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John MacKay death at Sydney, Cape Breton County on April 15, 1970

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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