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William Donovan death at Neils Harbour, Victoria County on December 29, 1970

Male Death Registration: Year: 1970 number: 7501

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA — REGISTRATION OF DEATH

02 - 007501

1. PLACE OF DEATH   County of Victoria If in City or Town Neils Harbour
If death occured in a hospital or institution Bucanhan Memorial Hospital

3. PRINT NAME OF DECEASED Donovan, William

4. Sex

Male

5. Citizenship

Canadian

6. Racial Origin

English

7. Single, Married

married

8. BIRTHPLACE Ingonish Beach

9. DATE OF BIRTH 11  20, 1885

10. AGE in  Years85  Months1  Days9 | hrs or mins

11. Trade or profession Fisherman

12. Kind of industry Fishing

13. Date last worked 1965       14. Total years 40

15. If married name of spouse Caroline McGean

16. NAME of Father John Donovan

17. BIRTHPLACE Ingonish Beach

18. NAME of Mother Rachael Carm

19. BIRTHPLACE Ingonish Beach

20. Signature of Informant Mrs. Russell Whitby

      address Ingonish Beach

      Relationship to deceased Daughter

21. Place of burial Ingonish Beach

      Date of burial January 2, 1971

22. Undertaker Fillmore & Whitman Funeral Home Ltd. Sydney Mines

MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH

23. DATE OF DEATH December 29, 1970

CAUSE OF DEATH

(a) Congestive cardiac failure

(b)

(c)

other

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