Male Death Registration: Year: 1971 number: 4247
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA — REGISTRATION OF DEATH
02 - 004247
1. PLACE OF DEATH County of Cape Breton If in City or Town Sydney Mines
If death occured in a hospital or institution Harbour View Hospital
3. PRINT NAME OF DECEASED Giles, Arthur Edward
4. Sex
Male
5. Citizenship
Canadian
6. Racial Origin
English
7. Single, Married
married
8. BIRTHPLACE Neils Harbour
9. DATE OF BIRTH 12 16, 1904
10. AGE in Years66 Months6 Days21 | hrs or mins
11. Trade or profession Fisherman
12. Kind of industry Fishing
13. Date last worked 1969 14. Total years 40 yrs
15. If married name of spouse Margaret Landry
16. NAME of Father William Giles
17. BIRTHPLACE Nfld
18. NAME of Mother Mary Ann Dowling
19. BIRTHPLACE Nfld
20. Signature of Informant Percy W. Giles
address Neils Harbour, Victoria Co.
Relationship to deceased Son
21. Place of burial Point Aconi, NS
Date of burial July 8, 1971
22. Undertaker Fillmore & Whitman Funeral Home Ltd., Sydney Mines, NS
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
23. DATE OF DEATH July 6, 1971
CAUSE OF DEATH
(a) Malignant Melanoma
(b) Metastatic
(c)
other Renal Failure
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