Josiah Barnes
The first Josiah Barnes came to Sheffield from Chinley, Derbyshire, and started his cutlery apprenticeship to Joseph Bradbury of Heeley in 1771. His son, also named Josiah, was apprenticed in 1805 to knife maker Samuel Wilson. The second Josiah started his own business as a pen and pocket knife and dirk manufacturer. By the 1830s, he was listed in Radford Street and then Solly Street. By 1841, he was in Broad Lane. However, he died on 16 September 1849, aged 57, from an &....
