John Wilkins / Harry Wilkins
In 1841, John Wilkins (c.1826-1901) was a cutlery apprentice living in Wellington Street with 50-year-old cutler Samuel Staniforth. John’s father had apparently died before 1851; his mother was Mary. By 1852, John Wilkins partnered James Staniforth (probably the son of Samuel) in Staniforth & Wilkins, table knife manufacturers, Trafalgar Street. After 1856, John operated alone as a table knife manufacturer in Eldon Street/Trafalgar Street. According to the Census (1881), he employed two men.....
