Male Death Registration: Year: 1971 number: 2248
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA — REGISTRATION OF DEATH
02 - 002248
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, North Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
3. PRINT NAME OF DECEASED Rankin, Donald Michael
4. Sex
Male
5. Citizenship
Canadian
6. Racial Origin
Scottish
7. Single, Married
single
8. BIRTHPLACE Nova Scotia
9. DATE OF BIRTH 9 2, 1916
10. AGE in Years54 Months6 Days13 | hrs or mins
11. Trade or profession Clergyman
12. Kind of industry Chaplain
13. Date last worked March 13/71 14. Total years 23
15. If married name of spouse
16. NAME of Father Alex Rankin
17. BIRTHPLACE Nova Scotia
18. NAME of Mother Jessie Rankin
19. BIRTHPLACE Nova Scotia
20. Signature of Informant T.A. McKinnon
address 139 Caledonia Street, North Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
Relationship to deceased
21. Place of burial Creignish, Inv. Co., CB
Date of burial March 18, 1971
22. Undertaker W.J. Dooly Funeral Service Ltd.
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
23. DATE OF DEATH March 15, 1971
CAUSE OF DEATH
(a) Myocardial Infarction
(b)
(c)
other
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