The East India Registers and Directories were compiled from the official returns received at East India House. They contained lists of casualties, births, marriages and deaths, appointments and other information.
13 January 1831
At Vepery, the lady of Adjutant R. B. Monsell, 2nd N.V.B., of a son.
At Fort St George, Mrs T. Dashwood, of a daughter.
26 January 1831
At Cannanore, the lady of Lieut John Stoddard, HM 54th Regiment, of a son.
In Fort St George, the lady of S. S. Trevor, Esq, artillery, of a daughter.
At Palaveram, the lady of Lieut Codrington, 46th Native Infantry, of a son.
At Bangalore, the lady of Lieut J. B. Musgrove, 56th Native Infantry, of a daughter.
6 February 1831
At St Thomas's Mount, the lady of Lieut Wright, of a daughter.
At Bangalore, the lady of Lieut Col F. W. Wilson, 36th Regiment, of a daughter.
7 February 1831
At Palamacottah, Mrs John Regel, of a daughter.
At Madras, Mrs R. Santineer, of a daughter.
At Ootacamund, the lady of Lieut Minchin, 47th regiment, of a son.
11 February 1831
At Madras, the lady of Capt J. Edgar, 50th Native Infantry, of a son.
At Masulipatam, the lady of Lieut T. A. Duke, 1st Battalion Pioneers, of a daughter, still-born.
At Bangalore, the wife of Capt Purten, Engineers, of a son.
7 March 1831
At Vizagapatam, the lady of Capt Dennison, country sea service, of a son and heir.
At Madras, the lady of H. T. Bushby, Esq, civil service, of a still-born son.
At Trichinopoly, the lady of Lieut E. W. Ravenscroft, 4th Cavalry, of a son.
27 March 1831
At Madras, the lady of Josiah A. Hudleston, Esq, civil service, of a daughter.
At Madras, the lady of Tudor Lavie, Esq, Artillery, of a son.
31 March 1831
At Bangalore, the lady of Capt W. Langford, 31st Native Infantry, of a son.
At Bangalore, the lady of J. H. Thomas, Esq, 7th Light Cavalry, of a daughter.
10 April 1831
At Secunderabad, the lady of Lieut Col Elphinstone, of a son.
At Secunderabad, the lady of Capt H. Lee, 11th Native Infantry, of a daughter.
At Bangalore, Mrs J. White, of a son.
12 April 1831
At Chingleput, the lady of Andrew N. Magrath, Esq, of a son.
At Madras, Mrs David Dalton, of a daughter.
15 April 1831
At Palaveram, the lady of Lieut Mackenzie, 5th Native Infantry, of a son.
At Madras, Mrs Paul Joseph, of a son.
18 April 1831
At Madras, the lady of the Rev F. J. Darrah, A.M., Chaplain of Black Town, of a son and heir. See Also
At Mysore, Mrs E. Hayes, of a son.
23 April 1831
At Kotagherry, the lady of E. B. Thomas, Esq, civil service, of a son.
At Ootacamund, Mrs C. D'Santos, of a daughter.
29 April 1831
At Madras, the lady of Thomas Prendergast, Esq, Madras Civil Service, of a son.
At Madras, the wife of Mr J. J. Mackertich, of a daughter.
31 May 1831
At Bangalore, the lady of A. Wilkinson, Esq, Native Infantry, of a daughter.
At Palaveram, the lady of Capt Andrew Fraser, 45th Native Infantry, of a son.
5 June 1831
At Madras, the lady of Lieut G. C. Whitlock, 36th Native Infantry, of a son.
Lately, on board the Lady Macnaghten, off the Cape of Good Hope, Mrs Minchen, of a daughter.
MARRIAGES - MADRAS
10 January 1831
At Madras, Edward Smalley, Esq, civil service, to Agnes, daughter of William Molle, Esq.
At Madras, Chas R. Baynes, Esq, civil Service, to J. Louisa, daughter of Geo Moore, Esq.
9 February 1831
At Madras, Mr T. Rodrigues, to Miss Josephine Lovery.
At Vepery, Mr C. Heron, to Frances, daughter of the late Mr John Harkness.
9 April 1831
At Madras, A. Sherrefs, Ensign 1st Battalion Pioneers, to Mary Agnes, eldest daughter of the late Edward Rist, Esq, of the India House, and niece of the Archdeacon.
30 May 1831
At Pondicherry, Edward Gordon Esq, to Myrtle Grove, Madras, to Matilda, daughter of Augustus Sequin, Esq.
At Vepery, Mr George Winter, master tailor, to Julia, only daughter of the late Mr Thomas Gager.
4 April 1831
At Bellary, in his forty-ninth year, Colonel Edward Winterton Snow, CB, and commanding the station. He distinguished himself at Assaye and Argaum, and at Mahidpore, where he led, in a manner never to be forgotten, the memorable charge of the rifle corps, contributing its full share to the fortune of the day, almost at the cost of its own extermination. He was subsequently in high staff employ to the eastward, and was expecting removal from Bellary to higher command.
At Mysore, John Hilary Welsh, son of Mr Welsh, of Seringapatam, 19.
8 April 1831
At Trichinopoly, (two hours after the birth of a son), Frances Ashly, wife of Capt Percival Browne.
At Madras, Mr Joseph Jacobs, of the Male Free School, aged 45.
21 April 1831
At Madras, in her 20th year, Eliza, eldest daughter of Mr J. J. Simon, and niece to the late J. Shaw, Esq.
At Madras, Mr Auth. Caffarey, 31.
1 May 1831
At St Thome, John Nixon, Esq, formerly at Major in his Majesty's service. He served in the West Indies, at Walcheren, and was on the staff of Sir Miles Nightingale, both in the Peninsula war and when he was Commander-in-Chief at Bombay. He was afterwards deputy adjutant general at Java, and for some time private secretary to Sir Evan Nepean. In 1819 he went to Europe in broken health, and in 1822 left the army, shortly after which he returned to this country in the hope of obtaining civil employment, and succeeded during the government of Sir T. Munro.
12 May 1831
At Pulicat, Lieut John Smith, late of the 31st Regiment Light Infantry.
At Bellary, Margaret Ann, wife of Quarter Master Sergeant J. L. Degrayter, 2nd Native Infantry.
16 May 1831
At Madras, Mrs Obdam, wife of M. Obdam, Esq, late resident of Pulicat, aged 35.
At Palamcottah, Quarter Master Serjeant, Thomas Jones, 1st Regiment Native Infantry.
19 May 1831
At Palaveram, James Wallace, Esq, captain in the 23rd Regiment of Light Infantry.
At Tellicherry, in his 40th year, Mr J. L. Andrew, third writer of the Pay Office at Cannanore.
23 May 1831
At Madras, Michael D. Baroom, Esq, merchant, aged 32.
At Madras, James Vetch, Esq, surgeon of HM ship Crocodile, and late of HM ship Slaney.
1 June 1831
At Egmore, Mr Thomas Turnbull, assistant revenue surveyor, aged 52.
At Munderguddy, Lieut Charles S. Babington, 15th Native Infantry.
9 June 1831
At Madras, Mrs Cecilia Anne Corner, aged 19, wife of Mr C. S. Corner, of the Government Bank.
John Rose, Cornet, 3rd Light Cavalry.
Lieut Colonel John Taynton, invalid.
12 July 1831
At Madras, Lieut Col Charles Rundall, Infantry.
Lately - At Cochin, in his 40th year, Major Arthur Fred Barbauld, of HM 54th Regiment.