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Munsamy Reddi

Sheyali, Tanjore

Father
Ramsami Reddi
Sheyali, Tanjore
Indentured ancestor
Munsamy Reddi
male · Sheyali, Tanjore
The crossing
Origin
Sheyali
Tanjore
Ship
UMZINTO XXI
no. 77850
Year
1900
Arrived
Natal, South Africa
The origin village

Munsamy Reddi’s family came from Sheyali, Tanjore 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 Munsamy Reddi or Ramsami Reddi?
  • Did family ever mention coming from Sheyali, Tanjore?
  • Do the dates line up with when your family arrived in Natal? (Record: 1900)
  • Any family memory of a ship named UMZINTO XXI, or a passage to Natal around then?
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More families from Sheyali

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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