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Milton Vernon Murphy death at Rockland, Shelburne County on November 26, 1970

Male Death Registration: Year: 1970 number: 7238

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA — REGISTRATION OF DEATH

02 - 007238

1. PLACE OF DEATH   County of Shelburne If in City or Town Rockland
If death occured in a hospital or institution East Ragged Island

3. PRINT NAME OF DECEASED Murphy, Milton Vernon

4. Sex

Male

5. Citizenship

Canadian

6. Racial Origin

English

7. Single, Married

married

8. BIRTHPLACE Nova Scotia

9. DATE OF BIRTH 5  18, 1898

10. AGE in  Years72  Months6  Days8 | hrs or mins

11. Trade or profession Fisherman

12. Kind of industry

13. Date last worked 1960       14. Total years 40 yrs

15. If married name of spouse Mrs. Adena Murphy

16. NAME of Father James Murphy

17. BIRTHPLACE Nova Scotia

18. NAME of Mother Nancy Snow

19. BIRTHPLACE Nova Scotia

20. Signature of Informant Vernon Murphy

      address Sable River, NS

      Relationship to deceased Son

21. Place of burial Rockland, NS

      Date of burial Nov 28, 1970

22. Undertaker H. M. Huskilson, Lockeport, NS

MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH

23. DATE OF DEATH November 26, 1970

CAUSE OF DEATH

(a) Gun shot wound head

(b) Depressive reaction

(c)

other Suicide

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