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Joseph PAIL, Jr.
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Name Joseph PAIL [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] Suffix Jr. Birth Sep 1880 Czechoslovakia
[2, 6] Gender Male Immigration 11 Oct 1902 Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA
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S.S. Chemnitz
"The 'Chemnitz' was built by J.C.Tecklenborg at Geestemunde for Norddeutscher Lloyd [North German Lloyd] in 1901. She was a 7542 gross ton vessel, length 428.2ft x beam 54.3ft, one funnel, two masts, twin screw and a speed of 13 knots. There was accommodation for 129-2nd class and 1,935-3rd class passengers. Launched on 27.11.1901. She left Bremen…
Passenger Manifest of the S.S. Chemnitz Immigration 1904 Canada
[1] Census 22 Jun 1911 Strathcona, Alberta, Canada
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1911 Census of Canada
Province: Alberta, District No. 6 Strathcona, Enumeration District No. 15, Page 19Census 1916 [5] 
1916 Census of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta
Province: Alberta, District No. 43, Sub-District No. 12, Enumeration District No. 12 in Township 46, Range 13, W 4thDeath 2 Dec 1920 Misericordia Hospital/Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
[4] - Joseph is more than likely buried in the Prague Catholic Cemetery although as of 06 Dec 2021 there is no online record of the burial.

PAIL, Joseph, Jr.
Certificate of Cause of Death
PAIL, Joseph, Jr.
Certificate of Cause of Death
PAIL, Joseph, Jr.
Registration of DeathPerson ID I2885 Family Tree Last Modified 8 Apr 2026
Father Joseph PAIL, Sr., b. 17 Jan 1853, Czechoslovakia
d. 6 Jul 1936, Viking, Beaver, Alberta, Canada
(Age 83 years) Relationship natural Mother Katherine NOHEJL, b. 20 Sep 1859 d. 12 May 1909 (Age 49 years) Relationship natural Family ID F40 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Documents 
Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, Canada, Homestead Grant Registers, 1872-1930
Name: Edward Frank Wm. Ruzicka
Application Date: 6 May 1904
Place: Alberta, Canada
Homestead Number: 158403
Part: NE
Section: 24
Township: 46
Range: 14
Meridian: W4
GPS coordinates for this section are 52.985946, -111.896302.
Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, Canada, Homestead Grant Registers, 1872-1930
Name: Edward Frank Wm. Ruzicka
Application Date: 6 May 1904
Place: Alberta, Canada
Homestead Number: 158403
Part: NE
Section: 24
Township: 46
Range: 14
Meridian: W4
GPS coordinates for this section are 52.985946, -111.896302.
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Sources - [S300] Viking in Progress, Volume II, (Name: Viking History Book Committee; Location: Viking, Alberta, Canada; Date: 1991;), Page 796, Joseph PAIL, Sr.
Joseph Pail was born in Czechoslovakia on January 17, 1853. He came with his son Joe to Canada from Oklahoma in 1904 and took up a homestead south of Viking in the Prague district. - [S569] Passenger Manifest of the S.S. Chemnitz, List No. 2, Last Line.
- [S885] Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, Canada, Homestead Grant Registers, 1872-1930.
Name: Edward Frank Wm. Ruzicka
Application Date: 6 May 1904
Place: Alberta, Canada
Homestead Number: 158403
Part: NE
Section: 24
Township: 46
Range: 14
Meridian: W4
GPS coordinates for this section are 52.985946, -111.896302. - [S967] Certificate of Cause of Death for Joseph PAIL, Jr.
Christian Name: Joseph Pail
Date of Death: 2 day of Dec 1920
Place of Death: Misericordia Hospital
Sex: Male
Age: 39 yrs
Duration of Illness: 2 years - [S1392] 1916 Census of Canada, Alberta, District No. 43 Victoria, Sub District No. 12, Enumeration District No. 12 in Township 46, Range 13, W 4th, Census of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta Schedule; Online Images, Page 23.
Lines 6 thru 17, 28 thru 30 - [S567] 1911 Census of Canada, Alberta, Strathcona, Enumeration District No. 15 in 46-13-W4, Fifth Census of Canada Schedule; Online Images, Page 19, Line 9.
- [S300] Viking in Progress, Volume II, (Name: Viking History Book Committee; Location: Viking, Alberta, Canada; Date: 1991;), Page 796, Joseph PAIL, Sr.
