Female Death Registration: Year: 1970 number: 4186
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA — REGISTRATION OF DEATH
02 - 004186
1. PLACE OF DEATH County of Digby If in City or Town Digby
If death occured in a hospital or institution Digby General Hospital
3. PRINT NAME OF DECEASED Henshaw, Martha Frances
4. Sex
Female
5. Citizenship
Canadian
6. Racial Origin
Irish
7. Single, Married
married
8. BIRTHPLACE Milton, Massachusetts, USA
9. DATE OF BIRTH 2 24, 1907
10. AGE in Years63 Months4 Days12 | hrs or mins
11. Trade or profession Housewife
12. Kind of industry Housekeeping
13. Date last worked 1970 14. Total years
15. If married name of spouse Roy Henshaw
16. NAME of Father Joseph Hannon
17. BIRTHPLACE Ireland
18. NAME of Mother Annie Shine
19. BIRTHPLACE Canton, Massachusetts, USA
20. Signature of Informant C Roy Henshaw
address RR#1 Deep Brook
Relationship to deceased Husband
21. Place of burial Bear River
Date of burial July 9, 1970
22. Undertaker Ralph W Jayne, Digby
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
23. DATE OF DEATH July 6, 1970
CAUSE OF DEATH
(a) Arterosclerotic Heart Disease
(b)
(c)
other Cerebrovascular Embolism
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