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Elizabeth Rebecca Higgins death at Halifax, Halifax County on March 25, 1971

Female Death Registration: Year: 1971 number: 2478

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA — REGISTRATION OF DEATH

02 - 002478

1. PLACE OF DEATH   County of Halifax If in City or Town Halifax
If death occured in a hospital or institution 5546 Hennessey Place, Halifax

3. PRINT NAME OF DECEASED Higgins, Elizabeth Rebecca

4. Sex

Female

5. Citizenship

Canadian

6. Racial Origin

Scottish

7. Single, Married

widowed

8. BIRTHPLACE Magdalen Islands, P.Q.

9. DATE OF BIRTH 12  28, 1883

10. AGE in  Years87  Months2  Days25 | hrs or mins

11. Trade or profession Housewife

12. Kind of industry house duties

13. Date last worked 1969       14. Total years life - 60 yrs

15. If married name of spouse Late John Higgins

16. NAME of Father Robert MacPhail

17. BIRTHPLACE Scotland

18. NAME of Mother Jane MacPhail

19. BIRTHPLACE Magdalen Islands, P.Q.

20. Signature of Informant Mr James Higgins

      address 8 Spry Ave, Spryfield, Hfx

      Relationship to deceased son

21. Place of burial Gate of Heaven, Lr Sackville

      Date of burial March 27, 1971

22. Undertaker Cruikshank Funeral Home Limited

MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH

23. DATE OF DEATH March 25, 1971

CAUSE OF DEATH

(a) Cerebral Thrombosis

(b) Generalized Arteriosclerosis

(c)

other Diabetes Mellitus

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