Ken Weafer
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Kenneth Albert "Ken" Weafer (February 6, 1913 - June 4, 2005) was a Major League Baseball
pitcher
who played in with the Boston Bees
. He batted and threw right-handed.
He was born in Woburn, Massachusetts
to Margaret E. Sullivan and Jeremiah F. Weafer (1862–1949), a barber, and died in Guilderland, New York
.
He is also second cousin once removed to the South African artist, Jeremy Wafer
, as Weafer's grandfather, George Wafer (1834–1909), was the brother of Michael Wafer, Jeremy Wafer's great-grandfather.
Major League Baseball
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pitcher
Pitcher
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who played in with the Boston Bees
Atlanta Braves
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. He batted and threw right-handed.
He was born in Woburn, Massachusetts
Woburn, Massachusetts
Woburn is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA. The population was 38,120 at the 2010 census. Woburn is located north of Boston, Massachusetts, and just south of the intersection of I-93 and I-95.- History :...
to Margaret E. Sullivan and Jeremiah F. Weafer (1862–1949), a barber, and died in Guilderland, New York
Guilderland, New York
Guilderland is a town in Albany County, New York, United States. In the 2010 census, the town had a population of 35,303. The town is named for the Gelderland province in the Netherlands....
.
He is also second cousin once removed to the South African artist, Jeremy Wafer
Jeremy Wafer
-Early life:Born in Durban, to Laura, a nurse, and Michael "Mick" Wafer, a World War II naval pensioner from Aghada, Co. Cork, Ireland, Wafer grew up on a farm with his brothers Patrick & Timothy before earning his undergraduate degree in fine arts from the University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg in...
, as Weafer's grandfather, George Wafer (1834–1909), was the brother of Michael Wafer, Jeremy Wafer's great-grandfather.