Male Death Registration: Year: 1970 number: 5751
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA — REGISTRATION OF DEATH
02 - 005751
1. PLACE OF DEATH County of Cumberland If in City or Town Amherst
3. PRINT NAME OF DECEASED Melanson, Reuben Joseph
4. Sex
Male
5. Citizenship
Canadian
6. Racial Origin
French
7. Single, Married
married
8. BIRTHPLACE Sunny Brae, New Brunswick
9. DATE OF BIRTH 10 28, 1894
10. AGE in Years75 Months10 Days10 | hrs or mins
11. Trade or profession Labour
12. Kind of industry
13. Date last worked 1957 14. Total years life
15. If married name of spouse Margaret Melanson
16. NAME of Father Napoleon Melanson
17. BIRTHPLACE Cocagne, New Brunswick
18. NAME of Mother Mary Babineau
19. BIRTHPLACE Grand Digue, New Brunswick
20. Signature of Informant Mrs Henry Lewis
address 54 Albion St, Amherst
Relationship to deceased Daughter
21. Place of burial St Charles , Amherst
Date of burial 10 Sept 1970
22. Undertaker Furlong's Funeral Home Ltd, Amherst
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
23. DATE OF DEATH September 7, 1970
CAUSE OF DEATH
(a)
(b)
(c)
other
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