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Abdul Kader Saib

Poonamalli, Chingleput

Father
P Batcha Mayan Saib
Poonamalli, Chingleput
Indentured ancestor
Abdul Kader Saib
male · Poonamalli, Chingleput
The crossing
Origin
Poonamalli
Chingleput
Ship
UMKUZI XV
no. 103734
Year
1904
Arrived
Natal, South Africa
The origin village

Abdul Kader Saib’s family came from Poonamalli, Chingleput 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 Abdul Kader Saib or P Batcha Mayan Saib?
  • Did family ever mention coming from Poonamalli, Chingleput?
  • Do the dates line up with when your family arrived in Natal? (Record: 1904)
  • Any family memory of a ship named UMKUZI XV, or a passage to Natal around then?
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More families from Poonamalli

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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