Male Death Registration: Year: 1971 number: 5705
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA — REGISTRATION OF DEATH
02 - 005705
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 Stephens, William Joseph
4. Sex
Male
5. Citizenship
Canadian
6. Racial Origin
English
7. Single, Married
married
8. BIRTHPLACE Halifax
9. DATE OF BIRTH 2 3, 1896
10. AGE in Years75 Months7 Days23 | hrs or mins
11. Trade or profession Carpenter
12. Kind of industry Brookfield Brothers
13. Date last worked 1961 14. Total years 40 years
15. If married name of spouse Mary Bellefontain
16. NAME of Father William Stephens
17. BIRTHPLACE Northern Ireland
18. NAME of Mother Josephine Borgal
19. BIRTHPLACE Nova Scotia
20. Signature of Informant Mrs. Mary Stephens
address RR #2, Armdale, Halifax, NS
Relationship to deceased Wife
21. Place of burial Mount Olivet, Halifax, NS
Date of burial 28 September 1971
22. Undertaker J. Albert Walker
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
23. DATE OF DEATH September 26, 1971
CAUSE OF DEATH
(a) Myocardial Infarction
(b) Cardiac Arrhythmia
(c) Respiratory Failure
other Peripheral Occlusive Arterial Disease
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