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James Edward Sweet death at Sydney, Cape Breton County on April 7, 1971

Male Death Registration: Year: 1971 number: 2736

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA — REGISTRATION OF DEATH

02 - 002736

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

3. PRINT NAME OF DECEASED Sweet, James Edward

4. Sex

Male

5. Citizenship

Canadian

6. Racial Origin

English

7. Single, Married

single

8. BIRTHPLACE Nova Scotia

9. DATE OF BIRTH 2  3, 1901

10. AGE in  Years70  Months2  Days4 | hrs or mins

11. Trade or profession Seaman

12. Kind of industry Sailing

13. Date last worked 1964       14. Total years 42

15. If married name of spouse

16. NAME of Father Richard Sweet

17. BIRTHPLACE Nova Scotia

18. NAME of Mother Jane Dowling

19. BIRTHPLACE Nova Scotia

20. Signature of Informant Ernest Sweet

      address Englishtown, NS

      Relationship to deceased Brother

21. Place of burial United Church Cemetery, Englishtown, NS

      Date of burial April 9, 1971

22. Undertaker Fillmore & Whitman Funeral Home, Sydney Mines, NS

MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH

23. DATE OF DEATH April 7, 1971

CAUSE OF DEATH

(a) Coronary Thrombosis

(b) had previous coronary attack

(c)

other Asthma

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