Henry Biggin & Company
Henry Biggin, who was born in Sheffield about 1833, was the son of Samuel Biggin and his wife Ann. His father was a white metal smith. In 1851, the family lived in Salford, with father and son enumerated in the Census as a brass moulder journeyman and brass finisher journeyman, respectively. Henry joined James Dixon & Sons in about 1855 and by the early 1870s was manager of the Britannia metal department. He had charge of the handle section and Samuel Wilkinson Biggin (the son of Joshua Bigg....
