Male Death Registration: Year: 1971 number: 5799
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA — REGISTRATION OF DEATH
02 - 005799
1. PLACE OF DEATH County of Pictou If in City or Town New Glasgow
3. PRINT NAME OF DECEASED Skinner, James Hunter
4. Sex
Male
5. Citizenship
Canadian
6. Racial Origin
Scottish
7. Single, Married
single
8. BIRTHPLACE New Glasgow, Pictou County
9. DATE OF BIRTH 10 16, 1909
10. AGE in Years63 Months11 Days3 | hrs or mins
11. Trade or profession Draftsman
12. Kind of industry Hawker Siddeley
13. Date last worked 14. Total years
15. If married name of spouse
16. NAME of Father George Skinner
17. BIRTHPLACE Nova Scotia
18. NAME of Mother Marie Schleter
19. BIRTHPLACE Nova Scotia
20. Signature of Informant Mr. John C. Skinner
address 289 Willow Avenue, New Glasgow, NS
Relationship to deceased Brother
21. Place of burial Laurel Hill Cemetery, Pictou, NS
Date of burial 21 September 1971
22. Undertaker R. H. Porter Funeral Homes Ltd.
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
23. DATE OF DEATH September 19, 1971
CAUSE OF DEATH
(a) Massive Instant Bleeding of chest due to self inflicted gunshot wound
(b)
(c)
other Metastatic Carcinoma from Sigmoid Colon
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