Male Death Registration: Year: 1971 number: 1597
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA — REGISTRATION OF DEATH
02 - 001597
1. PLACE OF DEATH County of Colchester If in City or Town Truro
If death occured in a hospital or institution Carcinoma of Rectum
3. PRINT NAME OF DECEASED Scott, William Walter
4. Sex
Male
5. Citizenship
Canadian
6. Racial Origin
Scottish
7. Single, Married
married
8. BIRTHPLACE Wakefield, Mass.
9. DATE OF BIRTH 10 1, 1899
10. AGE in Years71 Months3 Days26 | hrs or mins
11. Trade or profession Taxi operator
12. Kind of industry
13. Date last worked 14. Total years
15. If married name of spouse Florence Crowe
16. NAME of Father Scott William D.
17. BIRTHPLACE Mass.
18. NAME of Mother Gough Bessie
19. BIRTHPLACE Mass.
20. Signature of Informant Florence Scott
address 49C Duke St Truro. N. S.
Relationship to deceased wife
21. Place of burial Valley C'ty, N. S.
Date of burial January 30, 1971
22. Undertaker P. B. Donnely Truro, N. S.
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
23. DATE OF DEATH January 27, 1971
CAUSE OF DEATH
(a)
(b)
(c)
other
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