Martha Forde & Sons
In the Census (1851), John and Martha Forde were in Sheaf Street, living with two sons, John (aged 12) and Thomas (aged 10). John, who was born in Dronfield, was a forty-year-old ‘caster’; Martha, born in Worrall, was aged forty, with no occupation. By 1854, Martha was listed as a scissors manufacturer in Sheaf Street. By 1861, her sons had joined her. In 1871, the Census enumerated John (61) and Martha (65) in Sheaf Street, though only Martha was described as a scissors manufa....
