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When a child was baptised, sometimes the mother was described as a ‘a native woman’
  
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The following views are mainly taken from the India List
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*The term’ native woman’ applied to Hindu or tribal women [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2009-08/1249564449 link]
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*There was also a term ‘Bunnoo native woman’.  Bunnoo or Banoo or Bunnoa is an area in Eastern Afghanistan, but a researcher advised more often the term implied a Muslim (of any northern origin).
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*This [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2009-08/1249525160 link] discussed a possible Persian/Parsee connection 
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*If there was a marriage in a church, the wife had become a Christian. More details in this [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2009-08/1249623472 link]
  
  
 
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Revision as of 02:56, 18 October 2009

When a child was baptised, sometimes the mother was described as a ‘a native woman’


The following views are mainly taken from the India List

  • The term’ native woman’ applied to Hindu or tribal women link
  • There was also a term ‘Bunnoo native woman’. Bunnoo or Banoo or Bunnoa is an area in Eastern Afghanistan, but a researcher advised more often the term implied a Muslim (of any northern origin).
  • This link discussed a possible Persian/Parsee connection
  • If there was a marriage in a church, the wife had become a Christian. More details in this link