Male Death Registration: Year: 1971 number: 2529
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA — REGISTRATION OF DEATH
02 - 002529
1. PLACE OF DEATH County of Cape Breton If in City or Town Glace Bay
If death occured in a hospital or institution General Hospital
3. PRINT NAME OF DECEASED Mercer, Joseph
4. Sex
Male
5. Citizenship
Canadian
6. Racial Origin
English
7. Single, Married
married
8. BIRTHPLACE Newfoundland
9. DATE OF BIRTH 7 15, 1890
10. AGE in Years80 Months8 Days13 | hrs or mins
11. Trade or profession Pensioned
12. Kind of industry Dominion Coal Co.
13. Date last worked 1956 14. Total years
15. If married name of spouse Sabine Odo
16. NAME of Father Edward Mercer
17. BIRTHPLACE Newfoundland
18. NAME of Mother
19. BIRTHPLACE Port [illegible]
20. Signature of Informant Mrs Joseph Mercer
address 100 Highland St, Glace Bay
Relationship to deceased wife
21. Place of burial St Anthony's Cemetery, Glace Bay, NS
Date of burial March 31, 1971
22. Undertaker VJ McGillivray Funeral Homes Limited Glace Bay
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
23. DATE OF DEATH March 28, 1971
CAUSE OF DEATH
(a) Cerebral Thrombosis
(b)
(c)
other
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