George R. Marsden
George Raynor Thornton Marsden was born in Sheffield on 23 July 1850, the son of George Marsden (see Marsden Bros) and his wife, Mary. Between 1876 and 1879, he was a ‘manufacturer’ of table cutlery, palette, poultry, and oyster knives at Argyle Works, Hollis Croft. An advertisement in 1879 stated that he also sold edge, joiners’, and horticultural tools, and skates; that his firm was founded in 1790; and that his trade mark was ‘PROLIFIC’ (later used by Henry Barnascone). He l....
