SPEAR - is likely English and means "spear maker"
SPEER - is both German and Irish
SPIER (s) - is English and Scottish
SPEIR (s) - is originally Scottish and means "Watchman"
Index of SPEIR in selected R.L. Polk city directories for Bay City: 1871-1913
Biography of William R. Speir from 1883 (Completed
February 3, 1997)
Comments and Queries from SPEIR family researchers (last
updated November 4,1997)