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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