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James Spears death at New Waterford, Cape Breton County on June 25, 1971

Male Death Registration: Year: 1971 number: 4142

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA — REGISTRATION OF DEATH

02 - 004142

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

3. PRINT NAME OF DECEASED Spears, James

4. Sex

Male

5. Citizenship

Canadian

6. Racial Origin

English

7. Single, Married

married

8. BIRTHPLACE Sydney

9. DATE OF BIRTH 11  15, 1901

10. AGE in  Years69  Months7  Days10 | hrs or mins

11. Trade or profession

12. Kind of industry S&L Railway

13. Date last worked       14. Total years

15. If married name of spouse Gladys Richards

16. NAME of Father Clarence  Spears

17. BIRTHPLACE Louisbourg

18. NAME of Mother Christena Morrison

19. BIRTHPLACE

20. Signature of Informant Mrs. James Spears

      address 59 Hudson St., New Waterford

      Relationship to deceased Wife

21. Place of burial Union Grove Cemetery, Scotchtown

      Date of burial June 27, 1971

22. Undertaker V J McGillivray Funeral Homes Limited, New Waterford, NS

MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH

23. DATE OF DEATH June 25, 1971

CAUSE OF DEATH

(a) Cardiac Arrest

(b) Arteriosclerotic Heart Disease

(c)

other

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