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Manthiri Ramsami

Vadoovoothan, North Arcot

Father
Hanna Manthin
Vadoovoothan, North Arcot
Indentured ancestor
Manthiri Ramsami
male · Vadoovoothan, North Arcot
The crossing
Origin
Vadoovoothan
North Arcot
Ship
UMLAZI III
no. 63272
Year
1896
Arrived
Natal, South Africa
The origin village

Manthiri Ramsami’s family came from Vadoovoothan, 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.

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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 Manthiri Ramsami or Hanna Manthin?
  • Did family ever mention coming from Vadoovoothan, North Arcot?
  • Do the dates line up with when your family arrived in Natal? (Record: 1896)
  • Any family memory of a ship named UMLAZI III, 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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