KEMMERER: Two Centuries of Kemmerer Family History, 1730-1929By William A. Backenstoe Two Centuries of Kemmerer Family History, 1730 1929. The name is derived from 'Kammerer Herr' 'the keeper of the chamber' or 'the treasurer'. Their history and origin is fascinating. Many of the name came from the Palatinate to America and settled in Penna in the counties of Northampton, Lehigh, Carbon, Berks, and Bucks. Early Kemmerers belonged to the Reformed Church, and upon arrival in America, Lutheran. In 1742 Frederick