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Vedachella Mudly

Pudupolem, North Arcot

Father
Arunachela Mudly
Pudupolem, North Arcot
Indentured ancestor
Vedachella Mudly
male · Pudupolem, North Arcot
The crossing
Origin
Pudupolem
North Arcot
Ship
PONGOLA LX
no. 130654
Year
1877
Arrived
Natal, South Africa
The origin village

Vedachella Mudly’s family came from Pudupolem, North Arcot 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.

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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 Vedachella Mudly or Arunachela Mudly?
  • Did family ever mention coming from Pudupolem, North Arcot?
  • Do the dates line up with when your family arrived in Natal? (Record: 1877)
  • Any family memory of a ship named PONGOLA LX, or a passage to Natal around then?
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Source: theiii.in Natal indenture register (digitised ship record). Names and places are the colonial spellings as recorded; verify against family memory before treating a lineage as certain.

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