Male Death Registration: Year: 1971 number: 6274
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA — REGISTRATION OF DEATH
02 - 006274
1. PLACE OF DEATH County of Kings If in City or Town Kentville
If death occured in a hospital or institution B F M Hospital
3. PRINT NAME OF DECEASED Ells, Whitfield Coffin
4. Sex
Male
5. Citizenship
Canadian
6. Racial Origin
English
7. Single, Married
married
8. BIRTHPLACE Sheffield Mills, Kings County
9. DATE OF BIRTH 7 29, 1887
10. AGE in Years84 Months2 Days29 | hrs or mins
11. Trade or profession Farmer
12. Kind of industry
13. Date last worked 1962 14. Total years 56
15. If married name of spouse Hazel Ells
16. NAME of Father David E. Ells
17. BIRTHPLACE Sheffield Mills, NS
18. NAME of Mother Mary Coffin
19. BIRTHPLACE Medford, Kings County, NS
20. Signature of Informant Mrs. Hazel Ells
address 27 Nichols Avenue, Kentville NS
Relationship to deceased Wife
21. Place of burial Canard Cemetery Kings Co. NS
Date of burial November 1, 1971
22. Undertaker W C Hiltz Funeral Home, Kentville, NS
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
23. DATE OF DEATH October 28, 1971
CAUSE OF DEATH
(a) Senility
(b)
(c)
other Carcinoma prostate 6 years
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