Isaac Ellis & Sons Ltd
Trade advertisements claimed that this firm was established in 1781, though the name did not appear in directories until the early nineteenth century. Isaac Ellis was born on 28 January 1902, the son of Ebenezer (a cutler), and his wife, Ann. (Ebenezer may have been the cutler of that name in Garden Street, who was buried in St Peter’s Churchyard on 13 January 1832, aged 57.) In 1837, Isaac was listed as a table knife manufacturer at Norrisfield Works (house Edward Street). By 1839, he worked and lived w....
