Charles Styring & Son
Strying was not a common name in Sheffield. For example, no Styrings appeared in Robinson’s Directory of Sheffield (1797). However, the apprenticeship rolls of the Company of Cutlers recorded a Charles Styring purchasing his Freedom as a knife maker in 1797; and Charles, the son of Charles (a knife maker), becoming a Freeman in 1807 (Leader, 1905-06)1. Apparently, Charles Sen. (c.1753-1831) was a soap boiler when his son, Charles – by his wife, Mary – was baptised in Sheffield in 1785.&nbs....
