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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