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Pachiappa Gn (Alias Thopla Gn)

Narasingapuram, North Arcot

Father
Manna Gn
Narasingapuram, North Arcot
Indentured ancestor
Pachiappa Gn (Alias Thopla Gn)
male · Narasingapuram, North Arcot
The crossing
Origin
Narasingapuram
North Arcot
Ship
UMHLOTI I
no. 130194
Year
1877
Arrived
Natal, South Africa
The origin village

Pachiappa Gn (Alias Thopla Gn)’s family came from Narasingapuram, 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 Pachiappa Gn (Alias Thopla Gn) or Manna Gn?
  • Did family ever mention coming from Narasingapuram, North Arcot?
  • Do the dates line up with when your family arrived in Natal? (Record: 1877)
  • Any family memory of a ship named UMHLOTI I, or a passage to Natal around then?
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More families from Narasingapuram

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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Pachiappa Gn (Alias Thopla Gn) appears here only because this is a historical indenture record (1860–1911) — the person named sailed over a century ago. Family trees, voter matches and any living-relative data sit behind a login and are visible only to the account owner they belong to.