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Rangammal

Pulliampet, Coimbatore

Father
Velappa Naidu
Pulliampet, Coimbatore
Indentured ancestor
Rangammal
female · Pulliampet, Coimbatore
The crossing
Origin
Pulliampet
Coimbatore
Ship
CONGELLA XLVI
no. 116858
Year
1861
Arrived
Natal, South Africa
The origin village

Rangammal’s family came from Pulliampet, 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 Rangammal or Velappa Naidu?
  • Did family ever mention coming from Pulliampet, Coimbatore?
  • Do the dates line up with when your family arrived in Natal? (Record: 1861)
  • Any family memory of a ship named CONGELLA XLVI, or a passage to Natal around then?
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More families from Pulliampet

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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