When Joseph Ratcliffe was christened on 21 April 1836, in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Ratcliffe, was 20 and his mother, Ann Reynor, was 20. He married Elizabeth Mason on 21 October 1855, in Heanor, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Heanor, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom in 1881 and Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom in 1891. He died in 1923, in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 87.
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