George Dalton (c.1761-26 February 1844) manufactured table knives and was a dealer in ivory handles, razor, pen knife, and comb scales, and billiard balls.  A partnership with Benjamin Woolhouse was dissolved in 1805.  He was listed in Norfolk Street by 1811.  He had married Esther Woolhouse (daughter of Benjamin) in 1783.  Their sons were George (bapt.1784-1857) and Samuel (bapt.1795-1853).  In the late 1820s, Samuel managed his father’s business at 15 Norfolk Street, but in 1834 started his own enterprise (Sheffield Independent, 3 May 1834).  Samuel Dalton, ivory merchant, Glossop Road, died on 6 September 1853, aged 58.  He was buried in the General Cemetery.  Samuel’s enterprise was continued by his sons, Montague and Frederick.  Meanwhile, Samuel’s elder brother, George, had become established as a table knife manufacturer in Wellington Street.

George Dalton died on 8 October 1857, aged 74.  His burial (unconsecrated) was in the General Cemetery; and he left under £1,500.  A memorial monument in Upper Chapel, Norfolk Street, recorded the names of George Dalton, his daughter, Harriet, and ‘relict’, Harriet (d. 1888).    His sons – by his wife Margaret Mettam – were George Jun. (1804-1873) and William (1808-1846).  They continued to trade in table knives and ivory hafting.  Dalton Bros was operated by the next generation, stemming from George Jun. and his wife Ann.  The firm was listed in 1862 in Cadman Lane, Norfolk Street, as a manufacturer of plated and dessert knives, including fish carvers; and then between 1864 and 1878 at Albion Works, Cambridge Street.  George Jun.’s sons, Henry (1828-1875) and William (1833-1895?), were listed as partners; another son, George Dalton (1826-1881), was an ivory cutter, but it is not known if he was associated with the firm.  According to an account of a fire at Albion Works (Sheffield Independent, 3 March 1866), Dalton Bros occupied the upper rooms of an old building next to Red Lion Inn, Cambridge Street, which they shared with Kilner & Ramsden (see William Ramsden & Co).  Henry Dalton, manufacturer, Wellington Street, died on 18 October 1875, aged 47.  George Dalton, Victoria Road, Heeley, died on 10 July 1881, aged 55.  He left £64.  They were buried in the General Cemetery.