Tris Speaker

Birth Name: Tristram E. Speaker

Date of Birth: April 4, 1888

Place of Birth: Hubbard, Texas

Date of Death: December 8, 1958

Place of Death: Whitney, Texas, U.S.

Ethnicity: Scots-Irish/Northern Irish. English

Tris Speaker was an American professional baseball player, and manager. A center fielder, he played for the Boston Americans/Red Sox, the Cleveland Indians, the Washington Senators, and the Philadelphia Athletics of Major League Baseball (MLB). He also managed the Cleveland Indians. He is in the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Tris was the son of Mary Jane and Archibald Speaker.

Tris’s maternal grandfather was named David Poer.

Tris’s maternal grandmother was named Mary Barnwell (the daughter of Robert Barnwell and Nancy).

Source: Genealogy of Tris Speaker (focusing on his mother’s side) – https://www.geni.com