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Kullapa Goundan

Punganoor, North Arcot

Father
Parasurama Goundan
Punganoor, North Arcot
Indentured ancestor
Kullapa Goundan
male · Punganoor, North Arcot
The crossing
Origin
Punganoor
North Arcot
Ship
UMVOTI IX
no. 27447
Year
1882
Arrived
Natal, South Africa
The origin village

Kullapa Goundan’s family came from Punganoor, 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 Kullapa Goundan or Parasurama Goundan?
  • Did family ever mention coming from Punganoor, North Arcot?
  • Do the dates line up with when your family arrived in Natal? (Record: 1882)
  • Any family memory of a ship named UMVOTI IX, 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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