Our Family History
The Genealogy of the Ruzicka and Manchak Families
Family: Wesley George MERTA / Mary Sophie BARTA (F306)
m. 1899
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Wesley George MERTA
Birth 4 May 1874 Kutna Hora, Bohemia 
Death 22 Dec 1957 Viking, Beaver, Alberta, Canada Burial Abt 25 Dec 1957 Prague Catholic Cemetery/Viking, Beaver, Alberta, Canada Marriage 1899 [1] Father John MERTA | F311 Group Sheet Mother Barbara | F311 Group Sheet
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Mary Sophie BARTA
Birth 27 Jan 1881 Nebraska, USA Death 2 Apr 1960 Viking, Beaver, Alberta, Canada Burial Abt 5 Apr 1960 Prague Catholic Cemetery/Viking, Beaver, Alberta, Canada Father Frank BARTA | F312 Group Sheet Mother Josephine | F312 Group Sheet
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+ Helen Mary MERTA
Birth 4 Jun 1901 Prague, Lincoln, Oklahoma Territory, USA Death 26 Jan 1980 Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington, USA Burial Abt 29 Jan 1980 Mountain View Cemetery/Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington, USA Spouse Louis Anton RUZICKA | F52 Marriage 24 Nov 1919 Prague Catholic Church/Viking, Beaver, Alberta, Canada
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William Joseph MERTA
Birth 8 Feb 1903 Nebraska, USA Death 3 Jan 1974 Burial Abt 6 Jan 1974 Prague Catholic Cemetery/Viking, Beaver, Alberta, Canada Spouse Beatrice Elizabeth WESLEY | F457 Marriage 20 Apr 1931 Viking, Beaver, Alberta, Canada
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+ Ludmilla Elizabeth MERTA
Birth 24 Nov 1905 Wetaskiwin, Wetaskiwin, Alberta, Canada Death 9 Jan 1973 Burial Abt 12 Jan 1973 Prague Catholic Cemetery/Viking, Beaver, Alberta, Canada Spouse Charles John WESLEY | F458 Marriage 15 Aug 1934 St. Nepomucene Church/Viking, Beaver, Alberta, Canada
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Edward MERTA
Birth 10 Jul 1909 Death 13 Sep 1911 Burial Abt 16 Sep 1911 Prague Catholic Cemetery/Viking, Beaver, Alberta, Canada
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Barbara J. MERTA
Birth 31 Dec 1910 Alberta, Canada Death 21 Dec 1961 Burial Abt 24 Dec 1961 Viking Cemetery/Viking, Beaver, Alberta, Canada Spouse Bill YOUNG | F1093 Marriage
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+ George Frank MERTA
Birth 3 Dec 1913 Viking, Beaver, Alberta, Canada Death 21 Feb 2004 Burial 27 Feb 2004 Viking Cemetery/Viking, Beaver, Alberta, Canada Spouse Iona Merle MARTINELL | F1105 Marriage 1937
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Julia MERTA
Birth 15 Dec 1916 Death 1 May 1917 Burial Abt 4 May 1917 Prague Catholic Cemetery/Viking, Beaver, Alberta, Canada
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Emma Anna MERTA
Birth 28 Oct 1918 Alberta, Canada Death 1993 Burial 1993 Viking Cemetery/Viking, Beaver, Alberta, Canada Spouse Robert K. STEVENS | F1094 Marriage
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Louis Edward MERTA
Birth 25 Oct 1922 Death 10 Sep 1991 Burial Abt 13 Sep 1991 Viking Cemetery/Viking, Beaver, Alberta, Canada
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Ernest Donald MERTA
Birth 13 Jan 1926 Death 3 Dec 2011 Burial 10 Dec 2011 Valleyview Cemetery/Camrose, Camrose, Alberta, Canada Spouse Beth | F1109 Marriage Jul 1955
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Sources - [S489] Viking in Profile, Volume I, (Name: Viking History Book Committee; Location: Viking, Alberta, Canada; Date: 1991;), Page 725, WESLEY GEORGE and MARY MERTA.
Mary was born in Nebraska, January 27, 1881. Wes and Mary were married in the year 1899. Three of their children were born in Nebraska: Helen Louise, June 4, 1901; William Joseph, February 8, 1903; and Johnny, who died as an infant, dates unknown.
- [S489] Viking in Profile, Volume I, (Name: Viking History Book Committee; Location: Viking, Alberta, Canada; Date: 1991;), Page 725, WESLEY GEORGE and MARY MERTA.