Broomhead & Thomas
William Broomhead and John Tarrand Thomas (1799-1880) were merchants in Birmingham and Sheffield from the early 1830s. Broomhead was apparently from Birmingham. John T. Thomas had been born in Sheffield on 24 November 1799 and baptised at Queen Street Chapel. He was the son of Lewis Thomas and his wife, Jane. Lewis had been involved with the Harwoods, before operating his own merchant concern in George Street in the 1820s. He brought his son into the firm, but Lewis Thomas & Son was dissolve....
