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Renga Servagarem

Nelayur, Madura

Father
Muthu Servagarem
Nelayur, Madura
Indentured ancestor
Renga Servagarem
male · Nelayur, Madura
The crossing
Origin
Nelayur
Madura
Ship
LAUREL III
no. 35118
Year
1887
Arrived
Natal, South Africa
The origin village

Renga Servagarem’s family came from Nelayur, 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 Renga Servagarem or Muthu Servagarem?
  • Did family ever mention coming from Nelayur, Madura?
  • Do the dates line up with when your family arrived in Natal? (Record: 1887)
  • Any family memory of a ship named LAUREL III, 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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