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James William Bruce death at Truro, Colchester County on February 22, 1971

Male Death Registration: Year: 1971 number: 2020

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA — REGISTRATION OF DEATH

02 - 002020

1. PLACE OF DEATH   County of Colchester If in City or Town Truro
If death occured in a hospital or institution Weir's Nursing Home

3. PRINT NAME OF DECEASED Bruce, James William

4. Sex

Male

5. Citizenship

Canadian

6. Racial Origin

Scottish

7. Single, Married

widowed

8. BIRTHPLACE Moose River

9. DATE OF BIRTH 12  6, 1886

10. AGE in  Years84  Months2  Days16 | hrs or mins

11. Trade or profession Gold Miner - Retired

12. Kind of industry

13. Date last worked 1950       14. Total years Life

15. If married name of spouse

16. NAME of Father James Bruce

17. BIRTHPLACE Nova Scotia

18. NAME of Mother Susan Miller

19. BIRTHPLACE Nova Scotia

20. Signature of Informant Mrs. Lester Ettinger

      address Noel, Nova Scotia

      Relationship to deceased Daughter

21. Place of burial West Gore, Nova Scotia

      Date of burial 25 February 1971

22. Undertaker Ettinger Funeral Service Limited

MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH

23. DATE OF DEATH February 22, 1971

CAUSE OF DEATH

(a) Carcinoma of Prostate

(b)

(c)

other

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