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Nathamuny

Washermanpett, Madras

Father
Narrainsamy
Washermanpett, Madras
Indentured ancestor
Nathamuny
male · Washermanpett, Madras
The crossing
Origin
Washermanpett
Madras
Ship
UMKUZI XVI
no. 105982
Year
1904
Arrived
Natal, South Africa
The origin village

Nathamuny’s family came from Washermanpett, Madras 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 Nathamuny or Narrainsamy?
  • Did family ever mention coming from Washermanpett, Madras?
  • Do the dates line up with when your family arrived in Natal? (Record: 1904)
  • Any family memory of a ship named UMKUZI XVI, or a passage to Natal around then?
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More families from Washermanpett

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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