Male Death Registration: Year: 1971 number: 6587
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA — REGISTRATION OF DEATH
02 - 006587
1. PLACE OF DEATH County of Cape Breton If in City or Town Sydney
3. PRINT NAME OF DECEASED Thomas, Ernest Decosta
4. Sex
Male
5. Citizenship
Canadian
6. Racial Origin
Negro
7. Single, Married
married
8. BIRTHPLACE Barbados
9. DATE OF BIRTH 10 5, 1908
10. AGE in Years63 Months1 Days3 | hrs or mins
11. Trade or profession Steel Worker
12. Kind of industry
13. Date last worked Nov 8/71 14. Total years
15. If married name of spouse Inez Vanbrook
16. NAME of Father Joseph Thomas
17. BIRTHPLACE Barbados
18. NAME of Mother Ethel Hardy
19. BIRTHPLACE Barbados
20. Signature of Informant Mrs Lionel Ines
address 74 Tupper St, Sydney, NS
Relationship to deceased Sister
21. Place of burial Forest Haven Memorial, Sydney, glace Bay
Date of burial Nov 11, 1971
22. Undertaker R.H. Fillmore Funeral Home Ltd, Sydney, NS
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
23. DATE OF DEATH November 8, 1971
CAUSE OF DEATH
(a)
(b)
(c)
other
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