Male Death Registration: Year: 1970 number: 4281
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA — REGISTRATION OF DEATH
02 - 004281
1. PLACE OF DEATH County of Cape Breton If in City or Town Sydney
If death occured in a hospital or institution Spring Garden Villa
3. PRINT NAME OF DECEASED Rankin, Duncan William
4. Sex
Male
5. Citizenship
Canadian
6. Racial Origin
Scottish
7. Single, Married
single
8. BIRTHPLACE Sight Point
9. DATE OF BIRTH 7 15, 1890
10. AGE in Years79 Months Days7 | hrs or mins
11. Trade or profession Miner
12. Kind of industry Coal
13. Date last worked 1940 14. Total years 20
15. If married name of spouse
16. NAME of Father William Rankin
17. BIRTHPLACE Nova Scotia
18. NAME of Mother Annie Beaton
19. BIRTHPLACE Mabou
20. Signature of Informant Anna MacDonald
address River Street, Inverness
Relationship to deceased Niece
21. Place of burial Inverness
Date of burial June 22, 1970
22. Undertaker Rod MacDonald Funeral Home, Inverness
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
23. DATE OF DEATH June 22, 1970
CAUSE OF DEATH
(a) Arteriosclerotic Cardiac Disease
(b) Hypertrophic Prostate
(c)
other Arteriosclerotic Phychosis
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