I have just looked at your tree,and see you have Joseph's father as Charles.
1871 Census
Name: Charles Harper
Age: 30
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1841
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Rebecca Harper
Gender: Male
Where born: Sedgley, Staffordshire, England
Civil Parish: Openshaw
Ecclesiastical parish: St Barnabas
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England
Registration District: Chorlton
Sub-registration District: Ardwick
ED, institution, or vessel: 50
Household Schedule Number: 20
Piece: 3983
Folio: 81
Page Number: 4
Household Members: Name Age
Charles Harper 30 -1841Sedgley, Staffordshire, England-Bricklayer
Rebecca Harper 30 -1841Sedgley, Staffordshire, England
Mary Harper 11 -1860Sedgley, Staffordshire, England
Joseph Harper 7 -1864 Sedgley, Staffordshire, England
Charles Jines 27
Wm Jines 25
Frederic Gillens 28

So it is Staffordshire for Sedgley