Male Death Registration: Year: 1970 number: 7654
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA — REGISTRATION OF DEATH
02 - 007654
1. PLACE OF DEATH County of Cape Breton If in City or Town Sydney
3. PRINT NAME OF DECEASED Gerro, Howard
4. Sex
Male
5. Citizenship
Canadian
6. Racial Origin
Black
7. Single, Married
married
8. BIRTHPLACE Upper Tracadie
9. DATE OF BIRTH 2 26, 1939
10. AGE in Years31 Months10 Days2 | hrs or mins
11. Trade or profession Lumberman
12. Kind of industry
13. Date last worked 14. Total years
15. If married name of spouse Alvena Cadagan
16. NAME of Father William Gerro
17. BIRTHPLACE Upper Tracadie
18. NAME of Mother
19. BIRTHPLACE
20. Signature of Informant Mrs. Howard Gerro [Alvena Gerro]
address 115 Laurier Street, Sydney
Relationship to deceased widow
21. Place of burial Upper Tracadie
Date of burial December 30, 1970
22. Undertaker R.H. Fillmore Funeral Home Limited, Sydney
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
23. DATE OF DEATH December 28, 1970
CAUSE OF DEATH
(a) Exposure [Frozen] while in a state of extreme alcoholism
(b)
(c)
other
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