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John Leigh Marks death at Eastern Passage, Halifax County on February 25, 1970

Male Death Registration: Year: 1970 number: 1876

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA — REGISTRATION OF DEATH

02 - 001876

1. PLACE OF DEATH   County of Halifax If in City or Town Eastern Passage
If death occured in a hospital or institution Ocean View Manor, Eastern Passage

3. PRINT NAME OF DECEASED Marks, John Leigh

4. Sex

Male

5. Citizenship

Canadian

6. Racial Origin

English

7. Single, Married

married

8. BIRTHPLACE Halifax County

9. DATE OF BIRTH 4  1, 1892

10. AGE in  Years77  Months10  Days26 | hrs or mins

11. Trade or profession Blacksmith

12. Kind of industry Halifax Shipyards

13. Date last worked 1957       14. Total years 40 years

15. If married name of spouse Marion Marks

16. NAME of Father James Lewis Marks

17. BIRTHPLACE Nova Scotia

18. NAME of Mother Elizabeth Turple

19. BIRTHPLACE Nova Scotia

20. Signature of Informant M. Lynch

      address Ocean View Manor

      Relationship to deceased None

21. Place of burial Ship Harbour, Halifax Co.

      Date of burial 28 February 1970

22. Undertaker Rowlings Funeral Service, Musquodoboit Harbour

MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH

23. DATE OF DEATH February 25, 1970

CAUSE OF DEATH

(a) Pneumonia

(b)

(c)

other Diabetes

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