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Sunjeevi

Nesanoor, North Arcot

Father
V. Bodanna
Nesanoor, North Arcot
Indentured ancestor
Sunjeevi
male · Nesanoor, North Arcot
The crossing
Origin
Nesanoor
North Arcot
Ship
QUATHLAMBA IV
no. 37174
Year
1888
Arrived
Natal, South Africa
The origin village

Sunjeevi’s family came from Nesanoor, North Arcot 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 Sunjeevi or V. Bodanna?
  • Did family ever mention coming from Nesanoor, North Arcot?
  • Do the dates line up with when your family arrived in Natal? (Record: 1888)
  • Any family memory of a ship named QUATHLAMBA IV, or a passage to Natal around then?
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More families from Nesanoor

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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