Charles Ewart Jenkins (1893-1949) was born in Wolverhampton, the son of Albert and Martha. The family was living in Sheffield in 1911, when Albert was a grocer and son Charles was a motor mechanic.
He registered his cutlery firm with £5,000 capital in 1919 as manufacturers, forgers, grinders and importers and exporters of and dealers in cutlery, files, rasps, skates and edge tools, manufacturing silversmith. Shiloh Buildings, Stanley street, was the address in the 1925 directory.