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Lutchmee

Pathaygunta, North Arcot

Father
Nallavadoo
Pathaygunta, North Arcot
Indentured ancestor
Lutchmee
female · Pathaygunta, North Arcot
The crossing
Origin
Pathaygunta
North Arcot
Ship
NORTHERN MONARCH
no. 15582
Year
1877
Arrived
Natal, South Africa
The origin village

Lutchmee’s family came from Pathaygunta, 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.

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 Lutchmee or Nallavadoo?
  • Did family ever mention coming from Pathaygunta, North Arcot?
  • Do the dates line up with when your family arrived in Natal? (Record: 1877)
  • Any family memory of a ship named NORTHERN MONARCH, or a passage to Natal around then?
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More families from Pathaygunta

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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