Male Death Registration: Year: 1970 number: 4528
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA — REGISTRATION OF DEATH
02 - 004528
1. PLACE OF DEATH County of Annapolis If in City or Town Annapolis Royal
3. PRINT NAME OF DECEASED Boyd, John
4. Sex
Male
5. Citizenship
Canadian
6. Racial Origin
Scottish
7. Single, Married
married
8. BIRTHPLACE Sydney Mines
9. DATE OF BIRTH 1 3, 1938
10. AGE in Years32 Months6 Days19 | hrs or mins
11. Trade or profession Finance
12. Kind of industry
13. Date last worked July 21, 1970 14. Total years
15. If married name of spouse Margaret MacAskill
16. NAME of Father John Robert Boyd
17. BIRTHPLACE Pennsylvania, USA
18. NAME of Mother Mary Stubbert
19. BIRTHPLACE Point Auconi
20. Signature of Informant Ann MacAskill
address The Cove, Sydney
Relationship to deceased Mother-in-law
21. Place of burial Hardwood Hill Cemetery, Sydney
Date of burial July 26, 1970
22. Undertaker R.H. Fillmore Funeral Home, Sydney
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
23. DATE OF DEATH July 22, 1970
CAUSE OF DEATH
(a) Gun shot-wound self inflicted
(b)
(c)
other Suicide G.S.W. 32 cal revolver. Brain damage, the mouth at home.
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