Female Death Registration: Year: 1970 number: 2766
Click to view and save (right-click) each image above for free or contact us to Buy certified paper copies. | Send a correction
Click to view and save (right-click) each image above for free or contact us to Buy certified paper copies. | Send a correction
note: transcription publicly contributed - please contact us with comments, errors or omisions
PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA — REGISTRATION OF DEATH
02 - 002766
1. PLACE OF DEATH County of Guysborough If in City or Town Canso
If death occured in a hospital or institution Eastern Memorial Hospital
3. PRINT NAME OF DECEASED Matthews, Pura Ann
4. Sex
Female
5. Citizenship
Canadian
6. Racial Origin
Scottish
7. Single, Married
widowed
8. BIRTHPLACE Canso
9. DATE OF BIRTH 2 18, 1888
10. AGE in Years82 Months1 Days28 | hrs or mins
11. Trade or profession Housewife
12. Kind of industry
13. Date last worked 1969 14. Total years
15. If married name of spouse George Matthews
16. NAME of Father Dennis McNeary
17. BIRTHPLACE Canso
18. NAME of Mother Julia Tobin
19. BIRTHPLACE Canso
20. Signature of Informant Raymond McNeary
address Canso
Relationship to deceased Cousin
21. Place of burial Canso
Date of burial April 17, 1970
22. Undertaker Nathan Rhynold, Phillips Harbour
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
23. DATE OF DEATH April 15, 1970
CAUSE OF DEATH
(a) Carcinoma of colon
(b) Metastasis
(c)
other Left bundle branch block
Keyword Search looks for the "term" (one word or number works best) you type throughout the whole record. It is less accurate than the advanced search but it does let you search for age, religion, mother's maiden name, etc. if transcribed.
Nova Scotia Archives — https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/death/?ID=488078
Crown copyright © 2026, Province of Nova Scotia.