Abram Brooksbank & Company (Sheffield) Ltd
Abram Brooksbank was born in Bermondsey, south London, on 27 February 1822. He was the son of Abraham – a leather factor of Long Lane – and his wife, Ann. Abram was apprenticed to a London iron merchant. By 1845, he partnered William Hoole (1804-1859), who was a Sheffield merchant, steel refiner, and file, and knife manufacturer in Malinda Street. (According to a newspaper source, the families were related by marriage.) Hoole moved to London (where he died on 9 July 1859, leaving under £4,....
