Male Death Registration: Year: 1970 number: 1397
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA — REGISTRATION OF DEATH
02 - 001397
1. PLACE OF DEATH County of Pictou If in City or Town New Glasgow
If death occured in a hospital or institution Aberdeen Hospital
3. PRINT NAME OF DECEASED Melanson, Joseph Bennie
4. Sex
Male
5. Citizenship
Canadian
6. Racial Origin
French
7. Single, Married
married
8. BIRTHPLACE Boston, Massachusetts, USA
9. DATE OF BIRTH 9 8, 1915
10. AGE in Years54 Months4 Days7 | hrs or mins
11. Trade or profession Car worker
12. Kind of industry Eastern Car
13. Date last worked 1970 14. Total years 10 years
15. If married name of spouse Theresa Decoste Melanson
16. NAME of Father
17. BIRTHPLACE
18. NAME of Mother
19. BIRTHPLACE
20. Signature of Informant Mrs Joseph Melanson
address Springville
Relationship to deceased Wife
21. Place of burial Lourdes
Date of burial Jan. 17, 1970
22. Undertaker Angus New Glasgow
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
23. DATE OF DEATH January 15, 1970
CAUSE OF DEATH
(a) Ruptured (?) aortic aneurysm
(b) Atherosclerosis
(c)
other
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