I am trying to trace ancestors of Mary Agnes RIST, who married my 3xGGG Alexander SHIRREFS in St George's church, Madras in 1831 - 9 April 1831 Marriage Date 9 - Apr Marriage Year 1831 Husband First Names A. Husband Surname Shirrefs Wife First Names Mary Agnes Wife Surname Rist IOR Reference None Source Year 1832 Source Edition 2 Source Presidency Madras Source Event Marriage Entry At Madras, A. Shirrefs, Esq., 1st batt. pioneers, to Mary Agnes, daughter of the late Edward Rist, Esq., of the India House and niece of the Archdeacon. >From the reference to the late Edward RIST in marriage certificate I found his early death - Surname Rist First names Edward Unit Treasury at East India House Death date 7 Jun 1817 Place of death Stoke Newington Source Gentleman's Magazine Date Jun 1817 Page number 573 Detail At Barratt-grove, Stoke Newington, aged 33, Edward Rist, esq. of the Treasury, East India-house, and son-in-law to the late Rev. Thomas Robinson, vicar of St. Mary's, Leicester. In the light of the reference to Rev Thomas ROBINSON at St Mary's Leicester in the death certificate for Mary Agnes' father, Edward, I went hunting for another Rev. ROBINSON who was an archdeacon in Madras around this time and found another Rev Thomas ROBINSON (possibly the son of the one in Leicester). Mary Agnes and Alexander did call one of their ten children Thomas Robinson SHIRREFS, so it looks like this idea has some value. The problem I am having is that I am struggling to verify the links to the ROBINSON family. I cannot find Mary Agnes RIST's birth as indexes for UK only started in 1837 and she must have been born before this. Census information for Scotland (where she was in 1861, 71, 81 and 91) indicate a birth in London around 1813. I am also struggling to understand how Mary Agnes RIST, who if census records are correct would have been 4 years old when her father died, ended up being married in Madras at 18 years old. Any ideas folks? Regards Robin