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Alexander Columbus death at Sydney River, Cape Breton County on February 14, 1971

Male Death Registration: Year: 1971 number: 1994

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA — REGISTRATION OF DEATH

02 - 001994

1. PLACE OF DEATH   County of Cape Breton If in City or Town Sydney River
If death occured in a hospital or institution Cape Breton Hospital

3. PRINT NAME OF DECEASED Columbus, Alexander

4. Sex

Male

5. Citizenship

Canadian

6. Racial Origin

Jewish

7. Single, Married

single

8. BIRTHPLACE New Waterford

9. DATE OF BIRTH 11  19, 1939

10. AGE in  Years31  Months2  Days25 | hrs or mins

11. Trade or profession

12. Kind of industry

13. Date last worked       14. Total years

15. If married name of spouse

16. NAME of Father Hyman Maurice Columbus

17. BIRTHPLACE St. John, N.B.

18. NAME of Mother Freda Hamburg Columbus

19. BIRTHPLACE Poland

20. Signature of Informant Michael Columbus

      address 52 Hudson St., New Waterford

      Relationship to deceased Brother

21. Place of burial Hebrew Cemetery, Sydney

      Date of burial February 15, 1971

22. Undertaker R.H. Fillmore Funeral Home Ltd., Sydney

MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH

23. DATE OF DEATH February 14, 1971

CAUSE OF DEATH

(a) Mongoloidism

(b) Severe Mental Retardation

(c)

other

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