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German surnames developed at a time when most of the German provinces were states of the Holy Roman Empire. At first people used only a single name, but as the population grew and people began to travel, they began to find it necessary to take on an additional name to differentiate themselves. Fairly general principles guided the development of hereditary surnames in Germany. Two of the common types of family names found in Germany are patronymic surnames, which are derived from the father's given name, and matronymic surnames, which are derived from the mother's given name.

Early Origins of the Clement family

The surname Clement was first found in Saxony, where the family contributed greatly to the development of an emerging nation and would later play a large role in the political conflicts of the area. The family branched into many houses, many of which acquired estates and manors throughout the surrounding regions, where they played significant roles in the social and political affairs. The name refers back to St. Clemens, the patron saint of sailors. Individual bearers of this name first mentioned in ancient chronicles include Nicolas Clemmenter (1332) of Bohemia.

Early History of the Clement family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Clement research. Another 161 words (12 lines of text) covering the years 1543, 1556, 1558, 1560, 1710, 1744, 1780 and 1790 are included under the topic Early Clement History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Clement Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Klemmenz, Klemmentz, Klemmens, Klemments, Klemens, Clemmens, Clemens, Clemmenz, Clemmentz, Clemments, Clementz, Klementz, Klemenz, Klements, Klemmz, Klemmtz, Klemz, Klemts, Klemtz, Klemment, Klement, Clemment, Clement, Klems, Klemmt (Silesia), Klemt (Silesia), Klemmenter, Clemmenten, Clemmenter and many more.

Early Notables of the Clement family

Prominent bearers of the family name Clement at this time were

  • Jacob Clement (Clemens), one of the most renowned 16th century composers. He was born in Flanders, and succeeded Gombert as chief Chapel-master to Charles V. Of the time and place of hia birth or deat...
  • Johann Georg Clement was born at Breslau about 1710, Knight of the Golden Spur, and Chapel-master for over fifty years at the church of St. Johann in Breslau. 1
  • Franz Clement, an eminent violin-player, was born in 1780 at Vienna, where his father was butler in a nobleman's establishment, and at the same time, after the fashion of the period, a member of his m...

Clement World Ranking

In the United States, the name Clement is the 1,243rd most popular surname with an estimated 24,870 people with that name. 2 However, in Canada, the name Clement is ranked the 417th most popular surname with an estimated 11,195 people with that name. 3 And in Quebec, Canada, the name Clement is the 271st popular surname. 4 France ranks Clement as 44th with 43,725 people. 5 New Zealand ranks Clement as 794th with 917 people. 6

United States Clement migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Clement Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
  • Joreme Clement, who landed in Virginia in 1623 7
  • Elizabeth Clement, who arrived in Jamestown, Va in 1624 7
  • Augustine Clement, painter who arrived in New England in 1635 aboard the ship "James", bound for Dorchester 7
  • Edey Clement, who settled in Virginia in 1635
  • Margaret Clement, who arrived in Virginia in 1635 7
  • ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)
Clement Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Lucrece Clement, who landed in New York in 1731 7
  • Mich Clement, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1738 7
  • Agnes Clement, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1743 7
  • Miss Clement, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1754 7
  • Moses Clement, who landed in New York in 1755 7
  • ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)
Clement Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • William Clement, who landed in America in 1801 7
  • David Clement, aged 22, who arrived in New York, NY in 1803 7
  • Andrew Clement, aged 20, who landed in New York, NY in 1803 7
  • James Clement, who arrived in Boston in 1847
  • Josepha Clement, aged 26, who arrived in New York, NY in 1847 7
  • ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Canada Clement migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Clement Settlers in Canada in the 17th Century
  • Pierre Clement, aged 29, who arrived in Quebec in 1656
  • Mr. Pierre Clément, French labourer travelling to Canada to work for François Peron, arriving on 11th April 1656 8
  • Pierre Clement married Louise Gélé in Quebec on 25th August 1659 9
  • Jean Clement, son of Jean and Anne, who married Madeleine Surget, daughter of François and Marguerite, in Quebec on 28th September 1659 9
  • Pierre Clément, the son of Jean and Jeanne Martin, originally of Aunis, who married Louise Gèle in Quebec in 1659
  • ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)
Clement Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century
  • Pierre Clement, son of Pierre and Catherine, who married Marie-Catherine Prézot-Préjean-Larivière, daughter of Michel and Marie, in Montreal, Quebec on 19th April 1702 9
  • Pierre Clément dit Larivière, who married, Marie Prézeau in Montreal, in 1702
  • Édouard Clement, son of Robert and Élisabeth, who married Catherine-Angélique Gautier, daughter of Jean and Angélique, in Quebec on 27th October 1710 9
  • André Clement, son of Gilbert and Madeleine, who married Marie Gaboury, daughter of Antoine and Jeanne, in Saint-Augustin, Quebec on 18th November 1720 9
  • Bernard Clement, son of Pierre and Marie-Catherine, who married Marie Messaguier, daughter of Hugues and Marie-Anne, in Lachine, Quebec on 8th January 1721 9
  • ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)
Clement Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century
  • Jacques Clément, the son of Jean and Julienne Vivie of Normandy, who was married in Quebec to Marie-Louise Giraud
  • Joseph Clement, who arrived in Canada in 1841

