Thomas Marples
Thomas Marples was born in Sheffield in 1832, the son of Samuel Marples (1803-1873) and his wife, Mary. Samuel (who was cousin to William Marples) was a shoe manufacturer and later landlord of the Stag’s Head, Psalter Lane. By 1851, Thomas was a fruit-knife cutler, living with his parents in Sharrow Moor. In 1855, he registered a silver mark from Arundel Street. For fifty years he operated as a specialist in silver pocket fruit-knives from various addresses, but mostly Headford and Milton Street....
