Background
Tynan, Joseph James was born on October 8, 1871 in Sion Mills, County Tyrone, Ireland. Son of Robert and Elizabeth Tynan.
Tynan, Joseph James was born on October 8, 1871 in Sion Mills, County Tyrone, Ireland. Son of Robert and Elizabeth Tynan.
Educated Spring Garden Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and International Corresponding School.
Patsy. Came to the United States, 1890, naturalized, 1896. With Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Francisco, California, since 1906, vice president, since 1909. Builder of Columbia River-Longview Bridge.
Built 10 submarines for British Admiralty in Canada (built in 5 months), South.S. Invincible (built in 29 working days).
Awarded gold medal by Director General Chas. M. Schwab of Emergency Fleet Corporation for merchant vessels delivered during World War I.
Member Board of Police Commissioners, San Francisco, 1930. Member Board of Harbor Commissioners, San Francisco, since 1931.
Married Margaret McGinty, April. Married second, Ruth Williams, November 30, 1922. Children: Margot (Mistress J. Curtis Taylor), Joseph J.