John Hartley & Sons
John Hartley (1823-1898) was apparently born in Rastrick on 21 March 1823, the son of Aaron and Mary. His father was a weaver, but John was already a table knife hafter when enumerated as a 17-year-old in the 1841 Census in Rastrick. He moved to Sheffield soon after. In 1845, he married his first wife Elizabeth Brears (1827-1852) and by the next Census (1851) they were living in Port Mahon. John was working as a table knife hafter. By 1861, he was in Montgomery Road / Infirmary Road and in....
