metropolitan convalescent institute, walton on thames

[Junemac]

Thanks Jennifer, I have done heaps  of work on the Sinclair family, from their origins in Scotland, through their time in Knaresborough, down to Pulborough In Sussex, even visited both churches where the father, William was rector.  Another brother, William was Dean of London.  I have never been able to tie up Florence with the family, my grandfather even has Sinclair as his 2nd name. 

Is there any way of finding out if the Sinclairs were sponsors at Florence's baptism in 1881?

Cheers, June
 
 

[jennifer c]

Have you ever made any contact with the present Sinclair family to see if they have knowledge of any homes or refuge they may have run. What about their wills did they leave any money to any charities. Have you traced the paperwork for Florence leaving England?

Jennifer

[Jane Church]

My relative, Ellen O'Hara aged 16,  was also in the Metropolitan Convalescent Institution, on the same sheet as Florence Blandford. Did you manage to find out more about it? I wondered if it were a mental health institution. My great aunt apparently had "ill health" and had to drop out of being a nun later in life.

[Junemac]

Hi Jane, Sorry it's taken me so long to reply to your post.  I haven't been able to find out much about this place.  My g.grandmother apparently was suffering from pernicious anaemia, and was treated with morphine, and became addicted. So whether she was in there for the anaemia or the drug addiction, I don't know.  Three years after that census , she came to Aust. While she was in the Met.Con.Ins. she was baptised (age 18) and I thought that was a bit strange. 

From what I can gather from older fam. members she never spoke of her time in England, so it leaves us with a lot of questions.  Her mother was in Leavesden Asylum from 1869 until she died in 1907-so sad.

Sorry, I've not been much help.
Cheers, June