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Mari

Pariyamolapalaya M, Coimbatore

Father
Vadamalai
Pariyamolapalaya M, Coimbatore
Indentured ancestor
Mari
male · Pariyamolapalaya M, Coimbatore
The crossing
Origin
Pariyamolapalaya M
Coimbatore
Ship
CONGELLA XXII
no. 63989
Year
1896
Arrived
Natal, South Africa
The origin village

Mari’s family came from Pariyamolapalaya M, 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 Mari or Vadamalai?
  • Did family ever mention coming from Pariyamolapalaya M, Coimbatore?
  • Do the dates line up with when your family arrived in Natal? (Record: 1896)
  • Any family memory of a ship named CONGELLA XXII, or a passage to Natal around then?
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More families from Pariyamolapalaya M

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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