Male Death Registration: Year: 1971 number: 2270
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA — REGISTRATION OF DEATH
02 - 002270
1. PLACE OF DEATH County of Digby If in City or Town Digby
If death occured in a hospital or institution Digby General Hospital
3. PRINT NAME OF DECEASED Cowan, Joseph
4. Sex
Male
5. Citizenship
Canadian
6. Racial Origin
English
7. Single, Married
single
8. BIRTHPLACE Digby
9. DATE OF BIRTH 3 13, 1971
10. AGE in Years Months Days | 4 hrs or 30 mins
11. Trade or profession Infant
12. Kind of industry
13. Date last worked 14. Total years
15. If married name of spouse
16. NAME of Father John H. Cowan
17. BIRTHPLACE Digby, NS
18. NAME of Mother Marjorie Belliveau
19. BIRTHPLACE Digby, NS
20. Signature of Informant John H. Cowan
address 87 Victoria Street, Digby, NS
Relationship to deceased Father
21. Place of burial Digby, NS
Date of burial March 15, 1971
22. Undertaker Jayne's Funeral Home Ltd, Digby, NS
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
23. DATE OF DEATH March 13, 1971
CAUSE OF DEATH
(a) Intracranial Hemorrhage
(b) Quick breech delivery
(c)
other
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