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Sadyayen

Seetampalli, North Arcot

Father
Annamalai
Seetampalli, North Arcot
Indentured ancestor
Sadyayen
male · Seetampalli, North Arcot
The crossing
Origin
Seetampalli
North Arcot
Ship
UMLAZI XVIII
no. 93704
Year
1902
Arrived
Natal, South Africa
The origin village

Sadyayen’s family came from Seetampalli, 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 Sadyayen or Annamalai?
  • Did family ever mention coming from Seetampalli, North Arcot?
  • Do the dates line up with when your family arrived in Natal? (Record: 1902)
  • Any family memory of a ship named UMLAZI XVIII, or a passage to Natal around then?
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More families from Seetampalli

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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