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Richard Griffith death at Sydney, Cape Breton County on August 25, 1971

Male Death Registration: Year: 1971 number: 5252

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA — REGISTRATION OF DEATH

02 - 005252

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 Griffith, Richard

4. Sex

Male

5. Citizenship

Canadian

6. Racial Origin

African

7. Single, Married

single

8. BIRTHPLACE Barbados, West Indies

9. DATE OF BIRTH 6  15, 1891

10. AGE in  Years80  Months2  Days10 | hrs or mins

11. Trade or profession

12. Kind of industry

13. Date last worked       14. Total years

15. If married name of spouse

16. NAME of Father  

17. BIRTHPLACE

18. NAME of Mother  

19. BIRTHPLACE

20. Signature of Informant Mrs. Marie Nichols

      address 188 Muggah Street, Sydney, NS

      Relationship to deceased Cousin

21. Place of burial Hardwood Hill Cemetery, Sydney, NS

      Date of burial Aug 27, 1971

22. Undertaker T. W. Curry Ltd., Sydney, NS

MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH

23. DATE OF DEATH August 25, 1971

CAUSE OF DEATH

(a) Myocardial Infarction

(b) Arteriosclerotic Heart Disease

(c) Emphysema

other General Vascular Disease with Dementia

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