John Nicholson & Sons
John Nicholson was born in Darnall, Sheffield, in about 1791. By 1841, he was a spring knife manufacturer in St Thomas Street. (Listings of a John Nicholson in Westbar Green and Lambert Street in the 1830s may refer to him.) John lived with his wife Martha and sons William, James, Matthew Henry, Samuel, and John. The sons except the youngest, John, were being trained or were working as cutlers. In 1849, John Nicholson & Sons was listed (and advertised) as a maker of pen, pocket, des....
