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John Boyd death at Annapolis Royal, Annapolis County on July 22, 1970

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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