John William Wrigglesworth Badger
John William Wrigglesworth Badger (known as William) was born in Sheffield in 1863, the son of John Jackson Badger and his wife, Eliza. His father operated William Badger & Co. John became a farmer and in 1891 was living in Backmoor Cottage, Hemsworth. In the mid-1890s, however, he apparently launched William Badger, Empire Works, Eyre Street, for the manufacturer of silver plated and steel cutlery. An advertisement appeared in the Foreign Buyers’ Catalogue (1895). The vent....
