Joseph Turner
Joseph Turner (1838-1907) was born in Sheffield, the son of James and Jane Turner. The family lived in Hague Lane / Norwich Street in the Park. Joseph’s uncle was a razor manufacturer and his father, James, was a razor smith. However, the latter died when Joseph was a boy (possibly in 1846). Joseph was soon helping to support his widowed mother. In the Census (1851), he was enumerated as a 12-year-old razor smith. According to a later account (Nutt, 19191), Joseph Turner learne....
