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James Edward Collins death at Bridgewater, Lunenburg County on October 30, 1971

Male Death Registration: Year: 1971 number: 6389

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA — REGISTRATION OF DEATH

02 - 006389

1. PLACE OF DEATH   County of Lunenburg If in City or Town Bridgewater
If death occured in a hospital or institution Dawson Memorial Hospital

3. PRINT NAME OF DECEASED Collins, James Edward

4. Sex

Male

5. Citizenship

Canadian

6. Racial Origin

Irish

7. Single, Married

widowed

8. BIRTHPLACE Nova Scotia

9. DATE OF BIRTH 5  3, 1895

10. AGE in  Years76  Months5  Days27 | hrs or mins

11. Trade or profession Blacksmith

12. Kind of industry

13. Date last worked 60 years       14. Total years

15. If married name of spouse Lila Collins

16. NAME of Father John Collins

17. BIRTHPLACE Nova Scotia

18. NAME of Mother Ellen Boylan

19. BIRTHPLACE Nova Scotia

20. Signature of Informant Neil B

      address Chester, Nova Scotia

      Relationship to deceased

21. Place of burial St. Patrick's Cemetery, New Ross, Nova Scotia

      Date of burial Nov 2, 1971

22. Undertaker Davis Funeral Home, Chester, Nova Scotia

MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH

23. DATE OF DEATH October 30, 1971

CAUSE OF DEATH

(a) Sarcoma of buttocks

(b) Metastasis to lungs

(c)

other

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