Female Death Registration: Year: 1971 number: 7171
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA — REGISTRATION OF DEATH
02 - 007171
1. PLACE OF DEATH County of Cape Breton If in City or Town Sydney
If death occured in a hospital or institution St. Rita Hospital
3. PRINT NAME OF DECEASED Mercer, Harriet Mae
4. Sex
Female
5. Citizenship
Canadian
6. Racial Origin
Welsh
7. Single, Married
widowed
8. BIRTHPLACE Clarks Beach, Newfoundland
9. DATE OF BIRTH 2 20, 1894
10. AGE in Years77 Months9 Days10 | hrs or mins
11. Trade or profession
12. Kind of industry
13. Date last worked 14. Total years
15. If married name of spouse
16. NAME of Father George Eddy
17. BIRTHPLACE Newfoundland
18. NAME of Mother Emily Aikins
19. BIRTHPLACE Newfoundland
20. Signature of Informant Mrs. Leo Penny
address 37 Hillview Ave, Sydney, NS
Relationship to deceased Daughter
21. Place of burial Resurrection Cemetery, Sydney Forks, Cape Breton Co., NS
Date of burial December 2, 1971
22. Undertaker T. W. Curry Funeral Home, Sydney, NS
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
23. DATE OF DEATH November 30, 1971
CAUSE OF DEATH
(a) Chronic Degenerative Myocarditis
(b) Arteriosclerosis
(c) Hypertension
other
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