George Wilkin
George Wilkin (1817-1890) was apparently the son of William (a scissors smith) and Ann. An engraving (1879) of George’s premises has an establishment date of 1825. Apparently, George Wilkin was the bookkeeper listed in 1849 in Wellington Street; and enumerated in the Census (1851) as ‘Wilkins’, a manufacturer’s clerk, whose wife was Mary Ann, a scissors burnisher. By 1852, when he advertised in the local directory, George Wilkin had acquired Broadhead, Hall & Co at Eldon Wo....
