Male Death Registration: Year: 1971 number: 3737
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA — REGISTRATION OF DEATH
02 - 003737
1. PLACE OF DEATH County of Halifax If in City or Town Halifax
If death occured in a hospital or institution Camp Hill Hospital
3. PRINT NAME OF DECEASED Purcell, William Miles
4. Sex
Male
5. Citizenship
Canadian
6. Racial Origin
English
7. Single, Married
married
8. BIRTHPLACE Nova Scotia
9. DATE OF BIRTH 10 1, 1880
10. AGE in Years90 Months8 Days3 | 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 Mary
16. NAME of Father James Purcell
17. BIRTHPLACE Nova Scotia
18. NAME of Mother Jean Wright
19. BIRTHPLACE Nova Scotia
20. Signature of Informant Mrs. Jean Purcell
address 5562 Falkland St., Hfx, NS
Relationship to deceased Wife
21. Place of burial Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Hfx.
Date of burial 8 June 1971
22. Undertaker Snow & Co. Ltd., Halifax, NS
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
23. DATE OF DEATH June 4, 1971
CAUSE OF DEATH
(a) Pulmonary Edema
(b) Myocardial Infarction
(c) Arteriosclerotic Heart Disease
other
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