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Abboy Naidu

Mangalam, South Arcot

Father
Narayanasamy Naidu
Mangalam, South Arcot
Indentured ancestor
Abboy Naidu
male · Mangalam, South Arcot
The crossing
Origin
Mangalam
South Arcot
Ship
UMVOTI XIX
no. 35695
Year
1887
Arrived
Natal, South Africa
The origin village

Abboy Naidu’s family came from Mangalam, South 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 Abboy Naidu or Narayanasamy Naidu?
  • Did family ever mention coming from Mangalam, South Arcot?
  • Do the dates line up with when your family arrived in Natal? (Record: 1887)
  • Any family memory of a ship named UMVOTI XIX, or a passage to Natal around then?
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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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