Male Death Registration: Year: 1970 number: 3617
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA — REGISTRATION OF DEATH
02 - 003617
1. PLACE OF DEATH County of Cumberland If in City or Town Amherst
If death occured in a hospital or institution Highland View Hospital
3. PRINT NAME OF DECEASED Canton, Berton Ray
4. Sex
Male
5. Citizenship
Canadian
6. Racial Origin
English
7. Single, Married
married
8. BIRTHPLACE Amherst
9. DATE OF BIRTH 5 3, 1919
10. AGE in Years51 Months0 Days13 | hrs or mins
11. Trade or profession Shipper
12. Kind of industry Waldale Ltd.
13. Date last worked 3 weeks ago 14. Total years l year
15. If married name of spouse Vivian Canton
16. NAME of Father Frederick Canton
17. BIRTHPLACE England
18. NAME of Mother Edith M. Barkhouse
19. BIRTHPLACE Cumberland County
20. Signature of Informant Vivian M. Canton
address 11 Russel St., Amherst
Relationship to deceased Wife
21. Place of burial Christ Church Cemetery
Date of burial May 18, 1970
22. Undertaker Furlong's Funeral Home Ltd. Amherst
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
23. DATE OF DEATH May 16, 1970
CAUSE OF DEATH
(a) Carcinoma Colon
(b)
(c)
other Septicemia
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