Male Death Registration: Year: 1971 number: 4743
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA — REGISTRATION OF DEATH
02 - 004743
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 MacDonald, Neil
4. Sex
Male
5. Citizenship
Canadian
6. Racial Origin
Scottish
7. Single, Married
married
8. BIRTHPLACE Sydney, CB
9. DATE OF BIRTH 11 25, 1913
10. AGE in Years57 Months7 Days23 | hrs or mins
11. Trade or profession Lath Mill
12. Kind of industry DOSCO
13. Date last worked June 1971 14. Total years
15. If married name of spouse Elinor Sheppard
16. NAME of Father Joseph MacDonald
17. BIRTHPLACE Big Pond, CB, NS
18. NAME of Mother Mary MacNeil
19. BIRTHPLACE Christmas Island, CB, NS
20. Signature of Informant Mrs. Neil MacDonald
address 33 Kitchener St. Sydney, NS
Relationship to deceased Widow
21. Place of burial Forest Haven, Sydney - Glace Bay Highway, CB, NS
Date of burial July 21, 1971
22. Undertaker R. H. Fillmore Funeral Home Ltd., Sydney, NS
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
23. DATE OF DEATH July 18, 1971
CAUSE OF DEATH
(a) Perforated Leg
(b) pancreatitis
(c) Bleeding Chess Ulceration
other
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