Penang

Penang Island was also known as Prince of Wales Island. It was part of the Straits Settlements, along with Singapore and Malacca. The capital of Penang is George Town (or Georgetown). The island now forms a part of the larger Malaysian state of Penang.

Alternative Spelling

Pinang

Records

Ecclesiastical Returns: Baptisms, Marriages and Burials at the British Library. Prince of Wales Island [Penang], Malacca and Singapore 1799-1829 in IOR N/8.
The LDS film number for these records is 498606, item 2.

Returns are continued in the Bengal returns 1830-1868, N/1. For Malacca marriages 1820-1824, see also IOR: R/9/39/3.

BACSA have published a book entitled “Christian Cemeteries of Penang & Perak” which details inscriptions of those buried there. The index of persons named therein can be searched at BACSA Search. Application can be made to BACSA for copies of the full inscription or to buy the book - charges apply.

External Links

• Annual Register and Directory 1821 Prince of Wales Island . This publication lists the British government and administrative departments, military personnel, organizations, trades, church committees, etc, on Prince of Wales Island. Includes an index. Available to download from the National Library of Singapore.
• Malacca and Penang Chapter 6 of Trade and Travel in the Far East; Or, Recollections of Twenty-one Years Passed in Java, Singapore, Australia, and China by G.F. Davidson 1846
• Penang Island Wikipedia
• Straits Settlements Wikipedia
• Penang, page 718 A Gazetteer of Southern India: with the Tenasserim Provinces and Singapore by Pharoah &Co 1855
• Inscription inside St. George's church, Penang, John Alexander Bannerman (1758-1819) Governor of Penang, from Daniel Morgan's website