Female Death Registration: Year: 1971 number: 5109
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA — REGISTRATION OF DEATH
02 - 005109
1. PLACE OF DEATH County of Cape Breton If in City or Town Glace Bay
If death occured in a hospital or institution Oceanview Rest Home
3. PRINT NAME OF DECEASED Goorwitch, Bertha
4. Sex
Female
5. Citizenship
Canadian
6. Racial Origin
Jewish
7. Single, Married
widowed
8. BIRTHPLACE Poland
9. DATE OF BIRTH 4 3, 1886
10. AGE in Years85 Months3 Days29 | hrs or mins
11. Trade or profession Widowed
12. Kind of industry
13. Date last worked 14. Total years
15. If married name of spouse Sam Goorwitch
16. NAME of Father Hyman Zilbert
17. BIRTHPLACE Poland
18. NAME of Mother Sarah Waxman
19. BIRTHPLACE Poland
20. Signature of Informant Mrs. Salbler
address Stevely Rd., Glace Bay
Relationship to deceased Sister
21. Place of burial Hebrew Cemetery, Glace Bay, NS
Date of burial August 2, 1971
22. Undertaker Patten's Funeral Home Ltd., Glace Bay, NS
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
23. DATE OF DEATH August 1, 1971
CAUSE OF DEATH
(a) Generalized Arteriosclerosis
(b) with Senility
(c)
other
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