Male Death Registration: Year: 1971 number: 1888
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA — REGISTRATION OF DEATH
02 - 001888
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 Bourgeois, Leon Joseph
4. Sex
Male
5. Citizenship
Canadian
6. Racial Origin
French
7. Single, Married
married
8. BIRTHPLACE Nappan
9. DATE OF BIRTH 10 27, 1915
10. AGE in Years55 Months3 Days12 | hrs or mins
11. Trade or profession Electrician
12. Kind of industry Enamel & Heating Co., Ltd.
13. Date last worked 1967 14. Total years 35
15. If married name of spouse Annie J. Bourgeois
16. NAME of Father Joseph Bourgeois
17. BIRTHPLACE Westmoreland Co., N.B.
18. NAME of Mother Ellen MacDonald
19. BIRTHPLACE Cumberland Co.
20. Signature of Informant Mrs. Leon Bourgeois
address 32 Winston Ave., Amherst
Relationship to deceased Wife
21. Place of burial St. Charles Cemetery, Amherst
Date of burial February 11, 1971
22. Undertaker Furlong's Funeral Home, Ltd., Amherst
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
23. DATE OF DEATH February 8, 1971
CAUSE OF DEATH
(a) Bronchopneumonia
(b) Bronchogenic carcinoma post radiation
(c)
other
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