Jonathan Badger / William Badger & Company
Jonathan Badger (c.1771-1834), a scissors grinder, was the son of Thomas Badger, a nailer of Huthwaite, Yorkshire. Jonathan was apprenticed to James Whiteley, a scissors smith, and granted his Freedom in 1796 (though there is no record of a mark). In 1794, he married Lydia Dearden (c.1774-1838), who was apparently the sister of John Dearden, whose family operated a scissor business at Copper Street. Jonathan Badger briefly partnered William and Mark Dearden, but this was dissolved in 1817. In the 1820....
