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Edna May Short death at Halifax, Halifax County on August 4, 1971

Female Death Registration: Year: 1971 number: 4884

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA — REGISTRATION OF DEATH

02 - 004884

1. PLACE OF DEATH   County of Halifax If in City or Town Halifax
If death occured in a hospital or institution Victoria General Hospital

3. PRINT NAME OF DECEASED Short, Edna May

4. Sex

Female

5. Citizenship

Canadian

6. Racial Origin

English

7. Single, Married

single

8. BIRTHPLACE Halifax

9. DATE OF BIRTH 5  9, 1910

10. AGE in  Years61  Months2  Days26 | hrs or mins

11. Trade or profession Clerk

12. Kind of industry Motor Vehicle

13. Date last worked April 1971       14. Total years 10 yrs

15. If married name of spouse Single

16. NAME of Father John S.  Short

17. BIRTHPLACE St John, New Brunswick

18. NAME of Mother Jennie  Pace

19. BIRTHPLACE Halifax, Nova Scotia

20. Signature of Informant Nora West

      address 6631 Wiliams St. Halifax

      Relationship to deceased Cousin

21. Place of burial Fairview Cemetery, Hfx.

      Date of burial August 7, 1971

22. Undertaker Cruikshank's Funeral Home Limited

MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH

23. DATE OF DEATH August 4, 1971

CAUSE OF DEATH

(a) Bronchopneumonia

(b) Cerebral Emboli

(c) Mitral Valve Replacement Rheumatic Heart Disease

other

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