South African Tamil roots · native village

Alappakkam

Tiruvallur district, Tamil Nadu · historically Chingleput

This village name appears in 2 districts — view by district: Chingleput → Tiruvallur (3)South Arcot → Cuddalore (1)
4
emigrants to Natal
—
years sailed
3
ships

Most common vessel: UMFULI XI (2 people)

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Comanasamy
son of Muthusamy
Signal-matched
CONGELLA XLIX 1878
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Dasan
son of Sabapathy
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UMFULI XI 1881
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Kuppammal
son of Krishna Reddi
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UMFULI XI 1881
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Ramachendram
son of Gopala Naik
Signal-matched
UMVOTI XX 1888
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