Male Death Registration: Year: 1971 number: 1298
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA — REGISTRATION OF DEATH
02 - 001298
1. PLACE OF DEATH County of Halifax If in City or Town Halifax
If death occured in a hospital or institution Camphill Hospital
3. PRINT NAME OF DECEASED Purcell, George Wilfred Burton
4. Sex
Male
5. Citizenship
Canadian
6. Racial Origin
English
7. Single, Married
married
8. BIRTHPLACE Halifax
9. DATE OF BIRTH 10 2, 1902
10. AGE in Years63 Months3 Days15 | hrs or mins
11. Trade or profession Retired
12. Kind of industry D.N.D.
13. Date last worked 1963 14. Total years 10
15. If married name of spouse Edith Purcell
16. NAME of Father George Purcell
17. BIRTHPLACE Nova Scotia
18. NAME of Mother Susan
19. BIRTHPLACE Nova Scotia
20. Signature of Informant Mrs. Carol Eisnor
address 6304 Bayers Rd., Hfx. N.S.
Relationship to deceased Daughter
21. Place of burial Fort Massey Cemetery, Halifax
Date of burial January 19, 1971
22. Undertaker Cruikshank Funeral Home Ltd.
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
23. DATE OF DEATH January 17, 1971
CAUSE OF DEATH
(a) Parkinson's Disease
(b)
(c)
other
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