Birth Name: Harmon Clayton Killebrew
Date of Birth: June 29, 1936
Place of Birth: Payette County, Idaho, U.S.
Date of Death: May 17, 2011
Place of Death: Scottsdale, Arizona
Ethnicity: English, Irish
Harmon Killebrew was an American professional baseball first baseman, third baseman, and left fielder.
Harmon was the son of Harmon Clayton Killebrew Sr. and Katherine Pearl (May) Killebrew.
Killebrew’s paternal grandparents were Culver Killebrew (the son of James Ivy Killebrew and Mahala Crosby) and Frances Alice Weaver (the daughter of Harmon Weaver and Sarah Roberts).
Killebrew’s maternal grandparents were William May (the son of John May and Eliza Jane Ruyle) and Sarah E. Faris (the daughter of Elijah Faris and Frances Gilland Griffin).
Frances was the daughter of William Griffin and Anna Delia McLain. McLain and sometimes Griffin are surnames of Irish origin.
Sources: Genealogy of Harmon Killebrew (focusing on his father’s side) – https://www.geni.com
Obituary of Killebrew’s father – https://www.findagrave.com
Obituary of Killebrew’s mother – https://www.findagrave.com