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John Hansford death at at sea, Cape Breton County on April 20, 1970

Male Death Registration: Year: 1970 number: 3107

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA — REGISTRATION OF DEATH

02 - 003107

1. PLACE OF DEATH   County of Cape Breton If in City or Town at sea
If death occured in a hospital or institution At sea off Cape Breton coast

3. PRINT NAME OF DECEASED Hansford, John

4. Sex

Male

5. Citizenship

Canadian

6. Racial Origin

English

7. Single, Married

married

8. BIRTHPLACE Isle Aux Morts, Newfoundland

9. DATE OF BIRTH 5  30, 1928

10. AGE in  Years41  Months10  Days20 | hrs or mins

11. Trade or profession Fisherman

12. Kind of industry Fishing

13. Date last worked April 20, 1970       14. Total years 1

15. If married name of spouse Dora

16. NAME of Father James Hansford

17. BIRTHPLACE Newfoundland

18. NAME of Mother Augustus Connock

19. BIRTHPLACE Newfoundland

20. Signature of Informant Dora Hansford

      address Isle Aux Morts, Newfoundland

      Relationship to deceased Wife

21. Place of burial Isle Aux Morts, Newfoundland

      Date of burial April 26, 1970

22. Undertaker Fillmore & Whitman Funeral Home Ltd., North Sydney

MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH

23. DATE OF DEATH April 20, 1970

CAUSE OF DEATH

(a) Drowning

(b)

(c)

other accident - drowning - ship wreck

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