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Cheyyur

Chengalpattu district, Tamil Nadu · historically Chingleput

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25
emigrants to Natal
—
years sailed
16
ships

Most common vessel: CONGELLA VI (4 people)

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Amavasai
son of Raghavan
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 CONGELLA VI 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.

CONGELLA VI 1890
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Ammakannoo
son of Muthan
UMZINTO LIII 1888
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Ammani
son of Velan
PONGOLA XX 1895
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Appasamy
son of Munisamy Naidu
UMLAZI XXXIV 1878
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Armugam
son of Thandrayen
UMZINTO XXII 1900
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Chelli
son of Balaraman
CONGELLA VI 1890
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Gengen
son of Solai
UMKUZI VI 1901
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Iyasawmy
son of Mottay
UMZINTO XIX 1898
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Kuttiyan
son of Mottai
CONGELLA XIX 1895
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Madurai
son of Mottay
UMZINTO LIII 1888
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Manikkam
son of Kariyappa Chetty
PONGOLA XXXV 1901
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Moneru
son of Verarajuvan
UMKUZI IV 1900
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Munia Ammal
son of Madurai
UMZINTO LIII 1888
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Muniamma
son of Nyun Naicker
PONGOLA XVII 1894
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Murugan
son of Raghavan
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 CONGELLA VI 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.

CONGELLA VI 1890
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Ponnen
son of Ellen
CONGELLA XV 1894
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Ponny
son of Kali
UMKUZI VI 1901
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Puthryamma
son of Ragaven
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 UMFULI XIII 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.

UMFULI XIII 1882
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Ragaven
son of Chinnain
UMFULI XIII 1882
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Raghaven
son of Thambiran
CONGELLA VI 1890
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Raman
son of Chellan
PONGOLA XI 1892
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Ramsamy
son of Peruman
UMKUZI IX 1902
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Rangan
son of Viran
PONGOLA XI 1892
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Rengasami
son of Venkatasami
CONGELLA XVI 1894
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