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Talari Chinna Narigadu

Goundenpalli, Coimbatore

Father
Gurvadu
Goundenpalli, Coimbatore
Indentured ancestor
Talari Chinna Narigadu
male · Goundenpalli, Coimbatore
The crossing
Origin
Goundenpalli
Coimbatore
Ship
PONGOLA L
no. 109659
Year
1905
Arrived
Natal, South Africa
The origin village

Talari Chinna Narigadu’s family came from Goundenpalli, 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.

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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 Talari Chinna Narigadu or Gurvadu?
  • Did family ever mention coming from Goundenpalli, Coimbatore?
  • Do the dates line up with when your family arrived in Natal? (Record: 1905)
  • Any family memory of a ship named PONGOLA L, or a passage to Natal around then?
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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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