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John William Shepherd death at North Sydney, Cape Breton County on May 29, 1970

Male Death Registration: Year: 1970 number: 3609

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA — REGISTRATION OF DEATH

02 - 003609

1. PLACE OF DEATH   County of Cape Breton If in City or Town North Sydney
If death occured in a hospital or institution St. Elizabeth Hospital

3. PRINT NAME OF DECEASED Shepherd, John William

4. Sex

Male

5. Citizenship

Canadian

6. Racial Origin

English

7. Single, Married

married

8. BIRTHPLACE Newfoundland

9. DATE OF BIRTH 8  24, 1892

10. AGE in  Years77  Months9  Days5 | hrs or mins

11. Trade or profession Fisherman

12. Kind of industry Fishing

13. Date last worked 1958       14. Total years 45

15. If married name of spouse Mary Best

16. NAME of Father William Shepherd

17. BIRTHPLACE Newfoundland

18. NAME of Mother Harriet Buffett

19. BIRTHPLACE Newfoundland

20. Signature of Informant Joseph Shepherd

      address 12 Young St. Ext., North Sydney

      Relationship to deceased Son

21. Place of burial Lakeside Cemetery, North Sydney

      Date of burial May 31, 1970

22. Undertaker Fillmore and Whitman Funeral Home, North Sydney

MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH

23. DATE OF DEATH May 29, 1970

CAUSE OF DEATH

(a) Myocardial infarction

(b) ASHD

(c)

other

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