South African Tamil roots · native village

Alapakam

Chengalpattu district, Tamil Nadu · historically Chingleput

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4
emigrants to Natal
—
years sailed
4
ships

Most common vessel: UMKUZI XIII (1 person)

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Chinnamma
son of Venketsamy
Signal-matched
UMKUZI XIII 1903
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Ellamma
son of Govinda Mudali
Signal-matched
UMLAZI XXI 1904
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Unnamalay
son of Arumugam
Signal-matched
UMVOTI X 1882
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Velappa Naicken
son of Ramasamy Naick
Signal-matched
UMZINTO XLII 1875
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