Male Death Registration: Year: 1971 number: 1227
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA — REGISTRATION OF DEATH
02 - 001227
1. PLACE OF DEATH County of Cape Breton If in City or Town North Sydney
If death occured in a hospital or institution St. Elizabeth Hospital
3. PRINT NAME OF DECEASED Yorke, George Ronald
4. Sex
Male
5. Citizenship
Canadian
6. Racial Origin
French
7. Single, Married
married
8. BIRTHPLACE Nova Scotia
9. DATE OF BIRTH 5 29, 1944
10. AGE in Years26 Months7 Days18 | hrs or mins
11. Trade or profession Labourer
12. Kind of industry General
13. Date last worked 1969 14. Total years 5
15. If married name of spouse Dorothy Yorke
16. NAME of Father Anthony Yorke
17. BIRTHPLACE Nova Scotia
18. NAME of Mother Margaret Cooke
19. BIRTHPLACE Newfoundland
20. Signature of Informant Joseph P. Yorke
address 27 Caledonia St., North Sydney
Relationship to deceased Brother
21. Place of burial Holy Cross, North Sydney
Date of burial January 19, 1971
22. Undertaker W.J. Dooley Funeral Service Limited, North Sydney
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
23. DATE OF DEATH January 16, 1971
CAUSE OF DEATH
(a) Hodgkins
(b)
(c)
other
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