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Mathurai, P

St.Thomas Mount,640 Lasceri,St, 640 Lasceri,St, Chingleput

Father
Perumal
St.Thomas Mount,640 Lasceri,St, 640 Lasceri,St, Chingleput
Indentured ancestor
Mathurai, P
male · St.Thomas Mount,640 Lasceri,St, 640 Lasceri,St, Chingleput
The crossing
Origin
St.Thomas Mount,640 Lasceri,St
640 Lasceri,St, Chingleput
Ship
PONGOLA XXXVI
no. 86386
Year
1901
Arrived
Natal, South Africa
The origin village

Mathurai, P’s family came from St.Thomas Mount,640 Lasceri,St, 640 Lasceri,St, Chingleput district. Living relatives may still be there — a voter-roll lookup can name them, and the modern village page shows land records and families we already track.

Verify with your elders

Colonial ship-clerks often mangled Tamil names. Before treating this as your ancestor, ask the oldest person in your family:

  • Was there a great-great-grandfather named Mathurai, P or Perumal?
  • Did family ever mention coming from St.Thomas Mount,640 Lasceri,St, 640 Lasceri,St, Chingleput?
  • Do the dates line up with when your family arrived in Natal? (Record: 1901)
  • Any family memory of a ship named PONGOLA XXXVI, or a passage to Natal around then?
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