Native Woman

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