Male Death Registration: Year: 1971 number: 2864
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA — REGISTRATION OF DEATH
02 - 002864
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 Purcell, Bertram Edwin
4. Sex
Male
5. Citizenship
Canadian
6. Racial Origin
English
7. Single, Married
married
8. BIRTHPLACE Nova Scotia
9. DATE OF BIRTH 6 24, 1891
10. AGE in Years79 Months9 Days26 | hrs or mins
11. Trade or profession Retired
12. Kind of industry
13. Date last worked 14. Total years
15. If married name of spouse Rina Lauretta
16. NAME of Father Christopher Purcell
17. BIRTHPLACE Nova Scotia
18. NAME of Mother Susan Sadler
19. BIRTHPLACE Nova Scotia
20. Signature of Informant Mrs Bertram Purcell
address 3670 Albert St, Hfx
Relationship to deceased wife
21. Place of burial St. David's Cemetery, Portuguese Cove, Ns
Date of burial April 21, 1971
22. Undertaker J Albert Walker
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
23. DATE OF DEATH April 19, 1971
CAUSE OF DEATH
(a) Myocardial Infarction
(b) Ischemic Heart Disease
(c)
other Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease
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