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Kolanda Gdn

Thukkiampolem, Salem

Father
Chinna Gdn
Thukkiampolem, Salem
Indentured ancestor
Kolanda Gdn
male · Thukkiampolem, Salem
The crossing
Origin
Thukkiampolem
Salem
Ship
UMZINTO XLI
no. 125126
Year
1874
Arrived
Natal, South Africa
The origin village

Kolanda Gdn’s family came from Thukkiampolem, Salem 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 Kolanda Gdn or Chinna Gdn?
  • Did family ever mention coming from Thukkiampolem, Salem?
  • 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 Thukkiampolem

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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