William Goodinson, who was born in Sheffield in about 1825, was a Britannia metal spoon manufacturer.   He was probably the son of David Goodinson, a metal buffer in Lord Street, and his wife, Elizabeth.  William was listed in a directory in 1852 in Eldon Street (with a residence in Portobello Street)); and in 1856 in Burnt Tree Lane.  In the 1860s and 1870s, Goodinson lived and worked in Monmouth Street and Broomspring Lane.  He advertised in the directory (1879).  He was presumably an employer, but he never provided the Census with any details of his workforce (which was probably small).  In 1881, he was living in Carr Road.  In 1861, his 17-month-old son, by his wife Eliza, was buried in a grave in the General Cemetery.  The grave also contains the remains of Goodinson’s parents: David (d. 1871, aged 65) and Elizabeth (d. 1859, aged 54).  William Goodinson’s death is untraced, but it may have been in the mid-1880s.