Male Death Registration: Year: 1971 number: 7453
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA — REGISTRATION OF DEATH
02 - 007453
1. PLACE OF DEATH County of Halifax If in City or Town Halifax
If death occured in a hospital or institution Halifax Infirmary
3. PRINT NAME OF DECEASED Gillis, Joseph
4. Sex
Male
5. Citizenship
Canadian
6. Racial Origin
Scottish
7. Single, Married
married
8. BIRTHPLACE Rear Beaver Cove Nova Scotia
9. DATE OF BIRTH 8 12, 1903
10. AGE in Years68 Months4 Days13 | hrs or mins
11. Trade or profession
12. Kind of industry
13. Date last worked 14. Total years
15. If married name of spouse Lucy
16. NAME of Father Archie Gillis
17. BIRTHPLACE Cape Breton
18. NAME of Mother Mary MacSween
19. BIRTHPLACE Cape Breton
20. Signature of Informant Mrs. Lucy Gillis
address 120 George St, Sydney, NS
Relationship to deceased Wife
21. Place of burial Holy Cross Cemetery, Sydney, NS
Date of burial December 28, 1971
22. Undertaker T.W. Curry Ltd, Sydney, NS
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
23. DATE OF DEATH December 25, 1971
CAUSE OF DEATH
(a) Hepatic failure
(b)
(c)
other Renal failure; chronic obstructive airways disease
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