Sleapers

Many of the various census entries I am looking at are written Sleaper rather than Sleeper.  This lead me to go back to FindMyPast and add this parameter to my search of the 1939 Register.  There are only four, so not a large impact.  

However, given that the first Sleeper I began investigating was Ada down in Faversham whose husband's line ended up in London for generations and all descendants need to be eliminated from a potential YDNA testing pool as they are ultimately Schliepers from Germany, I need to broaden my reach I fear.

Yes, I'm still working down the Schliepers to eliminate from the original pool...  Prolific, but since there are so few Sleepers in the 1939 Register, I wonder how many lines will have daughtered out or are actually connected to this line.  

To give myself a break, I think I'll take a peek at these Sleapers...  Immediately this list gets cut in half.  One, Susanna E is married to Walter, so she is not a Sleaper per se.  

Then Teresa Jane is duplicated - interestingly they are indexed differently, but the images are identical and identified as Southend-On Sea, County Borough, so that will be the location I use.  Next to find information on the institution she was as.  

According to the record, Theresa Jane Sleaper was born 20 April 1892 which means she was 47 when the Register was compiled. She is single, disabled, and residing at Nazareth House in Southend-on-Sea.

A quick search on Nazareth House in S-on-S and we find it has been demolished for new housing.  The Children's Homes website has an article on this site specifically which states it was mostly for boys.  However, looking at the 1939 register, there are pages of single disabled women and other working adults.  A bit confused, but perhaps more will come clear later.  I need to find parents for this lady...