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George Wellington McKeigan death at Amherst, Cumberland County on April 27, 1971

Male Death Registration: Year: 1971 number: 3409

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA — REGISTRATION OF DEATH

02 - 003409

1. PLACE OF DEATH   County of Cumberland If in City or Town Amherst
If death occured in a hospital or institution Highland View Hospital

3. PRINT NAME OF DECEASED McKeigan, George Wellington

4. Sex

Male

5. Citizenship

Canadian

6. Racial Origin

Scottish

7. Single, Married

married

8. BIRTHPLACE River Hebert

9. DATE OF BIRTH 2  17, 1913

10. AGE in  Years58  Months2  Days10 | hrs or mins

11. Trade or profession Labourer

12. Kind of industry Canadian National Railway

13. Date last worked about 10 yrs ago       14. Total years 20 yrs off/on

15. If married name of spouse Lucy L. McKeigan

16. NAME of Father William W. McKeigan

17. BIRTHPLACE USA

18. NAME of Mother Laura L. McLeod

19. BIRTHPLACE Springhill, NS

20. Signature of Informant Hector George McKeigan

      address River Hebert, Nova Scotia

      Relationship to deceased Son

21. Place of burial River Hebert, NS

      Date of burial April 29, 1971

22. Undertaker Furlong's Funeral Home, Ltd, Amherst, NS

MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH

23. DATE OF DEATH April 27, 1971

CAUSE OF DEATH

(a) Pulmonary Edema

(b) Purulent Bronchiectasis

(c) Cor pulmonaria

other Fibrosis of Lung Coal miner -development work

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