Nova Scotia Archives

Nova Scotia Births, Marriages, and Deaths

John MacKeigan death at Sydney, Cape Breton County on June 15, 1971

Male Death Registration: Year: 1971 number: 3999

Click to view and save (right-click) each image above for free or contact us to Buy certified paper copies.     |     Send a correction

Click to view and save (right-click) each image above for free or contact us to Buy certified paper copies.     |     Send a correction

note: transcription publicly contributed - please contact us with comments, errors or omisions

PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA — REGISTRATION OF DEATH

02 - 003999

1. PLACE OF DEATH   County of Cape Breton If in City or Town Sydney
If death occured in a hospital or institution Sydney City Hospital

3. PRINT NAME OF DECEASED MacKeigan, John

4. Sex

Male

5. Citizenship

Canadian

6. Racial Origin

Scottish

7. Single, Married

single

8. BIRTHPLACE Sydney

9. DATE OF BIRTH 8  4, 1946

10. AGE in  Years24  Months10  Days11 | hrs or mins

11. Trade or profession truck driver

12. Kind of industry H. Phillips

13. Date last worked June 14/71       14. Total years

15. If married name of spouse

16. NAME of Father Norman  MacKeigan

17. BIRTHPLACE Mira, CB, NS

18. NAME of Mother Edna MacAulay

19. BIRTHPLACE Catalone, C.B. NS

20. Signature of Informant Norman MacKeigan

      address Hillside Mira, CB NS

      Relationship to deceased father

21. Place of burial Oakfield Cemetery, Mira, CB, NS

      Date of burial June 17, 1971

22. Undertaker R. H. Fillmore Funeral Home Ltd, Sydney, NS

MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH

23. DATE OF DEATH June 15, 1971

CAUSE OF DEATH

(a) Chest injury with ruptured aorta & Massive hemorrhaging

(b)

(c)

other Accident: 2-car head-on collision

Keyword Search looks for the "term" (one word or number works best) you type throughout the whole record. It is less accurate than the advanced search but it does let you search for age, religion, mother's maiden name, etc. if transcribed.

previous start a new search

       

Nova Scotia Archives — https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/death/?ID=496075

Crown copyright © 2026, Province of Nova Scotia.