William Butler
William Butler died in Clarke Street on 6 October 1861, aged 84, after a long career as a scissors manufacturer. His early career is obscure, but he was born in Sheffield and it seems likely that he was the son of William Butler (see George Butler & Co). He was listed in 1822 as a scissors manufacturer in Trinity Street at the same address as Butler’s. He remained in Trinity Street – a road off Furnace Hill – between the 1830s and 1850s. At the time of the Census (1841), he ....
