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Munsami Reddy

Thummalucheramk Andigai, North Arcot

Father
Guruva Reddy
Thummalucheramk Andigai, North Arcot
Indentured ancestor
Munsami Reddy
male · Thummalucheramk Andigai, North Arcot
The crossing
Origin
Thummalucheramk Andigai
North Arcot
Ship
PONGOLA XLI
no. 95305
Year
1902
Arrived
Natal, South Africa
The origin village

Munsami Reddy’s family came from Thummalucheramk Andigai, 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 Munsami Reddy or Guruva Reddy?
  • Did family ever mention coming from Thummalucheramk Andigai, North Arcot?
  • Do the dates line up with when your family arrived in Natal? (Record: 1902)
  • Any family memory of a ship named PONGOLA XLI, 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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