Male Death Registration: Year: 1971 number: 2710
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA — REGISTRATION OF DEATH
02 - 002710
1. PLACE OF DEATH County of Cape Breton If in City or Town Big Beach
3. PRINT NAME OF DECEASED MacKinnon, John James
4. Sex
Male
5. Citizenship
Canadian
6. Racial Origin
Scottish
7. Single, Married
married
8. BIRTHPLACE Nova Scotia
9. DATE OF BIRTH 7 4, 1889
10. AGE in Years81 Months7 Days26 | hrs or mins
11. Trade or profession Retired CNR Sectionman
12. Kind of industry Railway
13. Date last worked 1955 14. Total years
15. If married name of spouse Catherine MacKinnon
16. NAME of Father Archibald MacKinnon
17. BIRTHPLACE Nova Scotia
18. NAME of Mother Mary MacInnis
19. BIRTHPLACE Nova Scotia
20. Signature of Informant Albert MacKinnon
address Big Beach, CB
Relationship to deceased son
21. Place of burial St. Barra Cemetery, Christmas Island Cape Breton
Date of burial March 4, 1971
22. Undertaker W J Dooley Funeral Service Ltd
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
23. DATE OF DEATH March 2, 1971
CAUSE OF DEATH
(a) Arterio-sclerotic Heart Disease
(b)
(c)
other
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