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Rayapuram

Madras district, Tamil Nadu

13
emigrants to Natal
—
years sailed
6
ships

Most common vessel: UMVOTI XII (4 people)

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Ameena Bee
son of Abdoola
INVERAVON I 1878
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Angamma
son of Narrainan
CASTLETON I 1883
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Antoniamah
son of Rasoopathur
UMVOTI XVIII 1887
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Bhagyam
son of Katheri
UMVOTI XII 1883
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Cassim Saib
son of Shaik Ibram Saib
INVERAVON I 1878
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Kitheri
son of Lazar
UMVOTI XII 1883
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Mariamma
son of Chinnappin
CYRENE 1884
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Muthamma
son of Narrainan
CASTLETON I 1883
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Perianayagam
son of Arokyam
UMVOTI XII 1883
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Poongavanam
son of Narrainan
CASTLETON I 1883
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Ratnam
son of Thoppulan
CONGELLA XXXIII 1901
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Shaik Dada Saib
son of Shaik Ibram Saib
INVERAVON I 1878
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Thoyee
son of Malayappan
UMVOTI XII 1883
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