Joseph Mills
Joseph Mills was born on 6 June 1845, the son of George and Harriet. His father was a table blade forger, who in 1851 was living and working in Sarah Street (Eyre’s Buildings). By the late 1860s, George Mills & Son, table knife blade manufacturer, was located in Fulwood. In 1869, Joseph married Ellen, the daughter of the late Mr Houldsworth. By 1876, while his father continued to work in Fulwood, Joseph was a manufacturer of table and butchers’ knives in Allen Street. In 1881, he....
