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William Joseph Legacy death at Amherst, Cumberland County on November 20, 1971

Male Death Registration: Year: 1971 number: 6912

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA — REGISTRATION OF DEATH

02 - 006912

1. PLACE OF DEATH   County of Cumberland If in City or Town Amherst
If death occured in a hospital or institution Highland View Hospital

3. PRINT NAME OF DECEASED Legacy, William Joseph

4. Sex

Male

5. Citizenship

Canadian

6. Racial Origin

English

7. Single, Married

married

8. BIRTHPLACE Amherst

9. DATE OF BIRTH 2  22, 1907

10. AGE in  Years64  Months8  Days29 | hrs or mins

11. Trade or profession Mechanic

12. Kind of industry Garage

13. Date last worked June 1971       14. Total years 35 years

15. If married name of spouse Janet Evelyn Purchase

16. NAME of Father Joseph Legacy

17. BIRTHPLACE Bathurst, New Brunswick

18. NAME of Mother Margaret LeBlanc

19. BIRTHPLACE Memramcook, New Brunswick

20. Signature of Informant Mrs. Janet Legacy

      address 21 Clarence Street, Amherst, Cumberland Co., NS

      Relationship to deceased Wife

21. Place of burial Amherst, Cumberland Co., NS

      Date of burial 23 November 1971

22. Undertaker Campbell's Funeral Home, Amherst, Cumberland Co., NS

MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH

23. DATE OF DEATH November 20, 1971

CAUSE OF DEATH

(a) Carcinoma of Bronchus

(b) Chronic Bronchitis

(c)

other Bronchopneumonia

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