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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