Male Death Registration: Year: 1970 number: 4698
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA — REGISTRATION OF DEATH
02 - 004698
1. PLACE OF DEATH County of Pictou If in City or Town New Glasgow
3. PRINT NAME OF DECEASED Rafter, Alfred
4. Sex
Male
5. Citizenship
Canadian
6. Racial Origin
Danish
7. Single, Married
married
8. BIRTHPLACE Nova Scotia
9. DATE OF BIRTH 1 17, 1898
10. AGE in Years72 Months6 Days2 | hrs or mins
11. Trade or profession Retired Tel & Tel Foreman
12. Kind of industry Communication
13. Date last worked 1957 14. Total years 25 years
15. If married name of spouse Florence Armstrong Rafter
16. NAME of Father Rufus Rafter
17. BIRTHPLACE Nova Scotia
18. NAME of Mother Katherine Miller
19. BIRTHPLACE Nova Scotia
20. Signature of Informant Warren Spicer
address Birch Street, New Glasgow
Relationship to deceased Son in Law
21. Place of burial Heatherdale Memorial Gardens, Alma
Date of burial 22 July 1970
22. Undertaker H. W. Angus Funeral Home, New Glasgow
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
23. DATE OF DEATH July 19, 1970
CAUSE OF DEATH
(a) Myocardial Infarction
(b)
(c)
other
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