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Munappa Naik

Makkarmbi, North Arcot

Father
Virasamy Naik
Makkarmbi, North Arcot
Indentured ancestor
Munappa Naik
male · Makkarmbi, North Arcot
The crossing
Origin
Makkarmbi
North Arcot
Ship
UMKUZI XIII
no. 100001
Year
1903
Arrived
Natal, South Africa
The origin village

Munappa Naik’s family came from Makkarmbi, 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 Munappa Naik or Virasamy Naik?
  • Did family ever mention coming from Makkarmbi, North Arcot?
  • Do the dates line up with when your family arrived in Natal? (Record: 1903)
  • Any family memory of a ship named UMKUZI XIII, or a passage to Natal around then?
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More families from Makkarmbi

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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