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Ernest Decosta Thomas death at Sydney, Cape Breton County on November 8, 1971

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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