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Early Origins of the Skees family

The surname Skees was first found in Ayrshire (Gaelic: Siorrachd Inbhir Àir), formerly a county in the southwestern Strathclyde region of Scotland, that today makes up the Council Areas of South, East, and North Ayrshire, where they held a family seat from ancient times, and gave their name to the village of Skeoch near Mauchline, the setting for many of Robert Burns poems.

Early History of the Skees family

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Skees Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Skeoch, Skewych, Skeach and others.

Early Notables of the Skees family

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United States Skees migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Skees Settlers in United States in the 20th Century
  • J. G. Skees, who immigrated to the United States, in 1905

Contemporary Notables of the name Skees (post 1700) +

  • Derek Skees, American politician, Republican member of the Montana Legislature
  • Florence Lee Sandidge Skees (1875-1963), American Democratic Party politician, Alternate Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1944 1
  • Derek Skees, American Republican politician, Member of Montana State House of Representatives 4th District; Elected 2010 1


  1. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 27) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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