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John Joseph Murphy death at Glace Bay, Cape Breton County on November 15, 1971

Male Death Registration: Year: 1971 number: 6594

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA — REGISTRATION OF DEATH

02 - 006594

1. PLACE OF DEATH   County of Cape Breton If in City or Town Glace Bay
If death occured in a hospital or institution St Joseph's Hospital

3. PRINT NAME OF DECEASED Murphy, John Joseph

4. Sex

Male

5. Citizenship

Canadian

6. Racial Origin

Irish

7. Single, Married

married

8. BIRTHPLACE Adams Cove, Newfoundland

9. DATE OF BIRTH 3  23, 1908

10. AGE in  Years63  Months7  Days23 | hrs or mins

11. Trade or profession Retired miner, Dominion Coal Co.

12. Kind of industry Miner

13. Date last worked 1969       14. Total years

15. If married name of spouse Violetta Woodworth

16. NAME of Father William Murphy

17. BIRTHPLACE Newfoundland

18. NAME of Mother Bridget Forstol

19. BIRTHPLACE Ireland

20. Signature of Informant John C. MacLeod

      address 671 Arthur Street, Glace Bay, NS

      Relationship to deceased Son-in-law

21. Place of burial St Anthony's Cemetery

      Date of burial November 18, 1971

22. Undertaker V. J. McGillivray Funeral Homes Ltd.

MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH

23. DATE OF DEATH November 15, 1971

CAUSE OF DEATH

(a) Cardiac Arrest

(b) Congestive Cardiac Failure

(c)

other

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