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Thomas Walter Mercer death at Glace Bay, Cape Breton County on April 6, 1971

Male Death Registration: Year: 1971 number: 2876

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA — REGISTRATION OF DEATH

02 - 002876

1. PLACE OF DEATH   County of Cape Breton If in City or Town Glace Bay
If death occured in a hospital or institution at home

3. PRINT NAME OF DECEASED Mercer, Thomas Walter

4. Sex

Male

5. Citizenship

Canadian

6. Racial Origin

English

7. Single, Married

married

8. BIRTHPLACE Newfoundland

9. DATE OF BIRTH 5  11, 1891

10. AGE in  Years79  Months10  Days26 | hrs or mins

11. Trade or profession Retired coal miner

12. Kind of industry Dominion Coal Company

13. Date last worked 1953       14. Total years 40 yrs

15. If married name of spouse Ada Mercer

16. NAME of Father Elijah Mercer

17. BIRTHPLACE Newfoundland

18. NAME of Mother Frances Griffen

19. BIRTHPLACE Newfoundland

20. Signature of Informant Mrs Ada Mercer

      address 10 South St, Glace Bay, NS

      Relationship to deceased wife

21. Place of burial St Mary;s Cemetery, Glace Bay, NS

      Date of burial April 9, 1971

22. Undertaker Patten's Funeral Home Ltd. Glace Bay, NS

MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH

23. DATE OF DEATH April 6, 1971

CAUSE OF DEATH

(a) Coronary Heart Disease

(b)

(c)

other

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