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Muthusami

Agaram, South Arcot

Father
Arunachella Mudly
Agaram, South Arcot
Indentured ancestor
Muthusami
male · Agaram, South Arcot
The crossing
Origin
Agaram
South Arcot
Ship
UMZINTO III
no. 52224
Year
1893
Arrived
Natal, South Africa
The origin village

Muthusami’s family came from Agaram, 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.

Verify with your elders

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 Muthusami or Arunachella Mudly?
  • Did family ever mention coming from Agaram, South Arcot?
  • Do the dates line up with when your family arrived in Natal? (Record: 1893)
  • Any family memory of a ship named UMZINTO III, or a passage to Natal around then?
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More families from Agaram

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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