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Vigiarangam Naidu

Krishnagiri, Salem

Father
Muthusamy Naidu
Krishnagiri, Salem
Indentured ancestor
Vigiarangam Naidu
male · Krishnagiri, Salem
The crossing
Origin
Krishnagiri
Salem
Ship
UMFULI VI
no. 129227
Year
1877
Arrived
Natal, South Africa
The origin village

Vigiarangam Naidu’s family came from Krishnagiri, Salem 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 Vigiarangam Naidu or Muthusamy Naidu?
  • Did family ever mention coming from Krishnagiri, Salem?
  • Do the dates line up with when your family arrived in Natal? (Record: 1877)
  • Any family memory of a ship named UMFULI VI, 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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