Male Death Registration: Year: 1970 number: 7179
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA — REGISTRATION OF DEATH
02 - 007179
1. PLACE OF DEATH County of Cape Breton If in City or Town Sydney
If death occured in a hospital or institution St. Rita Hospital
3. PRINT NAME OF DECEASED Lafford, Wayne
4. Sex
Male
5. Citizenship
Canadian
6. Racial Origin
Mi'kmaq
7. Single, Married
single
8. BIRTHPLACE Nova Scotia
9. DATE OF BIRTH 8 13, 1950
10. AGE in Years20 Months1 Days7 | hrs or mins
11. Trade or profession
12. Kind of industry
13. Date last worked 14. Total years
15. If married name of spouse
16. NAME of Father Benjamin Lafford
17. BIRTHPLACE Nova Scotia
18. NAME of Mother Helen Marshall
19. BIRTHPLACE Nova Scotia
20. Signature of Informant Mrs. Richard Denny
address 240 Wellington St., Chatham, NB
Relationship to deceased Sister
21. Place of burial Holy Family Cemetery, Eskasoni
Date of burial Sept. 24, 1970
22. Undertaker Curry's Funeral Home, Sydney, NS
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
23. DATE OF DEATH September 20, 1970
CAUSE OF DEATH
(a) Gun shot wound abdomen and chest
(b)
(c)
other Investigation to establish either accident or homicide
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