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Annamalai Gounden

Modiput, South Arcot

Father
Kuttai Gounden
Modiput, South Arcot
Indentured ancestor
Annamalai Gounden
male · Modiput, South Arcot
The crossing
Origin
Modiput
South Arcot
Ship
UMZINTO XXIX
no. 96731
Year
1902
Arrived
Natal, South Africa
The origin village

Annamalai Gounden’s family came from Modiput, South 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.

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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 Annamalai Gounden or Kuttai Gounden?
  • Did family ever mention coming from Modiput, South Arcot?
  • Do the dates line up with when your family arrived in Natal? (Record: 1902)
  • Any family memory of a ship named UMZINTO XXIX, 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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