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Tiruchengodu

Salem district, Tamil Nadu

5
emigrants to Natal
—
years sailed
5
ships

Most common vessel: DUNPHAILIE CASTLE V (1 person)

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Named emigrants from Tiruchengodu — ship, year, indenture record.
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Tamil Nadu side
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Arumugam
son of Vellayan
UMTATA III 1890
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Arumugam
son of Peria Gounden
UMVOTI XXIII 1889
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Chinnan
son of Comara Gounden
DUNPHAILIE CASTLE V 1885
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Kandasawmy
son of Marimuthu
UMTATA V 1891
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Rangasami
son of Gurunatha Gounden
UMLAZI IX 1898
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