Primary Name: Pulver, Ernest

Filed as: Pulver, Ernest

Also known as: Ernest Pulver

Occupation / Association: Watchmaker; charter member, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Men's Igloo

Associated places: New York, United States; Juneau, Alaska

Keywords: Ernest Pulver, Emery Valentine jewelry store Juneau, Juneau watchmakers, Juneau Men's Igloo charter members, Valentine Building Juneau history

Biography

Ernest Pulver was a charter member of the Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Men's Igloo.

He was born in New York on February 14, 1870.

Pulver was a skilled watchmaker and worked for Emery Valentine, a prominent Juneau jeweler and businessman. Pulver eventually became the heir to Valentine’s estate, which included the well-known Valentine jewelry store in Juneau.

On February 23, 1931, Pulver was killed in an accident when he fell down the stairs to the furnace room in the Valentine Building in Juneau.

Sources

1910 U.S. Federal Population Census

Daily Alaska Empire, February 23, 1931