Personal experiences with the name Jurgen: | Edit. Share what you know! Nicknames for Jurgen: | Edit. Share what you know! Meanings and history of the name Jurgen : | Edit. Share what you know! Famous real-life people named Jurgen: | Edit. Juergen JÃ¼rgen (habermas. b). 1929 A german sociologist and. philosopherrigin of the name George: Derived from the Greek geÅrgos (earthworker, farmer), which is composed from the elements gÄ (earth) and ergein (to work). From A World of Baby Names by Teresa Norman.
Leif Ericson was born in Iceland in about 970 and died around 1020. He is widely believed to have landed in North America several centuries before Christopher Columbus. Ericson supposedly founded a Viking settlement at Vinland on what is now the Canadian island of Newfoundland.
Rison is located in Cleveland County. The Texas and St. Louis Railroad gave rise to the small town. The town was incorporated in 1890 with J. T. Renfrow as mayor. The railroad remained instrumental to the town for decades. The economy depended on the production of cotton, lumber, and a variety of wood products.