Alfred Ward was apparently the son of George Ward (a cutler) and his wife, Mary. He was baptised in Sheffield on 21 August 1796. In 1820, when he married Ellen (or Eleanor) Sandys, he was a table knife manufacturer. By the mid-1820s, he was listed as table knife manufacturer and general dealer in hardware at 100 Fargate. In 1831, he announced that he had opened a ‘General Furnishing Ironmonger Establishment’ at 106 Fargate, corner of Church Street. Ward promised a good choice o....