Another sad story: Joseph Phipps
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