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Janis A Puravs 1903 - 2002

Janis A Puravs of Saginaw, Saginaw County, MI was born on August 29, 1903 in Riga Latvia, and died at age 98 years old on April 26, 2002 in Saginaw. Janis Puravs was buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Saginaw.

Janis A Puravs
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Saginaw, Saginaw County, MI 48602
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August 29, 1903
Riga, Latvia
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April 26, 2002
Saginaw, Saginaw County, Michigan, United States
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  • 08/29
    1903

    Birthday

    August 29, 1903
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    Riga Latvia
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  • Ethnicity & Family History

    Janis was Latvian.

  • Nationality & Locations

    Born in Latvia, Janis immigrated to New Orleans, Louisiana and then moved to Mississippi. He later moved to Saginaw, Michigan, where he died.

  • Military Service

    Janis served in the Latvian Army.

  • Professional Career

    Janis told the 1950 Federal census that he was working as a town plumber in Senatobiain, Mississippi. According to the 1953 Saginaw, Michigan City Directory, he was working as a sorting machine operator in Saginaw.

  • Personal Life & Family

    Born in Riga, Latvia, to Janis Puravs and Marija Auns, Janis A Puravs immigrated to the United States in 1949 and arrived in New Orleans. Janis A Puravs married Alma O. Grundulis (1902 - 1992) on May 1st, 1926 and they had sons Janis John A. Puravs Jr (1945 - 2001) and Juris Parvis, born in 1933.
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    April 26, 2002
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    Forest Lawn Cemetery in Saginaw, Saginaw County, Michigan 48601, United States
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In 1903, in the year that Janis A Puravs was born, the Harley-Davidson Motor Company was begun by two childhood friends, William Harley and Arthur Davidson - with help from Arthur's brother, Walter. Their first prototype - a "motor-bicycle" - couldn't climb hills without also pedaling, so they went back to the drawing board, and in 1904 their new version came in 4th in a race. Harley-Davidson and Indian Motorcycle Manufacturing Company were the only two major motorcycle companies to survive the Great Depression.
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In 1922, Janis was 19 years old when on James Joyce's 40th birthday, his book Ulysses was published in France. The book covers the experiences of an Irishman in Dublin on an ordinary day, 16 June 1904. Now considered a classic, it was controversial at the time. Due to some sexual content, the book was banned in the U.S. during the 1920's and the U.S. Post Office destroyed 500 copies of the novel.
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Puravs, Elfrida (Sep 16, 1891 - Nov 1969) Puravs, Rudolfs (Apr 25, 1908 - Dec 10, 1994) Puravs, Anna (May 11, 1912 - Jul 7, 2006) Puravs, Alma (Sep 9, 1902 - Jul 16, 1992)
Puravs, Olgerts (Oct 8, 1934 - Dec 18, 2006) Puravs, Guntis (Jul 15, 1951 - Apr 22, 1999) Puravs, Janis (Feb 23, 1945 - Sep 9, 2001)
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