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Nachi Naicken

Palayaur Naiyampoliem, Coimbatore

Father
Mara Naicken
Palayaur Naiyampoliem, Coimbatore
Indentured ancestor
Nachi Naicken
male · Palayaur Naiyampoliem, Coimbatore
The crossing
Origin
Palayaur Naiyampoliem
Coimbatore
Ship
PONGOLA LV
no. 119845
Year
1864
Arrived
Natal, South Africa
The origin village

Nachi Naicken’s family came from Palayaur Naiyampoliem, Coimbatore 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.

Verify with your elders

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 Nachi Naicken or Mara Naicken?
  • Did family ever mention coming from Palayaur Naiyampoliem, Coimbatore?
  • Do the dates line up with when your family arrived in Natal? (Record: 1864)
  • Any family memory of a ship named PONGOLA LV, or a passage to Natal around then?
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More families from Palayaur Naiyampoliem

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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