Joseph Burgin
In 1833, Joseph Burgin (c.1798-1851) was listed as a scissors manufacturer, living in West Street. By 1839, he had formed Burgin & Broadhead with John Broadhead (see Broadhead, Hall) in West Street. This ended in 1842. A subsequent partnership at the same address with Charles Ward ceased in 1849. Burgin was enumerated in the Census (1851) as a scissors manufacturer, living with his wife Ann and a single apprentice. However, he died on 22 December 1851, aged 63, from ‘inflammation of th....
