the daughter of Walter Jankowski and Anna Marie Goletz). Wanda was the daughter of Polish immigrants.

Sources: Obituary of Atticus’s paternal grandmother, Annena Jeroma (Perrelle) Shaffer – https://www.legacy.com

Another genealogy of Atticus Shaffer (focusing on his mother’s side) – http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com