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Melvin Patrick Burton death at Howie Centre, Cape Breton County on June 14, 1970

Male Death Registration: Year: 1970 number: 4380

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA — REGISTRATION OF DEATH

02 - 004380

1. PLACE OF DEATH   County of Cape Breton If in City or Town Howie Centre

3. PRINT NAME OF DECEASED Burton, Melvin Patrick

4. Sex

Male

5. Citizenship

Canadian

6. Racial Origin

Scottish

7. Single, Married

single

8. BIRTHPLACE Sydney

9. DATE OF BIRTH 2  25, 1955

10. AGE in  Years15  Months3  Days20 | hrs or mins

11. Trade or profession Student

12. Kind of industry

13. Date last worked       14. Total years

15. If married name of spouse

16. NAME of Father Wallace  Burton

17. BIRTHPLACE Sydney

18. NAME of Mother Eileen  Somers

19. BIRTHPLACE Sydney

20. Signature of Informant Per: Mrs. Alex Buchanan

      address 53 Trinity Ave., Sydney

      Relationship to deceased Aunt

21. Place of burial Hardwood Hill Cemetery Sydney

      Date of burial June 16, 1970

22. Undertaker R.H. Fillmore Funeral Home Ltd Sydney

MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH

23. DATE OF DEATH June 14, 1970

CAUSE OF DEATH

(a) Hanging by the neck

(b)

(c)

other

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