Joseph Whistance is the son of Joseph Henry Whistance and Annie E. Partridge.

Joseph was born in 1923 in Walsall, Staffordshire.

Joseph married Kathleen Durnall in 1943 in Wednesbury, Staffordshire.

He had the following children from his marriage to Kathleen Durnall:

- Kathleen M Whistance	born in 1945 at Wednesbury, Staffordshire.
- Shelley A Whistance	born in 1955 at Wednesbury, Staffordshire.
- Shaun D Whistance	born in 1961 at Wednesbury, Staffordshire.

Details of Joseph's occupation are not known.