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Payanur

Chingleput district, Tamil Nadu

9
emigrants to Natal
—
years sailed
4
ships

Most common vessel: CONGELLA XLIV (3 people)

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Chadayandi
son of Chinnapayan
UMKUZI XXXIV 1874
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Chinnakulanthai
son of Madurai
UMKUZI XXXIV 1874
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Kaliyammal
son of Thandrayan
CONGELLA XLIV 1905
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Kathan
son of Muthian
UMVOTI XV 1885
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Murugen
son of Mangapathy
PONGOLA XXXVII 1901
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Pechi
son of Pilavanthinam
UMVOTI XV 1885
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Ragavan
son of Madurai
UMKUZI XXXIV 1874
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Saman
son of Thangalan
CONGELLA XLIV 1905
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Thangalan
son of Ananthan
CONGELLA XLIV 1905
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