Joseph Owen was born around 1820 in Warrington, Lancashire.

Joseph married Elizabeth Prescott in 1846 in Liverpool Registration District.

He had the following children from his marriage to Elizabeth Prescott:

- Louisa Owen

born on 9 November 1863 in 9, Westfield Street, St Helens, Lancashire.

Joseph was a Glassmaker and Gardener.

Details of Joseph's death are not known.

He died before 1901.