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Munisamy Naidu

Nedugallu, North Arcot

Father
Lakshmana Naidu
Nedugallu, North Arcot
Indentured ancestor
Munisamy Naidu
male · Nedugallu, North Arcot
The crossing
Origin
Nedugallu
North Arcot
Ship
UMHLOTI III
no. 138810
Year
1880
Arrived
Natal, South Africa
The origin village

Munisamy Naidu’s family came from Nedugallu, 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 Munisamy Naidu or Lakshmana Naidu?
  • Did family ever mention coming from Nedugallu, North Arcot?
  • Do the dates line up with when your family arrived in Natal? (Record: 1880)
  • Any family memory of a ship named UMHLOTI 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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