Joseph Harold Jolley was the son of Joseph Joshua Jolley. Joseph Joshua was born c1852 in Norfolk. He married Elizabeth Ann Thorpe in 1875. In 1881they were living at 33 Ada St in Saltaire with Joseph Joshua working as a wool sorter.
Joseph, the youngest of seven children, was born 26 July 1889 in Saltaire. In 1891 & 1901 they were living at 2 Constance St in Saltaire. By 1911 Joseph was a cabinet maker living with his family at 7 Rhodes St in Shipley.
Joseph emigrated to America in 1913. Having sailed from Liverpool aboard the SS “Arabic,” he arrived in Boston 11 January. He soon returned to England, as in 1915 he married Renee Allen in Salisbury, Wiltshire. They had at least four children. By 1919 they were living at 6 Rhodes St, Shipley.
In October 1920 they were reported as being one of the first four families to move to the new houses in Hirst Wood. They lived at 106 Hirst Wood Rd until around 1938 when they moved to 4 Lindisfarne Rd.
Joseph played billiards for the Saltaire Institute with his brother, Leonard Robert Jolley, who had served in WW1.
Joseph died 15 October 1984 in Leyburn, North Yorkshire. In his will he left £7,142.