Albert John MELROSE

1922 - 2012  (90 years)

• Name	Albert John MELROSE  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Birth	14 Feb 1922	Ontario, Malheur, Oregon, USA   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9]
  Gender	Male
  Also Known As	Albert John RUZICKA  [7, 8, 9, 10]
  Census	22 Apr 1930	Fair, Malheur, Oregon, USA   [7]
  Census	9 Mar 1940	Applegate, Malheur, Oregon, USA   [9]
  Census	20 Apr 1950	Springfield, Lane, Oregon, USA   [6]
  Death	13 Jun 2012  [4]
  Burial	Abt 16 Jun 2012	Redding Memorial Park/Redding, Shasta, California, USA   [4]
  Person ID	I344	Rivera Family Tree
  Last Modified	2 Sep 2025

  
  

  Father	Joseph John RUZICKA,   b. 4 Aug 1882, Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, USA d. 16 May 1958, Shasta, California, USA (Age 75 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Emily Elizabeth KUBANEK,   b. 8 Jan 1890, Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, USA d. 26 Jul 1934, Ontario, Malheur, Oregon, USA (Age 44 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	18 Nov 1912	Prague Catholic Church/Viking, Beaver, Alberta, Canada   [11, 12]
  Family ID	F49	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Verda L EVANS
  Children	1. Theresa MELROSE   2. Thomas MELROSE   3. Evelyn MELROSE > 4. Emily MELROSE   5. David MELROSE
  Family ID	F148	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Sep 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Wilma Rae NORWOOD,   b. 1 Feb 1927   d. 27 Nov 2008 (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	2 Aug 1978	Shasta, California, USA   [3]
  Family ID	F147	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Sep 2025

  
  

• Sources

  [S1027] California, U.S., Marriage Index, 1949-1959. Name: Albert J Melrose Gender: Male Estimated Birth Year: abt 1923 Age: 28 Marriage Date: 9 Feb 1951 Marriage Place: Shasta, California, USA Spouse: Verda L Evans Spouse Age: 23 [S929] U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947. Name: Albert John Melrose Gender: Male Race: White Age: 20 Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head) Birth Date: 14 Feb 1922 Birth Place: Ontario, Oregon, USA Residence Place: San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA Registration Date: 30 Jun 1942 Registration Place: San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA Employer: General Motors Accept Corp Height: 5 11 Weight: 170 Complexion: Light Hair Color: Brown Eye Color: Blue Next of Kin: Marie Melrose [S824] California, U.S., Marriage Index, 1960-1985. Name: Albert J Melrose Gender: Male Birth Year: abt 1922 Age: 56 Marriage Date: 2 Aug 1978 Marriage Place: Shasta, California, USA Spouse Name: Wilma R Norwood Birth Year: abt 1927 Spouse Age: 51 [S1036] Redding Memorial Park (Redding, Shasta, California, USA), Grave Markers. MELROSE ALBERT J. 1922 - 2012 WILMA RAE 1927 - 2008 [S1495] Oregon, U.S., State Births, 1842-1924. Name: Albert John Ruzicka Gender: Male Birth Date: 14 Feb 1922 Birth Place: Ontario, Malhuer, Oregon, USA Father: Joseph John Ruzicka Mother: Emily Elizabeth Kubanck [sic] Certificate Number: 23 [S1499] 1950 U.S. Census, Oregon, Lane, Springfield, Seventeenth Census of the United States Schedule; Online Images, Enumeration District No. 20-144, Sheet No. 73. Lines 8 thru 9 [S18] 1930 U.S. Census, Oregon, Malheur, Fair, Fifteenth Census of the United States Schedule; Online Images, Enumeration District No. 23-13, Supervisor's District No. 7, Sheet No. 3A. Lines 15 thru 21 [S300] Viking in Progress, Volume II, (Name: Viking History Book Committee; Location: Viking, Alberta, Canada; Date: 1991;), Page 899, JOSEPH and EMILY (KUBANEK) RUZICKA by Marie (Ruzicka) Monti. Later, Joe and Emily, with their children, returned to their home at Ontario, Oregon. There Albert John was born on February 14, 1922 and Helen Elizabeth was born on June 13, 1924. [S686] 1940 U.S. Census, Oregon, Malheur, Applegate, Sixteenth Census of the United States Schedule; Online Images, Supervisor's District No. 6, Enumeration District No. 23-3, Sheet No. 1A. Lines 4 thru 8 [S1027] California, U.S., Marriage Index, 1949-1959. Name: Verda L Evans Gender: Female Estimated Birth Year: abt 1928 Age: 23 Marriage Date: 9 Feb 1951 Marriage Place: Shasta, California, USA Spouse: Albert J Ruzicka Spouse Age: 28 [S300] Viking in Progress, Volume II, (Name: Viking History Book Committee; Location: Viking, Alberta, Canada; Date: 1991;), Page 899, JOSEPH and EMILY (KUBANEK) RUZICKA by Marie (Ruzicka) Monti. Joe and Emily were married November 18, 1912 by father Teck in the church in Prague. [S915] Alberta, Canada, Marriages Index,1898-1942. Name: Jos. John Kuzicke [sic] Gender: Male Marriage Date: 1912 Marriage Place: Prague, Alberta, Canada Spouse: Emilia E. Kubanek Certificate Number: 4326