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Joseph Shipley

Taken about 1918 and sourced from Individual - Elizabeth Rose (nee Barr).

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This picture was taken about 1918 and sourced from Individual - Elizabeth Rose (nee Barr).

Individual Picture Notes
- Joseph, aged about 43

Joseph was born on March 25th, 1875 in Lichfield.¹

Birth Notes
- Aged 26 in 1901 and born in Lichfield (Staff)
  
  Births Jun 1875 (>99%)
  Shipley Joseph Lichfield 6b 442
  
  Joseph was 36 in 1911
  
  1939 register shows Joseph born 25 Mar 75

Joseph's father was William Shipley and his mother was Sarah Hunt. He had three brothers and four sisters, named William, Arthur, Edward, Annie, Alice, (Ellen) and Emily. He was the second oldest of the eight children. He died at the age of 77 in March 1952 in the Wirral.²

Death Notes
- Name:    Joseph Shipley
  Death Age:    76
  Birth Date:    abt 1876
  Registration Date:    Mar 1952
  Registration district:    Wirral
  Inferred County:    Cheshire
  Volume:    10a
  Page:    825

General Notes
- Joseph's parenst were William Shipley and Sarah Hunt. They were married in 1873. He was the second oldest of eight children.
  
  By the 1901 census Joseph is married to Ada (Brereton) (married 12 Sept 1899) and living in Birkenhead at 32 Camden Street. Joseph is a railway points maker and Ada a dressmaker working from home.
  
  In 1902 he became licensee of the White Lion, Childer Thornton and in 1908 had moved to the Wynnstay Arms, Birkenhead. John and Eliza Brereton had the White Lion in 1911
  
  In 1939 Joseph and Ada were at 47a New Chester Road , Bebington. Joseph was license of a Beer House.
  
  n 1940 he was Birkenhead Brewery’s oldest serving tenant. In 1912 he became a member of the Lower Bebington U.D.C representing Park Ward. He was defeated in March 1922.
  Founder member of the Riverside and the James Thompson Masonic Lodges.
  Former President of the Bromborough Old Age Pensioners’ Association.
  Original organiser of the New Ferry fancy dress walking race and organised fancy dress football matches every Boxing Day.
  Presented the Shipley Knock-out Challenge cup for Junior football.
  
  Joseph aged 64 (a financier on departure and licensee on arrival) and Ada of 51 New Chester Rd, New Ferry departed 22 April 1939 to New York on Cunard's Britannica, arriving back at Liverpool on 8 May on the Scythia.

Occupation Details
- From 1901 Joseph's occupation was Railway Points Maker in transportation.
  
  From before 1939 his occupation was Licensed Victualler (Beer House).

Occupancy & Contact Details
- Joseph lived at 32 Camden Street for two years from September 1899 to after 1901.³
  - Occupancy/Contact Notes
    - Home of Thomas and Ann Hale family in 1891 to 1899
      Home of Joseph and Ada Shipley (nee Brereton) after they were married and in 1901
  He lived at 81 New Chester Road to before October 1913.⁴
  - Occupancy/Contact Notes
    - Joseph was living at 81 New Chester Road, New Ferry when he was witness to John Brereton's will.

Social & Emotional Relationships
- John Brereton attended Joseph.
  - Relationship Notes
    - Joseph Shipley had the White Lion Pub till about 1908, when John and Eliza Brereton took it over. Joseph Shipley was a witness to John Breretons will in 1913.
  He lived with Winifred (Winnie) May Shipley.
  - Relationship Notes
    - In 1939, Winifred M Hopley was still living with her parents.

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- William Shipley
  - b.28 Jun 1840 in London d.20 Jan 1910 in Lichfield
  
  Joseph Shipley
  - b.25 Mar 1875 in Lichfield d.Mar 1952 in the Wirral
  
  Sarah Hunt
  - b.1851 in Lichfield d.Mar 1916 in Lichfield

Personal Timeline

Click here for details of Joseph's family with Ada Brereton

¹ FreeBMD.org.uk
² England & Wales BMD Index (1984-Date)
³ 1901 UK Census
⁴ Will - John Brereton (1914)
Source/Citation Ancestry Family Trees