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John Edward Higgins death at New Waterford, Cape Breton County on July 7, 1971

Male Death Registration: Year: 1971 number: 4638

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA — REGISTRATION OF DEATH

02 - 004638

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

3. PRINT NAME OF DECEASED Higgins, John Edward

4. Sex

Male

5. Citizenship

Canadian

6. Racial Origin

Irish

7. Single, Married

widowed

8. BIRTHPLACE Prince Edward Island

9. DATE OF BIRTH 4  2, 1883

10. AGE in  Years88  Months3  Days5 | hrs or mins

11. Trade or profession Coal Miner

12. Kind of industry

13. Date last worked 1949       14. Total years 40 yrs

15. If married name of spouse Margaret MacDougall

16. NAME of Father Edward Higgins

17. BIRTHPLACE PEI

18. NAME of Mother Jean Keenan

19. BIRTHPLACE PEI

20. Signature of Informant William Higgins

      address 53 King St, New Waterford, NS

      Relationship to deceased Son

21. Place of burial Mt. Caramel Cemetery, New Waterford, NS

      Date of burial July 9, 1971

22. Undertaker VJ McGillivary Funeral Homes Limited, NS

MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH

23. DATE OF DEATH July 7, 1971

CAUSE OF DEATH

(a) Cerebrovascular accident

(b)

(c)

other

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