Robert Owen
Robert Owen was a pen and pocket knife manufacturer, who was listed in the Sheffield directory in 1774. Presumably, this was the individual, based at Westbar Green, who had been Master Cutler in 1772/3. His trade mark was ‘GOLD +’. R. E. Leader, on the basis of the apprenticeship records of the Company of Cutlers, suggested that originally the family was involved in coal mining (Leader, 1905-61). Robert was likely the son of Joseph Owen, who had been Master Cutler in 1754/5. In....
