Male Death Registration: Year: 1970 number: 1614
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA — REGISTRATION OF DEATH
02 - 001614
1. PLACE OF DEATH County of Digby If in City or Town Digby
If death occured in a hospital or institution Digby General Hospital
3. PRINT NAME OF DECEASED Deveau, Joseph Docity
4. Sex
Male
5. Citizenship
Canadian
6. Racial Origin
French
7. Single, Married
single
8. BIRTHPLACE Nova Scotia
9. DATE OF BIRTH 8 17, 1889
10. AGE in Years80 Months5 Days17 | hrs or mins
11. Trade or profession Pensioner
12. Kind of industry
13. Date last worked 14. Total years
15. If married name of spouse
16. NAME of Father Leander Deveau
17. BIRTHPLACE Nova Scotia
18. NAME of Mother Adele Melanson
19. BIRTHPLACE Nova Scotia
20. Signature of Informant Mary Elizabeth Comeau
address Salmon River
Relationship to deceased Sister
21. Place of burial Salmon River
Date of burial February 6, 1970
22. Undertaker Deveau's Funeral Ser., Meteghan
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
23. DATE OF DEATH February 3, 1970
CAUSE OF DEATH
(a) Coronary thrombosis
(b) Emphysema
(c)
other
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