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Kanithandalam

Chingleput district, Tamil Nadu

5
emigrants to Natal
—
years sailed
3
ships

Most common vessel: PONGOLA LIV (2 people)

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Named emigrants from Kanithandalam — ship, year, indenture record.
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Ellammal
son of Venkatachella Pillai
PONGOLA LV 1865
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Mauri
son of Ellappan
UMLAZI XXXI 1875
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Nalmanika Mudaly
son of Kunthasami Mudaly
PONGOLA LIV 1863
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Pummakoti Ammal
son of Murugasa Pillai
PONGOLA LV 1865
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Sellammal
son of Munusamy Mudalyar
PONGOLA LIV 1863
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