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Elizabeth Witzell death at Sydney, Cape Breton County on March 19, 1971

Female Death Registration: Year: 1971 number: 2386

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA — REGISTRATION OF DEATH

02 - 002386

1. PLACE OF DEATH   County of Cape Breton If in City or Town Sydney
If death occured in a hospital or institution St Rita's Hospital

3. PRINT NAME OF DECEASED Witzell, Elizabeth

4. Sex

Female

5. Citizenship

Canadian

6. Racial Origin

French

7. Single, Married

widowed

8. BIRTHPLACE St Rose, New Brunswick

9. DATE OF BIRTH 8  12, 1894

10. AGE in  Years76  Months7  Days7 | hrs or mins

11. Trade or profession

12. Kind of industry

13. Date last worked       14. Total years

15. If married name of spouse

16. NAME of Father Joseph Gauvin

17. BIRTHPLACE New Brunswick

18. NAME of Mother Mary Ann Arsenault

19. BIRTHPLACE New Brunswick

20. Signature of Informant Mrs. Elizabeth Boudreau

      address Big Pond, Cape Breton, NS

      Relationship to deceased daughter

21. Place of burial St Mary's Cemetery, Big Pond, NS

      Date of burial March 22, 1971

22. Undertaker TW Curry, Sydney, NS

MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH

23. DATE OF DEATH March 19, 1971

CAUSE OF DEATH

(a) Congestive Cardiac Failure

(b) Arterosclerosis

(c) Diabetes Mellitus

other Chronic Nephritis

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