Male Death Registration: Year: 1970 number: 2873
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA — REGISTRATION OF DEATH
02 - 002873
1. PLACE OF DEATH County of Cape Breton If in City or Town Sydney
If death occured in a hospital or institution City Hospital
3. PRINT NAME OF DECEASED MacKay, John
4. Sex
Male
5. Citizenship
Canadian
6. Racial Origin
Scottish
7. Single, Married
married
8. BIRTHPLACE Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
9. DATE OF BIRTH 3 22, 1904
10. AGE in Years66 Months Days25 | hrs or mins
11. Trade or profession Henery Operator
12. Kind of industry Self Employed
13. Date last worked Feb 1970 14. Total years
15. If married name of spouse Annie Hines MacKay
16. NAME of Father Murdock MacKay
17. BIRTHPLACE Pictou County
18. NAME of Mother Jessie Farlain
19. BIRTHPLACE Lake Ainsley
20. Signature of Informant Mrs. Annie MacKay
address Grand Lake Road
Relationship to deceased Widow
21. Place of burial Hardwood Hill Cemetery, Sydney
Date of burial 18 April 1970
22. Undertaker R.H. Fillmore Funeral Home Ltd., Sydney
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
23. DATE OF DEATH April 15, 1970
CAUSE OF DEATH
(a) Coronary Infarction
(b) Chronic Degenerative Myocarditis
(c) Chronic Bronchitis and Emphysemia
other
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