Joseph Ludlam / Elizabeth Ludlam & Sons
Joseph Ludlam was a pen knife cutler, whose name appeared in Sketchley’s Sheffield Directory (1774). He worked at Burgess Street, using the trade mark ‘AETNA’. Details on his life are sparse. He may have been the Joseph Ludlam (the son of Joseph and Elisabeth), who was baptised at Upper Chapel in 1729. Apprenticeship records listed Freedoms for Joseph Ludlams in 1725 and 1755. What is certain is that soon after 1774, Joseph died. The next listing of Sheffield cutler....
