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Valayutham, G

Narayana Naiken Street, Madras

Father
Chinniah
Narayana Naiken Street, Madras
Indentured ancestor
Valayutham, G
male · Narayana Naiken Street, Madras
The crossing
Origin
Narayana Naiken Street
Madras
Ship
CONGELLA XXXIX
no. 97309
Year
1903
Arrived
Natal, South Africa
The origin village

Valayutham, G’s family came from Narayana Naiken Street, Madras 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 Valayutham, G or Chinniah?
  • Did family ever mention coming from Narayana Naiken Street, Madras?
  • Do the dates line up with when your family arrived in Natal? (Record: 1903)
  • Any family memory of a ship named CONGELLA XXXIX, or a passage to Natal around then?
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More families from Narayana Naiken Street

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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