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Subbammal

Arungam Poliam, Coimbatore

Father
Rama Naiker
Arungam Poliam, Coimbatore
Indentured ancestor
Subbammal
female · Arungam Poliam, Coimbatore
The crossing
Origin
Arungam Poliam
Coimbatore
Ship
UMZINTO XLI
no. 125278
Year
1874
Arrived
Natal, South Africa
The origin village

Subbammal’s family came from Arungam Poliam, 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 Subbammal or Rama Naiker?
  • Did family ever mention coming from Arungam Poliam, Coimbatore?
  • Do the dates line up with when your family arrived in Natal? (Record: 1874)
  • Any family memory of a ship named UMZINTO XLI, or a passage to Natal around then?
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More families from Arungam Poliam

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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