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Dorothy Jean Acker death at Halifax, Halifax County on October 30, 1971

Female Death Registration: Year: 1971 number: 6312

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA — REGISTRATION OF DEATH

02 - 006312

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 Acker, Dorothy Jean

4. Sex

Female

5. Citizenship

Canadian

6. Racial Origin

English

7. Single, Married

married

8. BIRTHPLACE Everett, Massachusetts, USA

9. DATE OF BIRTH 4  27, 1902

10. AGE in  Years69  Months6  Days2 | hrs or mins

11. Trade or profession Housewife

12. Kind of industry At home

13. Date last worked Sept 1971       14. Total years 40

15. If married name of spouse Dr. John C. Acker

16. NAME of Father Rufus Scriven

17. BIRTHPLACE Halifax

18. NAME of Mother Julia Ross

19. BIRTHPLACE New Glasgow

20. Signature of Informant Dr. John C Acker

      address 6913 Tupper Grove, Halifax

      Relationship to deceased Husband

21. Place of burial Camp Hill Cemetery

      Date of burial Nov 2, 1971

22. Undertaker Cruikshank Funeral Home

MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH

23. DATE OF DEATH October 30, 1971

CAUSE OF DEATH

(a) Respiratory Failure

(b) Pneumonitis

(c) Diff. Pulm. Fibrosis

other

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