Male Death Registration: Year: 1970 number: 1674
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA — REGISTRATION OF DEATH
02 - 001674
1. PLACE OF DEATH County of Halifax If in City or Town Halifax
If death occured in a hospital or institution Victoria General Hospital
3. PRINT NAME OF DECEASED MacDonald, William James
4. Sex
Male
5. Citizenship
Canadian
6. Racial Origin
Scottish
7. Single, Married
widowed
8. BIRTHPLACE Nova Scotia
9. DATE OF BIRTH 4 7, 1909
10. AGE in Years60 Months9 Days30 | hrs or mins
11. Trade or profession Welder
12. Kind of industry Construction
13. Date last worked Retired 14. Total years 35 years
15. If married name of spouse
16. NAME of Father John A. MacDonald
17. BIRTHPLACE Nova Scotia
18. NAME of Mother Janet MacDonald
19. BIRTHPLACE Nova Scotia
20. Signature of Informant Charles F. MacDonald
address Port Hawkesbury
Relationship to deceased Son
21. Place of burial St. Peters RC Cemetery
Date of burial Feb. 9, 1970
22. Undertaker Curry's Funeral Home, Antigonish
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
23. DATE OF DEATH February 6, 1970
CAUSE OF DEATH
(a) Hemorrhagic shock
(b) Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
(c) Arteriosclerosis
other
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