Male Death Registration: Year: 1971 number: 6700
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA — REGISTRATION OF DEATH
02 - 006700
1. PLACE OF DEATH County of Halifax If in City or Town Halifax
If death occured in a hospital or institution Abbie J. Lane Memorial Hospital
3. PRINT NAME OF DECEASED Merson, Wilfred Joseph
4. Sex
Male
5. Citizenship
Canadian
6. Racial Origin
Irish/Scottish
7. Single, Married
single
8. BIRTHPLACE Nova Scotia
9. DATE OF BIRTH 4 15, 1901
10. AGE in Years70 Months7 Days6 | hrs or mins
11. Trade or profession Labourer
12. Kind of industry nil
13. Date last worked nil 14. Total years nil
15. If married name of spouse
16. NAME of Father Thomas William Merson
17. BIRTHPLACE Canada
18. NAME of Mother
19. BIRTHPLACE
20. Signature of Informant Stephen Jenner
address Abbie Lane Memorial Hospital
Relationship to deceased
21. Place of burial Gate of Heaven, Lower Sackville
Date of burial March 24, 1971
22. Undertaker Snow and Co., 1740 Argyle St. Halifax
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
23. DATE OF DEATH November 21, 1971
CAUSE OF DEATH
(a) Pneumonia
(b)
(c)
other
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