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John William Best death at North Sydney, Cape Breton County on January 19, 1971
Male Death Registration: Year: 1971 number: 1232
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA — REGISTRATION OF DEATH
02 - 001232
1. PLACE OF DEATH County of Cape Breton If in City or Town North Sydney
If death occured in a hospital or institution St. Elizabeth Hospital
3. PRINT NAME OF DECEASED Best, John William
4. Sex
Male
5. Citizenship
Canadian
6. Racial Origin
English
7. Single, Married
widowed
8. BIRTHPLACE Newfoundland
9. DATE OF BIRTH 12 15, 1876
10. AGE in Years94 Months1 Days4 | hrs or mins
11. Trade or profession Fisherman
12. Kind of industry Fishing
13. Date last worked 1946 14. Total years 50
15. If married name of spouse Elsie Jane Knott
16. NAME of Father George Best
17. BIRTHPLACE Newfoundland
18. NAME of Mother Mary
19. BIRTHPLACE Newfoundland
20. Signature of Informant Mrs. Cecil Melbourne
address 23 High St., North Sydney
Relationship to deceased Daughter
21. Place of burial Lakeside Cemetery North Sydney
Date of burial January 22, 1971
22. Undertaker Fillmore & Whitman Funeral Home Ltd., North Sydney
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
23. DATE OF DEATH January 19, 1971
CAUSE OF DEATH
(a) Arteriosclerotic heart
(b)
(c)
other
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