Maxime Rocan Maxine Rocan, the pioneer butcher of Winnipeg, is a native of St. Vincent de Paul, Province of Quebec, near Montreal, born on August 14, 1841. He is a son of Agapit and Aurile (Bell) Rocan, both natives of Quebec and representatives of old French families, their ancestors settling there about 1790. the father followed farming as his life's occupation, and the subject of this sketch was raised on the home farm until the age of thirteen, deriving his education from the common schools of the district. He left school at the age of thirteen, and for the next three years was engage din farming in his native place, but in 1854 went to Montreal, where he was apprenticed to the butcher's trade. The first wages that Mr. Rocan received were one dollar per month, and the second year this sum was raised to two dollars per month. In 18565 he engaged in business for himself at Montreal, continuing there up to 1872, at which time he came to Manitoba and located in Winnipeg, starting the first butcher shop at what was then known as Fort Garry, now Winnipeg. The shop was located on Main street, where the Bank of Ottawa now stands, and with several changes in location Mr. Rocan has continued in the business up to the present time. In 1873 Mr. Rocan married Miss Mary Camiran, a daughter of Raphal Camiran, who was of Scotch descent, his parents coming to Quebec in 1775 during the war of the revolution. Five children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Rocan, as follows: Ellie, a son by his first marriage, parish priest at St. Elizabeth, Manitoba; Joseph, a physician practicing at Somerset, Manitoba; Maxime, Jr., now manager of Rocan & company; Yvonne, wife of A. McMillan; and Gustave, who is studying law in Winnipeg. A History of Manitoba: Its Resources and People by Prof. George Bryce, Published by The Canada History Company, Toronto:Montreal, 1906. pp. 500-501. there's also a photo if you want. And yes, it does say "Scotch" instead of "Scots". Even though it's not the Rocan you asked about, I figure there can't be all that many of them in Winnipeg (maybe I'm wrong - gee can you imagine that!) : ) Enjoy, Bette -----Original Message----- From: WG Cannon <wcannon@tbaytel.net> To: CAN-MB-WINNIPEG-L@rootsweb.com <CAN-MB-WINNIPEG-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, March 03, 2000 9:21 AM Subject: Re: [MBWINNIPEG-L] Surnames (bios) from History of Manitoba > Hi Bette, > > Just let me say that you are doing a wonderful service for all of us. >Please take a bow! I am looking for a Thomas J Rocan who was married to my >great aunt Anna Prentice b 1878 in Lanark, Ontario. You have a Rocan in your >list. Thanks in advance. > > Bill Cannon > > > > >At 18:07 01/03/00 -0800, you wrote: >>the last of them. >> >>Nanton >>Nation >>Newman >>Newton >>O'donnell >>Olafson >>Oldfield >>Ogilvie >>Parrish >>Paterson >>Pattison >>Pearson >>Percival >>Pitbaldo >>Pineo >>Rankin >>Ramsay >>Rea >>Ressor >>Reid >>Renton >>Richardson >>Riley >>Rimer >>Roberts >>robinson >>Roblin >>Rocan >>Roche >>Rochon >>Roddick >>Rogers >>Ross >>Ruddell >>Russell >>Rutherford >>Ruttan >>Ryan >>Salts >>Schaffner >>Schmidt >>Schooley >>Scott >>Sexsmith >>Sharpe >>Shaw >>Shea >>Sheldon >>Shllinglaw >>Shirriff >>simpson >>Skynner >>Slater >>Smith >>Snelgrove >>Soames >>Sowden >>Spiers >>spence >>spink >>sprague >>Stobart >>Stephens >>Stevenson >>Stewart >>Stirton >>Strang >>Stratton >>Strome >>Stuart >>Swinford >>Taylor >>Tees >>Telford >>thompson >>Thomson >>Tilt >>Tomalin >>tupper >>Walker >>Wallace >>Waller >>Watson >>Welch >>Welland >>Wemyss >>West >>Wheeler >>Whitla >>Whyte >>Williams >>Wilson >>Winearls >>Winkler >>Wood >>Wright >>Young >>Younge >> >>thanks for your patience. >>Bette >> >> >>==== CAN-MB-WINNIPEG Mailing List ==== >>Visit Winnipeg District, Manitoba GenWeb Project >>http://www.rootsweb.com/~mbwinnip/ >> >> >> >Bill/Georgie Cannon >RR 1 >Murillo, Ontario, P0T 2G0 >Phone: 807 935 2978 >Email: wcannon@tbaytel.net > > >==== CAN-MB-WINNIPEG Mailing List ==== >Visit the Canada GenWeb Project >http://www.rootsweb.com/~canwgw/ >See the Resources and Projects >