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William Gregory Postlewaite death at Halifax, Halifax County on December 15, 1971

Male Death Registration: Year: 1971 number: 7445

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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA — REGISTRATION OF DEATH

02 - 007445

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 Postlewaite, William Gregory

4. Sex

Male

5. Citizenship

Canadian

6. Racial Origin

English

7. Single, Married

married

8. BIRTHPLACE Sydney

9. DATE OF BIRTH 7  14, 1915

10. AGE in  Years56  Months5  Days1 | hrs or mins

11. Trade or profession Mechanical Foreman

12. Kind of industry Dominion Steel

13. Date last worked 3 months       14. Total years 35

15. If married name of spouse Lavinia Hagell Postlewaite

16. NAME of Father James Postlewaite

17. BIRTHPLACE England

18. NAME of Mother Myra Thompson

19. BIRTHPLACE England

20. Signature of Informant Lavinia Postlewaite

      address 77 Lorne St. Sydney

      Relationship to deceased Widow

21. Place of burial Hardwood Hill Cemetery, Sydney

      Date of burial December 18, 1971

22. Undertaker R.H. Fillmore Funeral Home

MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH

23. DATE OF DEATH December 15, 1971

CAUSE OF DEATH

(a) Aortic Stenosis

(b)

(c)

other

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