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Govindoo Rajoo

Madras, Madras

Father
Veneanah
Madras, Madras
Indentured ancestor
Govindoo Rajoo
male · Madras, Madras
The crossing
Origin
Madras
Madras
Ship
RAJASTHANA
no. 2399
Year
1864
Arrived
Natal, South Africa
The origin village

Govindoo Rajoo’s family came from Madras, Madras 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 Govindoo Rajoo or Veneanah?
  • Did family ever mention coming from Madras, Madras?
  • Do the dates line up with when your family arrived in Natal? (Record: 1864)
  • Any family memory of a ship named RAJASTHANA, or a passage to Natal around then?
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More families from Madras

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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