John Tyler (1834-1884)

John Tyler (1834-1884), Superintendent of the Line, London and South Western Railway.

1834 Born at Paddington the son of John Tyler and his wife Sarah

1867 Married at Exeter to Mary A. G. Brown and had four sons and two daughters

1868 Birth of son John Francis Sherwood Tyler

1873 Birth of son James William Tyler

1884 Died. 'Information was conveyed the Middlesex coroner to-day of the death of Mr John Tyler, line superintendent of the South Western Railway. It appears that Tyler and the stationmaster at Vauxhall were testing a lift at that station. As the lift ascended Mr Tyler became giddy and staggered against the framework, his head being caugnt and crushed between the crossbeam and lift. He was taken to St Thomas's Hospital immediately, but on arrival there life was extinct.'

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