Female Death Registration: Year: 1971 number: 1206
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA — REGISTRATION OF DEATH
02 - 001206
1. PLACE OF DEATH County of Annapolis If in City or Town Bridgetown
If death occured in a hospital or institution South St. Residence
3. PRINT NAME OF DECEASED Porter, Merle Elizabeth
4. Sex
Female
5. Citizenship
Canadian
6. Racial Origin
English
7. Single, Married
married
8. BIRTHPLACE Massachuttes {Massachusetts]
9. DATE OF BIRTH 11 9, 1897
10. AGE in Years73 Months2 Days6 | hrs or mins
11. Trade or profession
12. Kind of industry Housewife
13. Date last worked 14. Total years
15. If married name of spouse Keith L. Porter
16. NAME of Father Samuel Chipman
17. BIRTHPLACE Nova Scotia
18. NAME of Mother
19. BIRTHPLACE
20. Signature of Informant Mr. Keith L. Porter
address Bridgetown, Anna. Co.
Relationship to deceased Husband
21. Place of burial Hebron, Yarmouth Co.
Date of burial Spring 1971
22. Undertaker Bridgetown Funeral Home. Robert L. Hall
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
23. DATE OF DEATH January 15, 1971
CAUSE OF DEATH
(a) Coronary Thrombosis
(b) Cardiac failure
(c) ?Avascular fibrillation
other
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