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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