Editing Juan Pujol García (section)

==Early life==
Pujol was born in [[Barcelona]] to Joan Pujol, a Catalan who owned a cotton factory, and Mercedes García Guijarro, from the [[Andalusia]]n town of [[Motril]] in the [[Province of Granada]].<ref name=Javier/><ref name=Pujol05>[[#Pujol|Pujol (1985)]]. p. 10</ref> The third of four children, Pujol was sent at age seven to the [[Maristes Valldemia|Valldemia boarding school]]<ref name=Pujol02>[[#Pujol|Pujol (1985)]]. pp. 12–16</ref> run by the [[Marist Brothers]]<ref>{{cite journal|last=Cusachs I Corredor|first=Manuel|title=Col·legi de Valldemia 1855–1888: Dels inicis al seu traspàs als Germans Maristes |journal=Fulls del Museu Arxiu de Santa Maria|volume=85|issue=1|year=2006|pages=32–47|issn=0212-9248|language=ca}}</ref> in [[Mataró]], {{convert|20|mi|km|spell=in}} from Barcelona; he remained there for the next four years. The students were only allowed out of the school on Sundays if they had a visitor, so his father made the trip every week.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Boarding school|url=https://www.agentgarbo.com/timeline/boarding-school/ |access-date=2022-04-26|website=Agent Garbo|language=en-US|archive-date=26 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220426112236/https://www.agentgarbo.com/timeline/boarding-school/ |url-status=dead}}</ref>

His mother came from a strict Roman Catholic family and took Communion every day,<ref name=PujolPage10>[[#Pujol|Pujol (1985)]]. p. 10 "Her parents were strict Catholics who received Holy Communion every day".</ref> but his father was much more secular and had liberal political beliefs.<ref name="Seaman42">[[#Seaman|Seaman (2004)]]. [https://books.google.com/books?id=6CAPU9Ln3RYC&pg=PA42 p. 42].</ref> At age thirteen, he was transferred to a school in Barcelona run by his father's card-playing friend<ref name="Pujol03"/> Monsignor Josep, where he remained for three years.<ref name=Pujol03>[[#Pujol|Pujol (1985)]]. p. 17</ref> After an argument with a teacher, he decided that he no longer wished to remain at the school, and became an apprentice at a hardware store.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Back home |url=https://www.agentgarbo.com/timeline/back-home/ |access-date=2022-04-26|website=Agent Garbo|language=en-US |archive-date=26 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220426113819/https://www.agentgarbo.com/timeline/back-home/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Pujol engaged in a variety of occupations prior to and after the [[Spanish Civil War]], such as studying animal husbandry at the Royal Poultry School in [[Arenys de Mar]] and managing various businesses, including a cinema.<ref name="Seaman42"/><ref name="Pujol03"/><ref name=MarkSeaman30>[[#Seaman|Seaman (2004)]], [https://books.google.com/books?id=Ut5y5vwKyW4C&pg=PA30 p. 30].</ref><ref name=MarkSeaman0>[[#Seaman|Seaman (2004)]], [https://books.google.com/books?id=Ut5y5vwKyW4C&pg=PA8 p. 8].</ref><ref name=MarkSeaman/>

His father died a few months after the [[Second Republic (Spain)|Second Republic]]'s establishment in 1931, while Pujol was completing his education as a poultry farmer.<ref name=Pujol04>[[#Pujol|Pujol (1985)]], p. 18</ref> Pujol's father left his family well-provided for, until his father's factory was taken over by the workers in the early stages of the Spanish Civil War.<ref name="Seaman42"/>