Thomas Osborne (c.1764-1836) was a table knife cutler, who in 1785 married Betty (Elizabeth) Beckett.  Their son, Benjamin, was born on 19 March 1786 and baptised at Upper Chapel, Norfolk Street.  In 1811, Thomas was listed as a table knife cutler at Peacroft; after 1816, his usual address in directories was 10 Smithfield.  In 1821, Benjamin appeared for the first time as a table knife cutler at Hollis Croft.  Thomas’s wife, Mary (presumably he had remarried), died in 1825, aged 70.  Thomas apparently retired, because by 1833 Benjamin occupied the workshop at 10 Smithfield as a table knife manufacturer.  Benjamin’s brother, Alfred (1800-1879), was a scale cutter at the same address.  Thomas died on 17 August 1836, aged 72.  He was buried at Upper Chapel, where his gravestone in the chapel yard is also inscribed with the name of his wife, Mary.

Benjamin continued to trade at Smithfield as table knife manufacturer, though on occasion he was also a cutlery dealer, and a grocer and flour dealer (at 4 Meadow Street).  His cutlery business became insolvent in 1844 and though he continued to trade at Allen Street, he was also listed in 1849 as a hosier at his house at Netherthorpe Street.  He died there ‘after a long illness’ on 23 November 1849, aged 64 (Sheffield Independent, 8 December 1849).  His gravestone is also in the yard at Upper Chapel.