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Chinnathamby Mudly

Vallimodupet, South Arcot

Father
Kumarasamy Mudly
Vallimodupet, South Arcot
Indentured ancestor
Chinnathamby Mudly
male · Vallimodupet, South Arcot
The crossing
Origin
Vallimodupet
South Arcot
Ship
UMKUZI XXXI
no. 147203
Year
1884
Arrived
Natal, South Africa
The origin village

Chinnathamby Mudly’s family came from Vallimodupet, 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.

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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 Chinnathamby Mudly or Kumarasamy Mudly?
  • Did family ever mention coming from Vallimodupet, South Arcot?
  • Do the dates line up with when your family arrived in Natal? (Record: 1884)
  • Any family memory of a ship named UMKUZI XXXI, 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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