Elaisa "Eliza" Steen

1 July 1817–1 May 1859 (Age 41)
Opelousas, St. Landry, Louisiana, United States

The Life Summary of Elaisa "Eliza"

When Elaisa "Eliza" Steen was born on 1 July 1817, in Opelousas, St. Landry, Louisiana, United States, her father, Hilaire Elias Steen, was 28 and her mother, Catherine Stelly, was 24. She married Dr. Thomas C. Johnson on 20 September 1836, in St. Landry, Louisiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She died on 1 May 1859, in Obion, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 41, and was buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Obion, Tennessee, United States.

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Family Time Line

Henry Callis
1818–1879
Elaisa "Eliza" Steen
1817–1859
Marriage: 3 February 1844
Frances Emeline Callis
1845–1920
Lucy Callis
1847–
Daniel Dubois Callis
1849–1926
Henryetta Callis
1851–1914
Elias Callis
1853–1939
Charlotte A. Callis
1855–1859
Margaret W. L. Callis
1858–
Margaret W. Callis
1859–1935

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World Events (6)

1819 · Panic! of 1819
Age 2
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 
1820 · Making States Equal
Age 3
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Age 13
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

Name Meaning

1 Scottish: from a reduced form of the personal name Steven .2 North German, Dutch, and Scandinavian: from sten ‘stone’, hence a topographic name for someone who lived on stony ground, or a metonymic occupational name for someone who worked with stone: a quarryman, stonecutter, or stonemason. The Swedish surname probably originated as a soldier's name.3 Swedish: from the personal name Sten.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

Possible Related Names

Steven
Osteen
Steenson
Stehman
Stein
Sten

Sources (4)

  • Eliza Singleton in entry for Elias Callis, "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966"
  • Eliza Stein, "Louisiana, Parish Marriages, 1837-1957"
  • Elaisa Steen Callis, "Find A Grave Index"

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