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.
Though his father proved unreceptive to the Christian faith, Leif was able to convert his mother, Thjodhild, who had Greenlandâs first Christian church built at Brattahild. When Erik the Red died, Leif Eriksson took over as chief of the Greenland settlement.His son Thorgils was sent by his mother (whom Leif never married) to live in Greenland, but was apparently unpopular. Another (presumably legitimate) son, Thorkel Leifsson, became chief by 1025, after his fatherâs death.hen Erik the Red died, Leif Eriksson took over as chief of the Greenland settlement. His son Thorgils was sent by his mother (whom Leif never married) to live in Greenland, but was apparently unpopular. Another (presumably legitimate) son, Thorkel Leifsson, became chief by 1025, after his fatherâs death.