South African Tamil roots · native village

Acharapakkam

Chengalpattu district, Tamil Nadu · historically Chingleput

Showing Chengalpattu district · view all districts

5
emigrants to Natal
—
years sailed
1
ships

Most common vessel: PONGOLA XXXIII (5 people)

Share Acharapakkam with family on WhatsApp
Kully
son of Kolan
Village confirmed by 1 family member

A passenger's wife and children shared one native village, so when 1 family member who travelled together on the PONGOLA XXXIII agree on the village, the place is corroborated — not a lone transcription that could be a clerk's typo. "Confirmed" here means agreement between historical records, not human verification.

PONGOLA XXXIII 1900
View family tree
Kumarasamy
son of Vadamalai
PONGOLA XXXIII 1900
View family tree
Kuppan
son of Kumarasamy
Village confirmed by 1 family member

A passenger's wife and children shared one native village, so when 1 family member who travelled together on the PONGOLA XXXIII agree on the village, the place is corroborated — not a lone transcription that could be a clerk's typo. "Confirmed" here means agreement between historical records, not human verification.

PONGOLA XXXIII 1900
View family tree
Munian
son of Kumarasamy
Village confirmed by 1 family member

A passenger's wife and children shared one native village, so when 1 family member who travelled together on the PONGOLA XXXIII agree on the village, the place is corroborated — not a lone transcription that could be a clerk's typo. "Confirmed" here means agreement between historical records, not human verification.

PONGOLA XXXIII 1900
View family tree
Thayi
son of Kolan
Village confirmed by 1 family member

A passenger's wife and children shared one native village, so when 1 family member who travelled together on the PONGOLA XXXIII agree on the village, the place is corroborated — not a lone transcription that could be a clerk's typo. "Confirmed" here means agreement between historical records, not human verification.

PONGOLA XXXIII 1900
View family tree

Showing all 5 family records

Don’t see your ancestor from Acharapakkam? Both sides are one click away.

or browse the Acharapakkam village page for families + land records.

Privacy — no living person’s details are ever shown in public

Every ancestor listed above is from the 1860–1911 Natal indenture registers — historical records only. Voter-roll matches, saved family trees and any data touching a living person sit behind a login and are visible only to their account owner.