Male Death Registration: Year: 1970 number: 6290
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA — REGISTRATION OF DEATH
02 - 006290
1. PLACE OF DEATH County of Cape Breton If in City or Town Sydney
3. PRINT NAME OF DECEASED MacPherson, William
4. Sex
Male
5. Citizenship
Canadian
6. Racial Origin
Scottish
7. Single, Married
married
8. BIRTHPLACE Springhill
9. DATE OF BIRTH 5 10, 1897
10. AGE in Years73 Months5 Days10 | hrs or mins
11. Trade or profession Chemist
12. Kind of industry Sydney Steel Co.
13. Date last worked 1960 14. Total years
15. If married name of spouse Mrs.Ruth Menzies
16. NAME of Father William MacPherson
17. BIRTHPLACE Cumberland County
18. NAME of Mother Mary Hyde
19. BIRTHPLACE Cumberland County
20. Signature of Informant Per William MacPherson
address 281 East James Street, Sydney
Relationship to deceased son
21. Place of burial Hardwood Hill Cemetery
Date of burial 22 Oct 1970
22. Undertaker R. H. Fillmore Funeral Home Ltd.
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
23. DATE OF DEATH October 20, 1970
CAUSE OF DEATH
(a)
(b)
(c)
other
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