Joseph John RUZICKA

1882 - 1958  (75 years)

• Name	Joseph John RUZICKA  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17]
  Birth	4 Aug 1882	Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, USA   [1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 18]
  Gender	Male
  Also Known As	Joe RUZICKA  [19]
  Also Known As	Joseph John MELROSE
  Census	Between 1 Jan and 11 Aug 1916	Alberta, Canada   [20]
  Census	22 Jun 1900	South Creek, Lincoln, Oklahoma Territory, USA   [18]
  Immigration	1904	Canada   [21]
  Census	17 Jul 1906	Strathcona, Alberta, Canada   [21]
  Immigration	Abt Aug 1920	USA
  	Immigration date is an estimate as the family does not appear on the 1920 US federal census which would have occurred early in 1920 nor do they appear on the 1921 Canada census.
  Census	22 Apr 1930	Fair, Malheur, Oregon, USA   [5]
  Census	9 Mar 1940	Applegate, Malheur, Oregon, USA   [6]
  	We have John RUZICKA showing up on Los Angeles county voter registrations between 1938 and 1944 - yet he and the family were enumerated in Oregon in 1940. However, examination of that census record appears to show they were counted at Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Camp Applegate BR-42 that operated in the Rogue River National Forest between 1933 and 1941. Possibly a temporary residence for the family?
  Census	2 May 1950	Shasta, California, USA   [15]
  Death	16 May 1958	Shasta, California, USA   [3, 10, 12, 22]
  Burial	Abt 19 May 1958	Anderson District Cemetery/Anderson, Shasta, California, USA   [3, 23]
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  Person ID	I108	Rivera Family Tree
  Last Modified	2 Sep 2025

  
  

  Father	John William RUZICKA,   b. 28 Aug 1854, Chvaloic, Bohemia d. 26 Nov 1939, Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada (Age 85 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Josephine Sophia NOHEJL,   b. 19 Mar 1858, Kobylí Hlava, East Bohemia, Czech Republic d. 8 Mar 1923, Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada (Age 64 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	22 Apr 1878	Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, USA   [24, 25]
  Family ID	F38	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Emily Elizabeth KUBANEK,   b. 8 Jan 1890, Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, USA d. 26 Jul 1934, Ontario, Malheur, Oregon, USA (Age 44 years)
  Marriage	18 Nov 1912	Prague Catholic Church/Viking, Beaver, Alberta, Canada   [8, 26]
  Children	1. Frank Joseph RUZICKA,   b. 22 Apr 1914, Ontario, Malheur, Oregon, USA d. 26 Oct 1990, Deschutes, Oregon, USA (Age 76 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Victor Augustine RUZICKA,   b. 12 Aug 1916, Viking, Beaver, Alberta, Canada d. 10 Sep 1917, Camrose, Camrose, Alberta, Canada (Age 1 year)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 3. Marie Ann RUZICKA,   b. 1 Jul 1918, Alberta, Canada d. 29 Sep 2010 (Age 92 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 4. Augustine Benedict RUZICKA,   b. 12 Aug 1919, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada d. 22 Jan 1993, Redding, Shasta, California, USA (Age 73 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 5. Albert John MELROSE,   b. 14 Feb 1922, Ontario, Malheur, Oregon, USA d. 13 Jun 2012 (Age 90 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Helen Elizabeth MELROSE,   b. 13 Jun 1924, Ontario, Malheur, Oregon, USA d. 24 Feb 2008 (Age 83 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F49	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Sep 2025

  
  

