Male Death Registration: Year: 1971 number: 6383
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA — REGISTRATION OF DEATH
02 - 006383
1. PLACE OF DEATH County of Kings If in City or Town Kentville
If death occured in a hospital or institution BFM Hospital
3. PRINT NAME OF DECEASED Donovan, Donald James
4. Sex
Male
5. Citizenship
Canadian
6. Racial Origin
American Caucasian
7. Single, Married
married
8. BIRTHPLACE Michigan, USA
9. DATE OF BIRTH 9 12, 1920
10. AGE in Years51 Months1 Days22 | hrs or mins
11. Trade or profession Insurance Underwriter
12. Kind of industry
13. Date last worked 1971 14. Total years 10
15. If married name of spouse Shirley Madeline
16. NAME of Father James Donovan
17. BIRTHPLACE Ireland
18. NAME of Mother Beatice Ingersoll
19. BIRTHPLACE USA
20. Signature of Informant Mr Brian Donovan
address 21 Chestnut Place, Kentville, NS
Relationship to deceased Son
21. Place of burial Elm Grove Cemetery, Kentville, NS
Date of burial November 5, 1971
22. Undertaker W. C. Hiltz Funeral Home, Kentville, NS
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
23. DATE OF DEATH November 3, 1971
CAUSE OF DEATH
(a) Myocardial Infarction
(b) Coronary Artery Disease
(c)
other
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