Karen, Could it be that your ancestor had just embraced Christianity and therefore could be married and have her children baptised in a Christian Church? Cheers. Jill >>snip<< My GGGG Grandmother was Anglo Indian and the records I have showed that they married on the Saturday and had all there 7 children christened on the Sunday. Think it was quite normal back then and also possibly they lived quite a distance from a church or mission and maybe that also contributed to this happening. Regards Karen NZ

Agree that it was quite common for marriage to take place after birth of child or children. I think that if I was to check all families in India in my wife's tree I might find that it was more common than marriage first. My guess is that couples were not church goers when they had children and later decided to marry and the church then persuaded them to have their children baptised. David -----Original Message----- From: india-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:india-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Jill Glover via Sent: 06 September 2015 13:26 To: 'Karen & Peter'; india@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [INDIA] INDIA Digest, Vol 10, Issue 169 Karen, Could it be that your ancestor had just embraced Christianity and therefore could be married and have her children baptised in a Christian Church? Cheers. Jill >>snip<< My GGGG Grandmother was Anglo Indian and the records I have showed that they married on the Saturday and had all there 7 children christened on the Sunday. Think it was quite normal back then and also possibly they lived quite a distance from a church or mission and maybe that also contributed to this happening. Regards Karen NZ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to INDIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message