Kemer History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Etymology of Kemer

The ancestry of the name Kemer dates from the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture of Britain. It comes from when the family lived in the parish of Keymer, in the county of Sussex. Kemer is a topographic surname, which was given to a person who resided near a physical feature such as a hill, stream, church, or type of tree. Habitation names form the other broad category of surnames that were derived from place-names. They were derived from pre-existing names for towns, villages, parishes, or farmsteads. Other local names are derived from the names of houses, manors, estates, regions, and entire counties.

Early Origins of the Kemer family

Early History of the Kemer family

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Kemer Spelling Variations

Spelling variations in names were a common occurrence before English spelling was standardized a few hundred years ago. In the Middle Ages, even the literate spelled their names differently as the English language incorporated elements of French, Latin, and other European languages. Many variations of the name Kemer have been found, including Keymer, Keymmer, Kemer, Keymere, Kemeyre and many more.

Early Notables of the Kemer family

• Richard Kemer, a prominent landholder in Kent during the 17th century

Migration of the Kemer family

Families began migrating abroad in enormous numbers because of the political and religious discontent in England. Often faced with persecution and starvation in England, the possibilities of the New World attracted many English people. Although the ocean trips took many lives, those who did get to North America were instrumental in building the necessary groundwork for what would become for new powerful nations. Some of the first immigrants to cross the Atlantic and come to North America bore the name Kemer, or a variant listed above: Christopher Keymer and his son, who sailed to Philadelphia in 1754. William Keymer journeyed to Maryland in 1774.