Australia Clement migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

Clement Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century
  • Miss Catherine Clement, English convict who was convicted in Chester, Cheshire, England for 7 years, transported aboard the "Canada" in March 1810, arriving in New South Wales, Australia 10
  • Lavinia Clement, who arrived in Adelaide, Australia aboard the ship "British Sovereign" in 1847 11
  • Margaret Clement, Scottish convict from Stirling, who was transported aboard the "Anna Maria" on October 4, 1851, settling in Van Diemen's Land, Australia 12
  • John Clement, aged 28, a smelter, who arrived in South Australia in 1855 aboard the ship "Glentanner" 13

New Zealand Clement migration to New Zealand +

Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include:

Clement Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century
  • Mrs. Elizabeth Clement, (b. 1829), aged 28, British se travelling from Gravesend aboard the ship "Glentanner" arriving in Lyttelton, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand on 3rd October 1857 14
  • Mr. Shadrack Clement, (b. 1831), aged 26, British agricultural labourer travelling from Gravesend aboard the ship "Glentanner" arriving in Lyttelton, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand on 3rd October 1857 14
  • Mr. William Henry Clement, (b. 1851), aged 6, British settler travelling from Gravesend aboard the ship "Glentanner" arriving in Lyttelton, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand on 3rd October 1857 14
  • Miss Elizabeth Ann Clement, (b. 1853), aged 4, British settler travelling from Gravesend aboard the ship "Glentanner" arriving in Lyttelton, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand on 3rd October 1857 14
  • Mr. Edward Charles Clement, (b. 1855), aged 2, British settler travelling from Gravesend aboard the ship "Glentanner" arriving in Lyttelton, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand on 3rd October 1857 14
  • ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Contemporary Notables of the name Clement (post 1700) +

  • Robert Nelson "Bob" Clement (b. 1943), Tennessee politician
  • John Louis "Johnny" Clement (1919-1969), American football player
  • Frank Goad Clement (1920-1969), American politician who served as Governor of Tennessee from 1953 to 1959, and again from 1963 to 1967
  • Matthew Paul Clement (b. 1974), former American Major League Baseball starting pitcher
  • John Henderson Clement (b. 1931), American singer, songwriter, and a record and film producer
  • Wolfgang Clement (1940-2020), German politician, 7th Minister President of North Rhine-Westphalia (1998-2002), Federal Minister of Economics and Labour (2002-2005)
  • Pascal Clément (1945-2020), French politician, member of the Union pour un Mouvement Populaire, French Minister of Justice (2005-2007)
  • Gabriel-Joseph Clément, French Brigadier General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 15
  • Jacques-Valère Clément, French Brigadier General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 16
  • François Marie Clément de La Roncière, French Divisional General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 17
  • ... (Another 14 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)
HMAS Sydney II
  • Mr. William Clement (1922-1941), Australian Ordinary Seaman from Auburn, Victoria, Australia, who sailed into battle aboard HMAS Sydney II and died in the sinking 18
  1. Grove, Sir George, A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (AD. 1450-1889) London: Macmillan1902, Print, 2 Vols
  2. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  3. "Surnames Meanings, Origins & Distribution Maps - Forebears." Forebears, https://forebears.io/surnames
  4. "The first 1,000 family names by rank, Quebec (in French only)" Institut de la statistique du Quebec, https://statistique.quebec.ca/en/document/family-names-in-quebec/tableau/the-first-1000-family-names-by-rank-quebec
  5. http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
  6. "Most Common Last Names in New Zealand." Forebears, https://forebears.io/new-zealand/surnames
  7. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
  8. Debien, Gabriel. Liste Des Engagés Pour Le Canada Au XVIIe Siècle. Vol. 6, Laval University, 1952. (Retreived 24th May 2018). Retrieved from https://lebloguedeguyperron.wordpress.com/2016/06/30/130-liste-des-contrats-dengagement-pour-la-nouvelle-france-releves-a-la-rochelle-entre-1634-et-1679/
  9. Internoscia, Arthur E., and Claire Chevrier. Dictionnaire National des Canadiens Français 1608-1760. Vol. 1, Institut Drouin, 1958.
  10. Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 9th December 2020). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/canada
  11. State Records of South Australia. (Retrieved 2010, November 5) BRITISH SOVEREIGN 1847. Retrieved from http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/BSA/1847BritishSovereign.htm
  12. State Library of Queensland. (Retrieved 2015, January 8) Anna Maria voyage to Van Diemen's Land, Australia in 1851 with 200 passengers. Retrieved from http://www.convictrecords.com.au/ships/anna-maria/1851
  13. South Australia Passengerlists (Retrieved 10th November 2010). Retrieved from https://archives.sa.gov.au/sites/default/files/documentstore/passengerlists/1855/GRG35_48_1_55-35_Glentanner.pdf
  14. New Zealand Yesteryears Passenger Lists 1800 to 1900 (Retrieved 17th October 2018). Retrieved from http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlist.html
  15. Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1815. (Retrieved 2015, February 12) Gabriel-Joseph Clément. Retrieved from http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html
  16. Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1815. (Retrieved 2015, February 12) Jacques-Valère Clément. Retrieved from http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html
  17. Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1815. (Retrieved 2015, February 12) François Clément. Retrieved from http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html
  18. HMAS Sydney II, Finding Sydney Foundation - Roll of Honour. (Retrieved 2014, April 24) . Retrieved from http://www.findingsydney.com/roll.asp
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