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Muthusami Gn

Kaderpetai, Salem

Father
T. Munsami
Kaderpetai, Salem
Indentured ancestor
Muthusami Gn
male · Kaderpetai, Salem
The crossing
Origin
Kaderpetai
Salem
Ship
UMZINTO XXVI
no. 91661
Year
1902
Arrived
Natal, South Africa
The origin village

Muthusami Gn’s family came from Kaderpetai, Salem 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 Muthusami Gn or T. Munsami?
  • Did family ever mention coming from Kaderpetai, Salem?
  • Do the dates line up with when your family arrived in Natal? (Record: 1902)
  • Any family memory of a ship named UMZINTO XXVI, or a passage to Natal around then?
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