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Doovi Latchmudu

Damalchervoo, North Arcot

Father
D. Yerriah
Damalchervoo, North Arcot
Indentured ancestor
Doovi Latchmudu
male · Damalchervoo, North Arcot
The crossing
Origin
Damalchervoo
North Arcot
Ship
PONGOLA XXI
no. 59655
Year
1895
Arrived
Natal, South Africa
The origin village

Doovi Latchmudu’s family came from Damalchervoo, 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 Doovi Latchmudu or D. Yerriah?
  • Did family ever mention coming from Damalchervoo, North Arcot?
  • Do the dates line up with when your family arrived in Natal? (Record: 1895)
  • Any family memory of a ship named PONGOLA XXI, 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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