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Ramasamy Reddy

Perapperi, South Arcot

Father
Kothandarama Reddy
Perapperi, South Arcot
Indentured ancestor
Ramasamy Reddy
male · Perapperi, South Arcot
The crossing
Origin
Perapperi
South Arcot
Ship
UMKUZI XX
no. 114915
Year
1905
Arrived
Natal, South Africa
The origin village

Ramasamy Reddy’s family came from Perapperi, 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 Ramasamy Reddy or Kothandarama Reddy?
  • Did family ever mention coming from Perapperi, South Arcot?
  • Do the dates line up with when your family arrived in Natal? (Record: 1905)
  • Any family memory of a ship named UMKUZI XX, or a passage to Natal around then?
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More families from Perapperi

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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