Female Death Registration: Year: 1971 number: 7501
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PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA — REGISTRATION OF DEATH
02 - 007501
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 Skinner, Evelyn
4. Sex
Female
5. Citizenship
Canadian
6. Racial Origin
English
7. Single, Married
married
8. BIRTHPLACE Inverness
9. DATE OF BIRTH 11 25, 1924
10. AGE in Years47 Months Days14 | hrs or mins
11. Trade or profession At Home
12. Kind of industry
13. Date last worked 14. Total years
15. If married name of spouse John Basil Skinner
16. NAME of Father Peter John MacKay
17. BIRTHPLACE Inverness County
18. NAME of Mother Ruth Higgins
19. BIRTHPLACE England
20. Signature of Informant John Basil Skinner
address 29 Sherwood Dr., Sydney River
Relationship to deceased Husband
21. Place of burial MacLean's Cove
Date of burial December 12, 1971
22. Undertaker Fillmore Funeral Home, Sydney
MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
23. DATE OF DEATH December 9, 1971
CAUSE OF DEATH
(a) Gastric Hemorrhage
(b) Stress ulcer stomach
(c)
other
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