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John Brockest
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Hardware merchant.
Born in Bruce County, Ontario on 31 October 1863, son of Henry Brockest and Martha Jackson, he apprenticed as a tinsmith then worked as a journeyman and traveling salesman before coming to Winnipeg in 1897.
He worked as a traveling salesman for the McClary Manufacturing Company for four years then, in 1901, he went into partnership with Herbert J. Clare in the firm of Clare and Brockest Limited. It sold ranges, furnaces, and metal goods, becoming incorporated in 1910 with branch offices at Calgary and Edmonton.
In September 1886, he married Florence Yuker (1868-1946) of Hamilton, Ontario. They had five children, including Lorne Henry Brockest (1889-1934), Roy C. Brockest (1894-?), and Ethel Ethel Brockest (1899-?). The family resided at 243 Bell Avenue, Winnipeg. He was a member of the Masons (St. John’s Lodge No. 4), Adanac Club, and North West Commercial Travelers Association.
He died at Winnipeg on 16 May 1938 and was buried in the Elmwood Cemetery.
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Clare and Brockest Warehouse / Merchants Consolidated Warehouse (527 Waterfront Drive, Winnipeg)
Birth registration [Florence Ethel Brockest], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
1901 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.
The Story of Manitoba by F. H. Schofield, Winnipeg: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1913.
Death registrations, Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
We thank Jordan Makichuk for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 28 January 2025
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