Re: Rison - Risen Where does it come from?
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Rison - Risen Where does it come from?
3/18/00
Hello Michelle,
I was searching for the name Rison in the internet and so I've found your question "Where do the name Rison came from?".
I'm a dutch from the Netherlands and I've searched for all the Rison members in the Netherlands, you can find my homepage under http://www.keesrison.dehttp://www.keesrison.de
What we think is that the name came from France and that in the Hugenots time (+/- 1800) many of the Risons emigrate to the USA.
In the USA there are 2 towns with the name Rison, one in Maryland and one in Arkansas. From the town in Arkansas I've more dates, we've contacted the mayor of Rison (AR) for more dates and so you'll find more about that town in my homepage and also some dates over the Risons in France.
I hope I could help you a little over the Rison name.
sincerely
Cornelis Rison
A Rison from the Netherlands.