Chema History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Scotland

Early Origins of the Chema family

The surname Chema 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 very ancient times, some say long before the establishment of Edinburgh as the capital of Scotland.

Early History of the Chema family

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Chema Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Kemloe, Kemblock, Kemlock, Kemlok and others.

Early Notables of the Chema family

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Migration of the Chema family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Michael Kemlo, who arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1850.

Contemporary Notables of the name Chema (post 1700) +

Thomas V. Chema (1946-2025), American academic administrator and attorney, served as the 21st President of Hiram College (2004-2013)
Chema Alvarez Jr., American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1996 1

Sources +

The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 4) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html