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Mariyammal

Kastambady, North Arcot

Father
Munsamy Mandry
Kastambady, North Arcot
Indentured ancestor
Mariyammal
female · Kastambady, North Arcot
The crossing
Origin
Kastambady
North Arcot
Ship
UMZINTO XLII
no. 126992
Year
1875
Arrived
Natal, South Africa
The origin village

Mariyammal’s family came from Kastambady, North 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 Mariyammal or Munsamy Mandry?
  • Did family ever mention coming from Kastambady, North Arcot?
  • Do the dates line up with when your family arrived in Natal? (Record: 1875)
  • Any family memory of a ship named UMZINTO XLII, or a passage to Natal around then?
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More families from Kastambady

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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