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Thavasay Thavan

Paskarampatty, Madura

Father
Ocha Thavan
Paskarampatty, Madura
Indentured ancestor
Thavasay Thavan
male · Paskarampatty, Madura
The crossing
Origin
Paskarampatty
Madura
Ship
CONGELLA XXI
no. 61439
Year
1896
Arrived
Natal, South Africa
The origin village

Thavasay Thavan’s family came from Paskarampatty, Madura 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 Thavasay Thavan or Ocha Thavan?
  • Did family ever mention coming from Paskarampatty, Madura?
  • Do the dates line up with when your family arrived in Natal? (Record: 1896)
  • Any family memory of a ship named CONGELLA XXI, or a passage to Natal around then?
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More families from Paskarampatty

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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