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Frederick Arthur Canton death at Amherst, Cumberland County on November 29, 1971

Male Death Registration: Year: 1971 number: 6927

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA — REGISTRATION OF DEATH

02 - 006927

1. PLACE OF DEATH   County of Cumberland If in City or Town Amherst

3. PRINT NAME OF DECEASED Canton, Frederick Arthur

4. Sex

Male

5. Citizenship

Canadian

6. Racial Origin

English

7. Single, Married

widowed

8. BIRTHPLACE Bristol, England

9. DATE OF BIRTH 12  14, 1884

10. AGE in  Years86  Months11  Days15 | hrs or mins

11. Trade or profession Linesman

12. Kind of industry Canada Electric Co. Ltd.

13. Date last worked 1950       14. Total years 39 years

15. If married name of spouse Edith A. Canton

16. NAME of Father  

17. BIRTHPLACE

18. NAME of Mother  

19. BIRTHPLACE

20. Signature of Informant Ken Canton

      address 71 Rupert Street, Amherst, NS

      Relationship to deceased Son

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

      Date of burial 2 December 1971

22. Undertaker Furlong's Funeral Home Ltd., Amherst, NS

MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH

23. DATE OF DEATH November 29, 1971

CAUSE OF DEATH

(a) Myocardial Infarction

(b) Hypertension

(c) Myocardial Insufficiency

other

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