Male Death Registration: Year: 1971 number: 1886
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA — REGISTRATION OF DEATH
02 - 001886
1. PLACE OF DEATH County of Cumberland If in City or Town Amherst
If death occured in a hospital or institution Highland View Hospital
3. PRINT NAME OF DECEASED Milner, Hance Joseph
4. Sex
Male
5. Citizenship
Canadian
6. Racial Origin
English
7. Single, Married
married
8. BIRTHPLACE Amherst
9. DATE OF BIRTH 7 17, 1906
10. AGE in Years64 Months6 Days19 | hrs or mins
11. Trade or profession Foreman & Section man
12. Kind of industry C.N.R.
13. Date last worked 2 yrs ago 14. Total years over 40
15. If married name of spouse Vilda E. Milner
16. NAME of Father Robert F Milner
17. BIRTHPLACE Westmoreland Co., N.B.
18. NAME of Mother Emma Knowlton
19. BIRTHPLACE Nova Scotia
20. Signature of Informant Mrs. Hance Milner
address 114 West Victoria St., Amherst
Relationship to deceased Wife
21. Place of burial Amherst Cemetery Co., Amherst
Date of burial February 7, 1971
22. Undertaker Furlong's Funeral Home Ltd., Amherst
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
23. DATE OF DEATH February 5, 1971
CAUSE OF DEATH
(a) Carcinoma Colon
(b)
(c)
other
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