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George Finney death at Sydney Mines, Cape Breton County on February 21, 1971

Male Death Registration: Year: 1971 number: 1868

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA — REGISTRATION OF DEATH

02 - 001868

1. PLACE OF DEATH   County of Cape Breton If in City or Town Sydney Mines
If death occured in a hospital or institution Harbour View Hospital, Sydney Mines

3. PRINT NAME OF DECEASED Finney, George

4. Sex

Male

5. Citizenship

Canadian

6. Racial Origin

English

7. Single, Married

married

8. BIRTHPLACE England

9. DATE OF BIRTH 12  7, 1897

10. AGE in  Years73  Months2  Days14 | hrs or mins

11. Trade or profession Carpenter

12. Kind of industry Carpentering

13. Date last worked 1961       14. Total years 45

15. If married name of spouse Sarah Fisher

16. NAME of Father George Finney

17. BIRTHPLACE England

18. NAME of Mother Margaret McGrath

19. BIRTHPLACE England

20. Signature of Informant Alfred Finney

      address 3 Windsor Ave, Sydney Mines, NS

      Relationship to deceased Son

21. Place of burial Lakeside Cemetery, North Sydney, NS

      Date of burial February 23, 1971

22. Undertaker Fillmore & Whitman Funeral Home Ltd, Sydney Mines, NS

MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH

23. DATE OF DEATH February 21, 1971

CAUSE OF DEATH

(a) Pulmonary Edema

(b) Ca of Maxillary Sinus

(c)

other

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