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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