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Name	Edward MERTA [1, 2]
Birth	10 Jul 1909 [1, 2]
Gender	Male
Death	13 Sep 1911 [1, 2]
Burial	Abt 16 Sep 1911	Prague Catholic Cemetery/Viking, Beaver, Alberta, Canada [1]
Person ID	I3206	Rivera Family Tree
Last Modified	2 Sep 2025

Father	Wesley George MERTA, b. 4 May 1874, Kutna Hora, Bohemia d. 22 Dec 1957, Viking, Beaver, Alberta, Canada (Age 83 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	Mary Sophie BARTA, b. 27 Jan 1881, Nebraska, USA d. 2 Apr 1960, Viking, Beaver, Alberta, Canada (Age 79 years)
Relationship	natural
Marriage	1899 [3]
Family ID	F306	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

[S543] Prague Catholic Cemetery (Viking, Beaver, Alberta, Canada), Grave Markers.
EDWARD
BROTHER
JULY 10, 1909
SEPT. 13, 1911
[S489] Viking in Profile, Volume I, (Name: Viking History Book Committee; Location: Viking, Alberta, Canada; Date: 1991;), Page 725, WESLEY GEORGE and MARY MERTA.
Wesley George Merta, born May 4, 1874, died December 22, 1957, and Mary Sophie Merta, born January 27, 1881, died April 2, 1960.

There were 11 children in the family:
Helen (Mrs. Louis Ruzicka) was born June 4, 1901, and died January 26, 1980.
William was born February 8, 1903, and died January 3, 1974.
Johnny died as an infant, dates unknown.
Millie (Mrs. Charles Wesley) was born November 24, 1905, and died January 9, 1973.
Edward was born July 10, 1909, and died September 13, 1911.
Barbara (Mrs. Bill Young) was born December 31, 1910, and died December 21, 1961.
George was born December 3, 1913.
Julia was born December 15, 1916, and died May 1, 1917.
Emma (Mrs. Bob Stevens) was born October 28, 1918.
Louis was born October 25, 1922.
Ernest was born January 13, 1926.
[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.

Edward MERTA