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Velapakam

Ranipet district, Tamil Nadu · historically North Arcot

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9
emigrants to Natal
—
years sailed
3
ships

Most common vessel: UMZINTO III (5 people)

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Abboo
son of Muthan
UMZINTO III 1893
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Chinnammal
son of Pachai
TAIF II 1889
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Munian
son of Muthan
PONGOLA L 1905
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Munichi
son of Munian
PONGOLA L 1905
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Munusamy
son of Ramasamy
TAIF II 1889
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Muthan
son of Abboo
Village confirmed by 2 family members

A passenger's wife and children shared one native village, so when 2 family members who travelled together on the UMZINTO III agree on the village, the place is corroborated — not a lone transcription that could be a clerk's typo. "Confirmed" here means agreement between historical records, not human verification.

UMZINTO III 1893
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Ponnen
son of Abboo
Village confirmed by 2 family members

A passenger's wife and children shared one native village, so when 2 family members who travelled together on the UMZINTO III agree on the village, the place is corroborated — not a lone transcription that could be a clerk's typo. "Confirmed" here means agreement between historical records, not human verification.

UMZINTO III 1893
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Ponni
son of Pariyapian
UMZINTO III 1893
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Rukku
son of Abboo
Village confirmed by 2 family members

A passenger's wife and children shared one native village, so when 2 family members who travelled together on the UMZINTO III agree on the village, the place is corroborated — not a lone transcription that could be a clerk's typo. "Confirmed" here means agreement between historical records, not human verification.

UMZINTO III 1893
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