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Joseph Gerald Gaffney death at Halifax, Halifax County on January 30, 1970

Male Death Registration: Year: 1970 number: 1427

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA — REGISTRATION OF DEATH

02 - 001427

1. PLACE OF DEATH   County of Halifax If in City or Town Halifax
If death occured in a hospital or institution Victoria General, Halifax

3. PRINT NAME OF DECEASED Gaffney, Joseph Gerald

4. Sex

Male

5. Citizenship

Canadian

6. Racial Origin

English

7. Single, Married

married

8. BIRTHPLACE Cumberland County, England

9. DATE OF BIRTH 8  10, 1903

10. AGE in  Years66  Months5  Days20 | hrs or mins

11. Trade or profession Marine Supt

12. Kind of industry Furness Withy

13. Date last worked Dec 31, 1968       14. Total years 27

15. If married name of spouse Maria Helen Gaffney

16. NAME of Father Thomas Gaffney

17. BIRTHPLACE Cumberland County, England

18. NAME of Mother  

19. BIRTHPLACE

20. Signature of Informant Charlie Doucet

      address 2 Mont St, Halifax

      Relationship to deceased None

21. Place of burial Gates of Heaven, Lr Sackville

      Date of burial Feb 2, 1970

22. Undertaker Cruickshank Funeral Home Ltd, Halifax

MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH

23. DATE OF DEATH January 30, 1970

CAUSE OF DEATH

(a) Carcinoma of pancreas

(b) Jaundice

(c) Hemorrhage

other Surgical operation

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