Male Death Registration: Year: 1971 number: 2687
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA — REGISTRATION OF DEATH
02 - 002687
1. PLACE OF DEATH County of Halifax If in City or Town Halifax
If death occured in a hospital or institution Victoria General Hospital
3. PRINT NAME OF DECEASED Drysdale, Austen Gray
4. Sex
Male
5. Citizenship
Canadian
6. Racial Origin
English
7. Single, Married
widowed
8. BIRTHPLACE Halifax
9. DATE OF BIRTH 7 9, 1878
10. AGE in Years92 Months8 Days28 | hrs or mins
11. Trade or profession Retired
12. Kind of industry Public Service Commission
13. Date last worked 1962 14. Total years 15 yrs
15. If married name of spouse late Lena Drysdale
16. NAME of Father Charles William Drysdale
17. BIRTHPLACE Greenhead, Halifax County, NS
18. NAME of Mother Olive Ann Boutilier
19. BIRTHPLACE Halifax County, NS
20. Signature of Informant Miss Ruby Drysdale
address 6344 Young Street Halifax, NS
Relationship to deceased Daughter
21. Place of burial Fairview Cemetery, Hfx
Date of burial April 10, 1971
22. Undertaker Cruickshank Funeral Home Limited
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
23. DATE OF DEATH April 6, 1971
CAUSE OF DEATH
(a) Septicaemic Shock
(b) Myocardial Infarction
(c)
other Repeated Pulmonary Embolism
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