Brief Life History 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 25. 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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Sources (4)
- Eliza Stein, "Louisiana, Parish Marriages, 1837-1957"
- Elaisa Steen Callis, "Find A Grave Index"
- Eliza Singleton in entry for Elias Callis, "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966"
Spouse and Children
1818–1879 Male
1817–1859 Female
Children (8)
1845–1920 Female
1847– Female
1849–1926 Male
1851–1914 Female
1853–1939 Male
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Parents and Siblings
1789–1859 Male
1793–1856 Female
Siblings (12)
1810–1844 Female
1814–1881 Male
1815–1858 Female
1816–1817 Female
1817–1859 Female
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World Events (6)
1819 · Panic! of 1819
Age 2
1820 · Making States Equal
Age 3
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Age 13
Name Meaning
North German, Norwegian, and Danish; Swedish (also Steén and Stéen); Dutch and Flemish (also Van der Steen): from Middle Low German stēn, Old Norse steinn (Danish and Swedish sten) ‘stone’, hence a topographic name for someone who lived on stony ground, or a metonymic occupational name for someone who worked with stone (quarryman, stonecutter, or stonemason). As a Swedish name it is mainly habitational name from a placename, such as Stenby, containing the word sten ‘stone’; it can also be from the personal name Sten, with the same meaning. Compare Sten .
English: from the Middle English personal name Steyne (Old Norse Steinn, Sten, meaning ‘stone’).
English: habitational name from any of various minor places in northern England and Scotland named with Old English stān ‘stone, rock’ (northern Middle English stayn), or in the rest of England with Old English stǣne ‘stony place’ (Middle English stane, stayne, stene), including Steane (Northamptonshire), Stein Farm in East Dean (Sussex), Stains in Funtington (Sussex), what is now Old Steine in Brighton (Sussex), and Steyne in Chale (Isle of Wight). Compare Staines .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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