George Gill & Son
George Gill (c.1842-1900) was a spring-knife cutler, who was listed at 107 Eyre Street (Trinity Works of Geo. Butler) in 1868. By 1881, he employed sixteen workers (eleven men, two boys, a woman, and two girls). George Gill brought his son, Henry Herbert (1868-1918) into the business, but the business was bankrupt in 1885. In 1888, George Gill applied to be discharged from bankruptcy and apparently continued trading. He was described as a ‘cutlery manufacturer’, Woodbank Avenue, when he di....
