I am wondering if a separate register was maintained to register the marriages between a British subject and a 'native woman'. This thought stems from the fact that there is an old original register, in a library here in Bangalore, which has records of marriages c 1850s - 1890s. The register is different from other marriage registers. This has been used vertically, while all the original registers I have seen at Churches are horizontal and probably with more columns. They won't permit access to this register, due to its delicate condition. The pages are crumbling and the details I have mentioned are from cover of this register. This register looks like a ledger book without printed columns. Since no record of the contents are available anywhere, the obvious conclusion is that the quarterly returns were not sent to the Ecclesiastical Department. A few years back this library digitized all their books and registers, but some could not be done due their fragility. This register is one among the non digitized. David Barnabas Bangalore, India >>> > My ggg grandmother's eldest brother John bapt 1829 at the garrison station > at Ellichpoor had three children to a native lady named Nursannah, all > baptized in 1867 [all born 1847, 1851 & 1863] however I've never been able > to find their marriage or if Nursannah was baptized. The family were > living at Chudderghat at the time of the baptisms. > > I know lots of marriages cannot be found, if they were married, but would > Nursannah have had to be baptized for her children to be baptized. I have > been trawling through the Madras baptisms online, which are great, but have > not come across a baptism for Nursannah or would she possibly have been > baptized under a Christian name? > Sorry for all the questions. > Joan > <<< > > > I have seen in many instances, in the original Baptism registers, where > children born of wedlock, were christened on the same day. In all these > cases, the mother was a 'native woman' and her name was seldom mentioned in > the baptism registers. I am not sure if that was the rule or was practiced > by the Clergy. It is definitely not clerical error. > > Also, in most cases, these baptisms were done privately, not during the > Church Service, as was normally done. > > > > David Barnabas > Bangalore, India > > > > >