Charles Ewart Jenkins (1893-1949) was born in Wolverhampton, the son of Albert and Martha.  The family was living in Sheffield in 1911, when Albert was a grocer and son Charles was a motor mechanic. 

In 1919, he registered his cutlery firm at Sidney Street with £5,000 capital as manufacturers, forgers, grinders and importers and exporters of and dealers in cutlery, files, rasps, skates and edge tools, and manufacturing silversmith.  Jenkins’ fellow subscriber was Charles Bradshaw, Gleadless Road. The chairman was W. A. Fox, who was from a well-known family of sickle and scythe makers at Commonside, Ridgeway. The vice-chairman was George F. Boothroyd, of Upper Albert Road, Meersbrook. Charles E. Jenkins was managing director. Other directors – drawn from a wide range of Sheffield industries – were Michael George Tait, Stanley Road; Charles Bradshaw; John William Cottam, Glencoe Road; and George A. Boaler, Rockley Road.

In the 1925 directory, the address was Shiloh Buildings, Stanley street. Benjamin Ellis and his son had also joined the firm, until a Jenkins’ press announcement in 1927 that they had no further connection with the business. The firm remained in Stanley Street until 1938, when it was liquidated by George A. Boaler.  In the following year, Jenkins was an armament and aircraft worker, living in Thomas Street.  He died at Paignton on 20 June 1949, leaving £2,399.