Male Death Registration: Year: 1970 number: 1937
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA — REGISTRATION OF DEATH
02 - 001937
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 Beckwith, William Walter Chipman
4. Sex
Male
5. Citizenship
Canadian
6. Racial Origin
English
7. Single, Married
married
8. BIRTHPLACE Halifax
9. DATE OF BIRTH 1 25, 1917
10. AGE in Years53 Months1 Days0 | hrs or mins
11. Trade or profession Proprietor
12. Kind of industry Beckwith Agencies Insurance
13. Date last worked February 25, 1970 14. Total years 6
15. If married name of spouse Nancy Beckwith
16. NAME of Father William Beckwith
17. BIRTHPLACE Nova Scotia
18. NAME of Mother Flora Mutter
19. BIRTHPLACE England
20. Signature of Informant David Hobrecker
address 12 Princess Lodge, Halifax
Relationship to deceased Brother-in-law
21. Place of burial Fairview Cemetery, Halifax, NX
Date of burial February 28, 1970
22. Undertaker Cruikshank Funeral Home Ltd.
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
23. DATE OF DEATH February 25, 1970
CAUSE OF DEATH
(a) Myocardian infarction
(b)
(c)
other
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