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Soly Naik

Chellaparunalimo Du, North Arcot

Father
Arjuna Naik
Chellaparunalimo Du, North Arcot
Indentured ancestor
Soly Naik
male · Chellaparunalimo Du, North Arcot
The crossing
Origin
Chellaparunalimo Du
North Arcot
Ship
UMLAZI XV
no. 88298
Year
1901
Arrived
Natal, South Africa
The origin village

Soly Naik’s family came from Chellaparunalimo Du, North Arcot district. Living relatives may still be there — a voter-roll lookup can name them, and the modern village page shows land records and families we already track.

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Colonial ship-clerks often mangled Tamil names. Before treating this as your ancestor, ask the oldest person in your family:

  • Was there a great-great-grandfather named Soly Naik or Arjuna Naik?
  • Did family ever mention coming from Chellaparunalimo Du, North Arcot?
  • Do the dates line up with when your family arrived in Natal? (Record: 1901)
  • Any family memory of a ship named UMLAZI XV, or a passage to Natal around then?
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More families from Chellaparunalimo Du

Source: theiii.in Natal indenture register (digitised ship record). Names and places are the colonial spellings as recorded; verify against family memory before treating a lineage as certain.

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