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Austen Gray Drysdale death at Halifax, Halifax County on April 6, 1971

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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