1. Andrea Dimitry, known as Andrea Drussakis Dimitry, was a Greek refugee who emigrated to New Orleans and became a merchant.
20 Facts About Andrea Dimitry
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Andrea Dimitry married Marianne Celeste Dragon, a Louisiana Creole woman of African, French, and Greek ancestry.
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Andrea Dimitry fought in the Battle of New Orleans with Major General and future President Andrew Jackson.
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Andrea Dimitry's son is the author and educator Alexander Dimitry.
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Andrea Dimitry was the son of Nicholas Dimitry and Euphrosine Antonia.
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The Dimitry family had originally lived on the mainland of Greece.
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Andrea Dimitry arrived in New Orleans in the 1790s, where he met a prominent Greek man named Lieutenant Michel Dragon.
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Andrea Dimitry's name was Francoise Chauvin Beaulieu de Monpliaisir, and she had dark skin.
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Andrea Dimitry, who met Dragon when he arrived in New Orleans, married Dragon's daughter Marianne Celeste in 1799; she was listed as white on the marriage certificate.
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Andrea Dimitry lived next door at 58 Rue de Chartres.
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The War of 1812 broke out and Andrea Dimitry joined as a private and assisted Captain Frio Delabostris's company, Second Cavaliers, Louisiana Militia.
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Andrea Dimitry participated in the Battle of New Orleans assisting General Andrew Jackson, and became an American hero and local legend.
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Andrea Dimitry owned a store and Marianne Celeste Dragon inherited 1,000 acres of land.
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The land was situated on the Gulf Coast of Mississippi and Andrea Dimitry built a villa there.
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Andrea's son Alexander Dimitry became highly educated; Alexander and some of his siblings attended Georgetown University.
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Andrea Dimitry was from Charleston, South Carolina, and the designer of the Washington Monument.
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Andrea Dimitry was elected assistant alderman for the eighth ward in the Third District.
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Andrea Dimitry officially married her mother Francoise Chauvin Beaulieu de Monplaisir in 1815, seven years before they died.
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Andrea Dimitry won a settlement of $27,000, or close to $1 million adjusted for 2021 inflation.
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Andrea Dimitry was sold along with her mulatto son Gustave, who was 10 years old.