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Kumbakonam

Tanjore district, Tamil Nadu

97
emigrants to Natal
—
years sailed
44
ships

Most common vessel: UMVOTI XVII (11 people)

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Alamalu
son of Sammatha Pilly
UMTATA II 1890
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Amirtham
son of Ramasami Pillay
UMVOTI XVII 1886
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Amoortham
son of Ramasami
UMVOTI XVIII 1887
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Angammal
son of Ramasamy
UMVOTI XV 1885
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Annamah
son of Vedamanickum
UMVOTI XVII 1886
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Arokiam
son of Arulappen
UMVOTI XVIII 1887
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Arumugam
son of Arunachellam
UMVOTI XV 1885
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Atchikannu
son of Arumugam Pillai
PONGOLA XXVIII 1898
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Chellappen
son of Murugaiyan
CARNATIC I 1879
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Chithambaram
son of Maruthamuthu
CONGELLA II 1889
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Chokalingam
son of Naraina Pillay
UMVOTI XVII 1886
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Dharmalingum
son of Vengatachelam
LAUREL III 1887
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Doraisamy
son of Madura Pillay
TAIF I 1889
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Dorasamy
son of Govindasamy
VIMEIRA II 1879
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Ekambaram
son of Ayadorai Pillay
UMVOTI XIV 1884
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Ganapathi
son of Genjam
DUNPHAILIE CASTLE V 1885
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Govinda Naik
son of Veerasami Naik
UMVOTI XXI 1888
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Govindan
son of Rungasamy Pillay
CYRENE 1884
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Govindasamy
son of Areemuthu Pillay
VIMEIRA II 1879
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Govindu Pillay
son of Venkatachella Pillay
UMVOTI XVII 1886
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Iyah Pillay
son of Veera Pillay
UMVOTI IX 1882
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Jaganadhen
son of Ramasami
CONGELLA II 1889
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Janakiammah
son of Dorasami Pillay
PONGOLA LXI 1878
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Kamatchi
son of Ramasami
JOHN ALLAN 1884
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