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Govindammal

Ramadospaliam, North Arcot

Father
Munsami
Ramadospaliam, North Arcot
Indentured ancestor
Govindammal
female · Ramadospaliam, North Arcot
The crossing
Origin
Ramadospaliam
North Arcot
Ship
UMLAZI XXIV
no. 108863
Year
1904
Arrived
Natal, South Africa
The origin village

Govindammal’s family came from Ramadospaliam, 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 Govindammal or Munsami?
  • Did family ever mention coming from Ramadospaliam, North Arcot?
  • Do the dates line up with when your family arrived in Natal? (Record: 1904)
  • Any family memory of a ship named UMLAZI XXIV, or a passage to Natal around then?
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More families from Ramadospaliam

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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