Henry C. Booth & Company
Henry C. Booth was born on 14 January 1821, the son of George Booth (a scissors smith), and his wife, Keturah. By 1844 – when he married Mary Denholm at St Peter’s Church – Henry was a merchant’s clerk, probably in cutlery. He was at Norfolk Lane in 1851 as a table knife manufacturer (a previous partnership with Samuel Bocking for the manufacture of table knives was dissolved in 1850). According to the Census, Booth employed 20 men and lived in Fitzwilliam Street. He next partn....
