Male Death Registration: Year: 1971 number: 5870
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA — REGISTRATION OF DEATH
02 - 005870
1. PLACE OF DEATH County of Cape Breton If in City or Town Glace Bay
If death occured in a hospital or institution Glace Bay General Hospital
3. PRINT NAME OF DECEASED Comer, John Patrick
4. Sex
Male
5. Citizenship
Canadian
6. Racial Origin
English
7. Single, Married
married
8. BIRTHPLACE England
9. DATE OF BIRTH 11 26, 1885
10. AGE in Years85 Months6 Days20 | hrs or mins
11. Trade or profession Coal Miner, No. 11 Colliery
12. Kind of industry Dominion Coal Co.
13. Date last worked 35 years prior 14. Total years
15. If married name of spouse Ellen Carter
16. NAME of Father Patrick Comer
17. BIRTHPLACE England
18. NAME of Mother Margaret
19. BIRTHPLACE England
20. Signature of Informant John Comer
address Donkin, Cape Breton Co., NS
Relationship to deceased Son
21. Place of burial St. Gregory the Great Catholic Church, Donkin, Cape Breton Co., NS
Date of burial 18 June 1971
22. Undertaker Curry's Funeral Home
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
23. DATE OF DEATH June 15, 1971
CAUSE OF DEATH
(a) Pneumonia - left lower lobe
(b) Urinary Infection
(c) Diabetes Mellitus
other
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