Ebenezer Brookes
This cutler partnered Edward Barber between 1839 and 1844. Ebenezer was first listed in a directory in 1841 as a pen and pocket knife manufacturer in Charlotte Street. A trade advertisement in 1845 described him as a manufacturer of pen and pocket knives and ‘late Edward Barber’. He was based in Charles Street and Norfolk Lane, with a house in St George’s Square (later residing at Tapton). Ebenezer Brookes, Andover Street, died (aged 57) on 16 April 1859. He was buried in the General Cemetery. His enterprise apparently ceased trading.