Male Death Registration: Year: 1970 number: 3613
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA — REGISTRATION OF DEATH
02 - 003613
1. PLACE OF DEATH County of Cape If in City or Town Sydney
If death occured in a hospital or institution Sydney City Hospital
3. PRINT NAME OF DECEASED Butts, John
4. Sex
Male
5. Citizenship
Canadian
6. Racial Origin
Irish
7. Single, Married
widowed
8. BIRTHPLACE Harbor Grace, Newfoundland
9. DATE OF BIRTH 2 15, 1891
10. AGE in Years79 Months3 Days20 | hrs or mins
11. Trade or profession Retired Miner
12. Kind of industry Coal Mine
13. Date last worked Aug/56 14. Total years 45
15. If married name of spouse
16. NAME of Father Walter Butts
17. BIRTHPLACE Newfoundland
18. NAME of Mother Agnes McGrath
19. BIRTHPLACE Newfoundland
20. Signature of Informant Walter Butts
address 95 Argyle St, Sydney
Relationship to deceased Son
21. Place of burial St Stephens, Florence
Date of burial June 7, 1970
22. Undertaker George R Francis, Sydney Mines
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
23. DATE OF DEATH June 4, 1970
CAUSE OF DEATH
(a) Myocardial Infarction
(b) Arterosclerotic Heart Disease
(c)
other
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