Ted Williams

Williams in 1949

Birth Name: Theodore Samuel Williams

Date of Birth: August 30, 1918

Place of Birth: San Diego, California, United States

Date of Death: July 5, 2002

Place of Death: Inverness, Florida, U.S.

Ethnicity:
*father – English, Welsh, possibly other
*mother – Mexican

Ted Williams was an American professional baseball player and manager. Primarily a left fielder, he played his entire nineteen-year professional career with the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). He is in the Baseball Hall of Fame. He managed the Washington Senators/Texas Rangers. He was nicknamed “Teddy Ballgame,” “The Kid,” “The Splendid Splinter,” and “The Thumper.”

Ted was the son of Micaela “May” (Venzor) and Samuel Stuart Williams. Ted’s father, from New York, had English, Welsh, and possibly other, ancestry. Ted’s mother was born in Texas, to Mexican parents. Ted had a daughter with his former wife Doris Soule; and two children, including businessperson John Henry Williams, with his former wife, Miss Vermont and Vogue model, Dolores Wettach.

Ted’s paternal grandfather was Nicholas Williams (the son of Eliakim F. Williams and Mary Jane Smith). Nicholas was born in New York. Eliakim was the son of Eliakim/Elisha Williams and Mary Denison.

Ted’s paternal grandmother was named Elizabeth/Libby Miller.

Ted’s maternal grandfather was Pablo Venzor (the son of Eligio Venzor and Felipa Segovia). Pablo was born in Valle de Allende, Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico.

Ted’s maternal grandmother was María Natalia Hernández (the daughter of Ignacio Hernández and María Catarina Sixta Trinidad Rubio, or of Alejo Hernandez). Natalia was born in Minas Nuevas, Hidalgo del Parral, Chihuahua, México. Ignacio was the son of José Cristóbal Hernández and María Hilaria Toribia Saenz. Ted’s great-grandmother María Catarina was the daughter of José Regino Rubio and María de Jesús Sáenz, or of Isidoro Rubio and Magdelena Mongollan.

Sources: https://bangordailynews.com

Genealogies of Ted Williams – http://www.wargs.com
https://www.wikitree.com
http://www.geni.com

Genealogy of Ted Williams (focusing on his mother’s side) – http://www.findagrave.com