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Walter Joseph Shortliffe death at Shelburne, Shelburne County on December 5, 1970

Male Death Registration: Year: 1970 number: 7241

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA — REGISTRATION OF DEATH

02 - 007241

1. PLACE OF DEATH   County of Shelburne If in City or Town Shelburne
If death occured in a hospital or institution at home

3. PRINT NAME OF DECEASED Shortliffe, Walter Joseph

4. Sex

Male

5. Citizenship

Canadian

6. Racial Origin

English

7. Single, Married

married

8. BIRTHPLACE Nova Scotia

9. DATE OF BIRTH 9  22, 1945

10. AGE in  Years25  Months2  Days15 | hrs or mins

11. Trade or profession Presser in Dry Cleaners

12. Kind of industry

13. Date last worked 1970       14. Total years 4 years

15. If married name of spouse Ruth Shortliffe

16. NAME of Father John Shortliffe

17. BIRTHPLACE Nova Scotia

18. NAME of Mother Olive David

19. BIRTHPLACE Nova Scotia

20. Signature of Informant Donald B. Shortliffe

      address Shelburne, NS

      Relationship to deceased Brother

21. Place of burial Pine Grove Cemetery, Shelburne, NS

      Date of burial Dec. 10, 1970

22. Undertaker Huskilson's Funeral, Shelb. NS

MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH

23. DATE OF DEATH December 5, 1970

CAUSE OF DEATH

(a) Heavy rifle shot destroying face and cerebral hemisphere

(b)

(c)

other Suicide - severe brain damage

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