Female Death Registration: Year: 1971 number: 3488
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA — REGISTRATION OF DEATH
02 - 003488
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, Mary Irene
4. Sex
Female
5. Citizenship
Canadian
6. Racial Origin
Irish
7. Single, Married
married
8. BIRTHPLACE Dartmouth
9. DATE OF BIRTH 12 1, 1905
10. AGE in Years65 Months5 Days24 | hrs or mins
11. Trade or profession House duties
12. Kind of industry
13. Date last worked May/71 14. Total years life
15. If married name of spouse Clyde Purcell
16. NAME of Father William Duggan
17. BIRTHPLACE Halifax, NS
18. NAME of Mother Charlotte Sawler
19. BIRTHPLACE Western Shore, Lun. Co.
20. Signature of Informant Mr. Clyde Purcell
address 2218 Quinn St., Halifax, NS
Relationship to deceased Husband
21. Place of burial Gate of Heaven, Lr. Sackville, NS
Date of burial May 27, 1971
22. Undertaker Cruikshank Funeral Home Limited
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
23. DATE OF DEATH May 25, 1971
CAUSE OF DEATH
(a) Septicemia
(b) Perforated Sigmoid
(c) Diverticulitis
other
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