Male Death Registration: Year: 1970 number: 1739
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA — REGISTRATION OF DEATH
02 - 001739
1. PLACE OF DEATH County of Cape Breton If in City or Town Glace Bay
If death occured in a hospital or institution at home,
6 Morrison St., Glace Bay
3. PRINT NAME OF DECEASED Morrison, Donald William
4. Sex
Male
5. Citizenship
Canadian
6. Racial Origin
Scottish
7. Single, Married
married
8. BIRTHPLACE Glace Bay
9. DATE OF BIRTH 1 4, 1913
10. AGE in Years57 Months1 Days6 | hrs or mins
11. Trade or profession retired coal miner
12. Kind of industry Dom. Coal company
13. Date last worked 1969 14. Total years
15. If married name of spouse Emmeline Morrison
16. NAME of Father Amos Morrison
17. BIRTHPLACE Nova Scotia
18. NAME of Mother Mary Morrison (nee)
19. BIRTHPLACE Nova Scotia
20. Signature of Informant Fred Patten for Mrs. Emmeline Morrison
address 6 Morrison Street, Glace Bay
Relationship to deceased wife
21. Place of burial Glace Bay
Date of burial February 12, 1970
22. Undertaker Pattens Funeral Home Limited 71 Union St., Glace Bay
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
23. DATE OF DEATH February 10, 1970
CAUSE OF DEATH
(a) acute coronary occlusion
(b)
(c)
other
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