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When a child was baptised, sometimes the mother was described as a ‘a native woman’
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When a child was baptised, sometimes the mother was described as '''‘a native woman'''’. The term 'native woman’ applied to Hindu or tribal women, and not to native Christians.<ref>Roberts, John E C [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2009-08/1249564449 Native Marriages] ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'' 6 August 2009. Retrieved 19 February 2015</ref>
  
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The term 'native woman’ will not be seen in marriage records, as all marriages were between Christians.
  
The following views are mainly taken from the India List
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There was also a term ‘Bunnoo native woman’.  Bunnoo or Banoo or Bunnoa was an area in Eastern [[Afghanistan]], according to Thornton's 1844 Gazetteer, but  more often the term implied a Muslim (of any northern origin).  ([[Bannu District]] is now in Pakistan.)
  
*The term’ native woman’ applied to Hindu or tribal women. More details in this [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2009-08/1249564449 link]
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==See also==
*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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*[[Anglo Indian]]
*This [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2009-08/1249525160 link] discussed a possible Persian/Parsee connection 
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*[[East India Company Army#Wives and children|East India Company Army - Wives and children]]
*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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== References ==
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[[Category:Non-British Ancestors]]
 
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Revision as of 10:53, 19 February 2015

When a child was baptised, sometimes the mother was described as ‘a native woman’. The term 'native woman’ applied to Hindu or tribal women, and not to native Christians.[1]

The term 'native woman’ will not be seen in marriage records, as all marriages were between Christians.

There was also a term ‘Bunnoo native woman’. Bunnoo or Banoo or Bunnoa was an area in Eastern Afghanistan, according to Thornton's 1844 Gazetteer, but more often the term implied a Muslim (of any northern origin). (Bannu District is now in Pakistan.)

See also

References

  1. Roberts, John E C Native Marriages Rootsweb India Mailing List 6 August 2009. Retrieved 19 February 2015