Joshua Kirkham
Joshua Kirkham was born in Sheffield in about 1844, the son of David Kirkham (c.1820-1851) and his wife Sarah née Mottram (c.1812-1854). They lived in the Park, where David was a shoe manufacturer. After his father’s early death, Joshua’s mother sold boots and shoes, while Joshua was apprenticed as a horn cutter to Henry Mettam, who was his uncle (see Roberts & Mettam). Kirkham was listed in directories from the late 1870s, when he was variously described as a stag handle and scale cu....
