Male Death Registration: Year: 1971 number: 1212
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA — REGISTRATION OF DEATH
02 - 001212
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 Morrison, Donald John
4. Sex
Male
5. Citizenship
Canadian
6. Racial Origin
Scottish
7. Single, Married
married
8. BIRTHPLACE Sydney
9. DATE OF BIRTH 9 25, 1920
10. AGE in Years50 Months3 Days15 | hrs or mins
11. Trade or profession
12. Kind of industry
13. Date last worked 14. Total years
15. If married name of spouse Elizabeth
16. NAME of Father Andrew Morrison
17. BIRTHPLACE Cape Breton
18. NAME of Mother Mary Catherine MacDonald
19. BIRTHPLACE Cape Breton
20. Signature of Informant Michael Morrison
address 70 Dolbin Street, Sydney
Relationship to deceased son
21. Place of burial Resurrection Cemetery
Date of burial 12 January 1971
22. Undertaker T.W. Curry Ltd., Sydney
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
23. DATE OF DEATH January 9, 1971
CAUSE OF DEATH
(a) Anemia
(b) Chronic Renal Failure
(c) Kimmelstiel-Wilson syndrome
other Diabetes Mellitus
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