Matthew White
By 1845, Matthew White manufactured spring knives and table knives in Earl Street. He resided in New George Street. An advertisement in White’s Birmingham Directory (1849) offered ‘cutlery in general’, including pocket, sportsman’s knives, and Bowies and daggers. By 1851, White employed 15 men. Between 1852 and 1868, White worked in Porter Street, with a residence in 1868 on East Bank Road. Matthew White, ‘manufacturer’ died on 29 March 1869, aged 51, at Woodhead Road, Highfield. He was buried in the General Cemetery.