Joseph Phipps was Ari’s 4x great-grandfather. This is the only photo we have of him. He was born on 25 October 1848 in Holbrook, Belper, Derbyshire, the son of William Phipps and Mary Taylor. He was baptised on 6 October 1850. In the census of 1851 we can see him aged 3 with his parents: By 1861 he is working as a cotton mill hand, with his older brother John and younger brother Francis. On 30 December 1867 he married Ellen Boothby at St Alkmund’s church in Duffield, and by t

One of Ari’s great-great-grandfathers was Horace Sims, the son of Frederick Sims and Elizabeth Phipps. Horace was born on 1 Nov 1909 in Holbrook, Derbyshire and appears in the 1911 census as the sixth of seven children, living in Town Street, Holbrook. Horace worked as a motor bus conductor and a foundry worker. He appeared in the Derby Daily Telegraph on 27 March 1931: On 27 Feb 1932 he married Mary Elizabeth Ellen (Nellie) Wheeldon, and an announcement was published in the