Skip to content
South African Tamil roots · native village

Ponnai

North Arcot district, Tamil Nadu

47
emigrants to Natal
—
years sailed
18
ships

Most common vessel: PONGOLA XLIV (10 people)

Share Ponnai with family on WhatsApp
Recognise a family from Ponnai? Click “I can identify” on any card below to submit evidence. £200 verified ancestry reward per confirmed link.Learn more
South Africa side
Named emigrants from Ponnai — ship, year, indenture record.
See the ancestors below
Tamil Nadu side
Modern village page, voter rolls, living relatives.
Explore the village
Showing 24 of 47 ancestors
Akkammal
son of Errappa Naidu
PONGOLA XLIV 1903
View family tree
Arumugam
son of Rayappan
UMZINTO XXXIX 1865
View family tree
Athiyammal
son of Muthial Reddy
UMLAZI XXV 1905
View family tree
Bagiem
son of Munien
UMLAZI XLIII 1889
View family tree
Gengamma
son of Parumaul Gn
PONGOLA XLIV 1903
View family tree
Govindraju
son of Munisamy Reddy
PONGOLA XXXIV 1900
View family tree
Gurivy
son of Chengadu
UMZINTO XIX 1898
View family tree
Kamatchy
son of Munsamy
UMZINTO XXIII 1901
View family tree
Karamani
son of Nondy Munian
UMLAZI XLIII 1888
View family tree
Kassimbage Sahib
son of Moosabage Sahib
UMLAZI XLII 1885
View family tree
Konan
son of Subben
UMZINTO XXV 1901
View family tree
Kullan
son of Ponnan
PONGOLA LV 1865
View family tree
Lakshumi
son of Ulian
PONGOLA LV 1865
View family tree
Latchmamma
son of Muthiyal Naidu
PONGOLA XLIV 1903
View family tree
Mangammal
son of Venketrama Reddy
UMKUZI XIV 1904
View family tree
Marimuthu
son of Kullan
PONGOLA LV 1865
View family tree
Muni Ammal
son of Perumal
UMLAZI XLIII 1888
View family tree
Muniamma
son of Ramsamy Naidu
PONGOLA XLIV 1903
View family tree
Munian
son of Narigan
UMFULI II 1864
View family tree
Muniappa
son of Govindappa
MARS II 1881
View family tree
Munisami
son of Munisami
PONGOLA LV 1864
View family tree
Munisawmi
son of Kullan
PONGOLA LV 1865
View family tree
Munsamy Reddy
son of Mathappa Reddy
PONGOLA XXXIV 1900
View family tree
Muthen
son of Subben
UMZINTO XXV 1901
View family tree

Showing 24 of 47 family records

Don’t see your ancestor from Ponnai? Both sides are one click away.

Search Natal recordsSearch Tamil Nadu voter rolls

or browse the Ponnai village page for families + land records.

Privacy — no living person’s details are ever shown in public

Every ancestor listed above is from the 1860–1911 Natal indenture registers — historical records only. Voter-roll matches, saved family trees and any data touching a living person sit behind a login and are visible only to their account owner.