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| Date | Statement | Source | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1869 | Charles Higgerty was born in Ottawa in 1869, to Irish Catholic immigrants from Northern Ireland. Read from https://sites.google.com/site/canadaatlanticry/people/people-h/charles-higgerty | Correspondence with Will Lockhart 2012-08-28(cited on https://sites.google.com/site/canadaatlan...) | |
| 1891 to 1905 | Charles Higgerty was freight agent for the Canada Atlantic Railway from 1891 to 1905, where he learned how to clear goods through Customs. Read from https://sites.google.com/site/canadaatlanticry/people/people-h/charles-higgerty | Correspondence with Will Lockhart 2012-08-28(cited on https://sites.google.com/site/canadaatlan...) | |
| 1905-08 | In August 1905 Higgerty started a customs brokerage business in Ottawa; it was still operating in 2012. "still operates today" as of the 2012 source. Read from https://sites.google.com/site/canadaatlanticry/people/people-h/charles-higgerty | Correspondence with Will Lockhart 2012-08-28(cited on https://sites.google.com/site/canadaatlan...) |