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Munusamy Naidu

Sivagiri, Chingleput

Father
Lutchma Naidu
Sivagiri, Chingleput
Indentured ancestor
Munusamy Naidu
male · Sivagiri, Chingleput
The crossing
Origin
Sivagiri
Chingleput
Ship
UMZINTO XXXIX
no. 120737
Year
1865
Arrived
Natal, South Africa
The origin village

Munusamy Naidu’s family came from Sivagiri, Chingleput 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 Munusamy Naidu or Lutchma Naidu?
  • Did family ever mention coming from Sivagiri, Chingleput?
  • Do the dates line up with when your family arrived in Natal? (Record: 1865)
  • Any family memory of a ship named UMZINTO XXXIX, or a passage to Natal around then?
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More families from Sivagiri

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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