New England Families

Massachsusetts Birth Index 1917, Volume 640, page 402

Connecticut Death Index, 1949-2001
Name: John H Tyler
Father's Surname: Tyler
Death Date: 4 Mar 1990
Death Place: Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut
Age: 72 Years
Birth Place: Massachusetts
Birth Date: 12 Jun 1917
Marital Status: Married
Spouse: Eliza
Occupation: DR
Industry: ACRFT ENG MAN
Education: Primary/Secondary
Residence : Windham, Windham, Connecticut
Address: 214 Manners Av 00000

On the 1940 census, John said he was living in North Attleboro in 1935

1940; Census Place: Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts; Roll: T627_1571; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 3-20. (at ancestry.com)
April 5, 1940
at 41 Pleasant St

Ethel Ward 36, lady, lodging house
John Tyler 23, lodger, 2 years of high school, born in Massachusetts, lived in North Attleboro in 1935, press hand for a steel company, had worked 50 weeks in 1939 for a total of $1000. had been unemployed the past 14 weeks and was not doing public or government work
Gladys Tyler 23, lodger, 2 years of high school, born in Massachusetts, lived in Roxbury in 1935
five other lodgers

John and Gladys Tyler provided their own information

living at 41 Pleasant St when the 1940 census was taken

working as a press hand for a steel company when the 1940 census was taken, but had been unemployed for 14 weeks

Gladys and Johnny's first child was born in Attleboro, Massachusetts, in 1942.

Is this him?
U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 (at ancestry.com)
Name: John H Tyler
Birth Year: 1917
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Maine [this could be a misreading for Ma, an abbreviation for Massachusetts]
State of Residence: Connecticut
County or City: Hartford
Enlistment Date: 24 Jul 1945
Enlistment State: Connecticut
Enlistment City: New Haven
Branch: No branch assignment
Branch Code: No branch assignment
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life
Education: Grammar school
Civil Occupation: Unskilled nonprocess occupations in manufacturing, n.e.c.
Marital Status: Married

1944 Hartford Directory
Tyler John H (Gladys M) cement worker P&W house at 28 Cannon Rd East Hartford
1945 Hartford Directory
Tyler John H (Gladys M) emp P&W house at 28 Cannon Rd East Hartford
1949 Hartford Directory
Tyler John H (Gladys M) tester P&WA Div house at 28 Cannon Rd East Hartford
1951 Hartford Directory
Tyler John H (Gladys M) tester P&WA Div house at 28 Cannon Rd East Hartford

Note they are not listed in the 1942 Hartford Directory, and in 1943 they were not listed in the street directory at 28 Cannon Road. The regular directory for 1943 is not on line (as of May 2014).

1950 Census of East Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, ED 2-71, sheet 5
April 4, 1950
at 28 Cannon Road

John H Tyler, 32, born in Rhode Island, machine operator, aircraft factory, worked 48 hours last week
Gladys M Tyler, 27, born in Massachusetts
Nancy Ann Tyler, 7, born in Massachusetts
Jean Elaine Tyler, 2, born in Connecticut

The Hartford city directories list John at various positions at Pratt and Whitney over the years.

1955 Hartford Directory
Tyler John H employee P&WA Div resides at 9 Burnside Ave, East Hartford

I did not find John Tyler in any Hartford City directories after this.