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Anthony Muthu

Kalpayam, Trichinopoly

Father
Matharay Muthu
Kalpayam, Trichinopoly
Indentured ancestor
Anthony Muthu
male · Kalpayam, Trichinopoly
The crossing
Origin
Kalpayam
Trichinopoly
Ship
UMZINTO XL
no. 123218
Year
1864
Arrived
Natal, South Africa
The origin village

Anthony Muthu’s family came from Kalpayam, Trichinopoly 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 Anthony Muthu or Matharay Muthu?
  • Did family ever mention coming from Kalpayam, Trichinopoly?
  • Do the dates line up with when your family arrived in Natal? (Record: 1864)
  • Any family memory of a ship named UMZINTO XL, or a passage to Natal around then?
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More families from Kalpayam

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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