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Originally Posted by
ScienceGuy
Zak - correct me if any of this is wrong. But there weren't too many Brammers and this was pretty readily available information.
That's right. He was late enough to the game that he didn't go through the apprentice system.
Before 1800, there is a brief knot of Brammers entering into the cutlery trade. John, George and Jonathon.
Jonathan was even still listed as a razorsmith in 1833 when his son was born.
But Joseph Brammer is the one with the Persepolis mark, and his father was also named Joseph, and his father was John, who may or may not have been related to the other John and George, but the records are tough to sort out that far back. The chances are very good Joseph Brammer was related to, at least, George Brammer (he certainly had a brother of that name, but the apprentice register show's George Brammer's father as being John Brammer, which throws the relationship into question).
This would all be so much easier to sort out if old Sheffield families had more than 4 forenames to choose from.
(I'm exaggerating a little -- there were 8 if you don't count Verdon and Marmaduke).
Short version:
Joseph Brammer, born 1796.
First listed as a razor manufacturer on Pye Bank in 1822.
In 1830 he married Elizabeth Ainley.
Their children were: Joseph Lewis Brammer (1831-1873), John Clifton Brammer (1834-1834), Mary Ann Brammer (1837-????), Margaret Jane Brammer (1840-1892), and Harriet Ellen Brammer (1843-1910).
His last directory listings were in the 1850's.
He died February 21, 1864 at age 71.
His wife died in 1875, age 70.
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