Female Death Registration: Year: 1971 number: 2722
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA — REGISTRATION OF DEATH
02 - 002722
1. PLACE OF DEATH County of Cape Breton If in City or Town Sydney
If death occured in a hospital or institution St Rita Hospital
3. PRINT NAME OF DECEASED MacDonald, Effie
4. Sex
Female
5. Citizenship
Canadian
6. Racial Origin
Scottish
7. Single, Married
single
8. BIRTHPLACE Cape Breton
9. DATE OF BIRTH 6 14, 1884
10. AGE in Years86 Months9 Days16 | 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 Michael MacDonald
17. BIRTHPLACE Cape Breton
18. NAME of Mother MacMillan
19. BIRTHPLACE Cape Breton
20. Signature of Informant James Charles MacNeil
address 78 Charlotte St, Sydney, NS
Relationship to deceased
21. Place of burial Holy Cross Cemetery
Date of burial April 1, 1971
22. Undertaker T W Curry Limited, Sydney, NS
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
23. DATE OF DEATH March 30, 1971
CAUSE OF DEATH
(a) Arteriosclerotic Heart Disease
(b) General Arteriosclerosis
(c)
other Fracture of right humerus Fracture of right femur Pre-existing senile Dementia Multiple strokes
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