Ebenezer Brookes
This cutler partnered Edward Barber between 1839 and 1844. Ebenezer was first listed in a directory in 1841 as a pen and pocket knife manufacturer in Charlotte Street. A trade advertisement in 1845 described him as a manufacturer of pen and pocket knives and ‘late Edward Barber’. He was based in Charles Street and Norfolk Lane, with a house in St George’s Square (later residing at Tapton). Ebenezer Brookes, Andover Street, died (aged 57) on 16 April 1859. He was buried in....
