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When a child was baptised, sometimes the mother was described as a '''‘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>
The term 'native woman’ will not be seen in marriage records, as all marriages were between Christians.
The following views are mainly taken from 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 India Listterm implied a Muslim (of any northern origin). ([[Bannu District]] is now in Pakistan.)
==See also==*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[Anglo Indian]]*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 [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2009[East India Company Army#Wives and children|East India Company Army -08/1249525160 linkWives and children]] discussed a possible Persian/Parsee connection *If there was a marriage in a church, the wife had become a Christian. More details in this [http:== References ==<references //archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2009-08/1249623472 link]>
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