• Sources

  [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. Joseph John, the third child in a family of ten children of Josephine Nohajl [sic] and John William Ruzicka, was born on August 4, 1882 in Omaha, Nebraska. He was baptized about two weeks later at Saint Philomina's Cathedral (later rebuilt and named Saint Cecilia's Cathedral) under the name of Rose as well as Ruzicka. At his confirmation sixteen years later, he received his middle name, John. [S471] U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Name: Joseph John Ruzicka County: Harney State: Oregon Birth Date: 4 Aug 1882 Race: White FHL Roll Number: 1852057 DraftBoard: 0 [S652] Anderson District Cemetery (Anderson, Shasta, California, USA), Grave Markers. Joseph John Ruzicka Aug. 4, 1882 May 16, 1958 [S653] Oregon, U.S., Death Index, 1898-2008. Name: Emily Ruzicka Death Date: 26 Jul 1934 Death Place: Malheur Spouse: Joseph Certificate: 61 [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 [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 [S929] U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947. Name: Austin Benidict Ruzicka Gender: Male Race: White Age: 21 Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head) Birth Date: 12 Aug 1919 Birth Place: Edmonton, Canada Residence Place: Ontario, Malheur, Oregon, USA Registration Date: 16 Oct 1940 Registration Place: Oregon, USA Employer: Himself Benchman Height: 5 11 Weight: 190 Complexion: Dark Hair Color: Brown Eye Color: Hazel Next of Kin: Joseph John Ruzicka Although it is in his own handwriting, it is believed that Austin has misspelled his middle name. No other document supports this spelling. [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 [S1037] Oregon, U.S., State Deaths, 1864-1968. Name: Emily E Ruzicka Gender: Female Race: White Age: 44 Birth Date: 1890 Birth Place: Lincoln, Nebraska Death Date: 26 Jul 1934 Death Place: Ontario, Malheur, Oregon, USA Father: Joseph Kubaneck Mother: Hellman Spouse: Joseph J Ruzicka Certificate Number: 61 [S1015] U.S., Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940, This entry was actually found on familysearch.org. Oddly cannot locate it on ancestry.com even though it carries the same source. Name: Joseph J Ruzicka Birth Dat: 4 Aug 1882 Residence Place: Redding, California Death Date: 16 May 1958 Event Type: Military Service Event Date: 11 Dec 1911 Event Place: St. Louis, Missouri, United States Affiliate Publication Number: 76193916 [S692] U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942. Name: Joseph John Ruzicka Gender: Male Birth Date: 4 Aug 1882 Residence Place: San Pedro, California, USA Military Draft Date: 1942 Next of Kin: Dr P. M. Lawerence [S1028] California, U.S., Death Index, 1940-1997. Name: Joseph J Ruzicka Gender: Male Birth Date: 4 Aug 1882 Birth Place: Nebraska Death Date: 16 May 1958 Death Place: Shasta Father's Surname: Ruzicka [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 [S1116] California, U.S., Voter Registrations, 1900-1968. Name: Joseph Ruzicka Residence Date: 1944 Street Address: 2424 33rd St Residence Place: Los Angeles, California, USA Party Affiliation: Democrat Occupation: mechanic [S1496] 1950 U.S. Census, California, Shasta, #5, Seventeenth Census of the United States Schedule; Online Images, Enumeration District No. 45-36, Sheet No. 37. Lines 13 thru 18 [S920] U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007. Name: Austin Benedict Ruzicka Gender: Male Race: White Birth Date: 12 Aug 1919 Birth Place: Emondton Alb, Canada Death Date: 22 Jan 1993 Father: Joseph J Ruzicka Mother: Emily Kubonic SSN: 544127886 Notes: Jan 1941: Name Listed As Austin Benedict Ruzicka; 03 Feb 1993: Name Listed As Austin Ruzicka [S1495] Oregon, U.S., State Births, 1842-1924, Originally recorded as RUZICKA, changed in Aug 1942 to read ROSE. Name: Frank Joseph Rose Gender: Male Birth Date: 22 Apr 1914 Birth Place: Ontario, Oregon, USA Father: Joseph J. Ruziska [sic] Mother: Emily Ruziska [sic] Certificate Number: 5382 [S5] 1900 U.S. Census, Oklahoma Territory, Lincoln, South Creek, Twelfth Census of the United States Schedule; Online Images, Supervisor's District #219, Enumeration District #118, Sheet #9, Line 48. [S163] U.S., Border Crossings from Canada to U.S., 1895-1960. Name: Louis Anton Ruzicka Gender: Male Nationality: Canadian Arrival Age: 33 Record Type: Arrival Birth Date: abt 1892 Birth Place: Kearney Residence Place: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Arrival Date: 25 Sep 1925 Port of Arrival: Seattle, Washington, USA Marital Status: Married Father: John W. Spouse: Helen Sibling: Joe 2nd Relative Name: Agnes 2nd Relative Relationship: Child 3rd Relative Name: Chas. 3rd Relative Relationship: Child 4th Relative Name: Vincent 4th Relative Relationship: Child [S310] 1916 Census of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, Province: Alberta, District No. 43, Sub District No. 12, Enumeration District No. 12, Township 46, Range 14, W 4th, Page 13. [S508] 1906 Census of Canada, Alberta, Strathcona, Sub-District No. 11, Census of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta Schedule; Online Images, Page 45. [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 passed away on May 16, 1958 of cancer. [S56] ROSE, Donald John, Conversation on 23 Aug 2002. "Joseph is buried in Sacramento." [S91] Marriage Certificate of John RUZICKA and Josephine NOHEJL. Issued 16 April 1878 [S962] Nebraska, U.S., Select County Marriage Records, 1855-1908. Name: John Ruzecka [John William Ruzicka] Gender: Male Marriage Age: 23 Record Type: Marriage Birth Date: abt 1855 Birth Place: Austria Marriage Date: 22 Apr 1878 Marriage Place: Bohemian Town Omaha, Nebraska, USA Marriage County Office: Douglas Father: John Ruzecka [sic] Mother: Anna Ruzecka [sic] Spouse: Jose Nohejl [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.