BIOGRAPHIES: Julius C. ROCKMAN, Maple Grove Twp, Barron County, WI ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor, or the legal representative of the contributor, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Transcribed by Peg Lamkin Edited and submitted by Vic Gulickson 5 March 2002 ==================================================================== Julius C. Rockman, cashier of the Normanna Savings bank, was born in Maple Grove township, this county, Dec. 14, 1881, the son of Nicolaus M. and Julie Ann (Christiansen) Rockman. He attended district school, and in Sept. 1, 1893, moved to Barron with the other members of the family. In due time he entered the Barron High school and was graduated with the class of 1897. For several terms, in 1902-03 and 1903-04, he was a special student at the University of Wisconsin. In 1903 he was made a director in the Normanna Savings bank, and the next year he entered its active employ. Previous to this date, he had been employed in the bank at various intervals since boyhood. Jan. 1, 1909, he succeeded his father as cashier. Mr. Rockman has been a member of the city light and water commission since it was organized, in January, 1906, and served as its president from the spring of 1914 to the spring of 1921. He has been treasurer of the board of education since July, 1910. In 1919, at the death of his brother, Elmer A., he succeeded him as treasurer of the Barron County Red Cross Society, and has since continued to serve. Fraternally, he is a member of Barron Lodge, No. 220, F. & A. M., of which he has served as master and secretary, and of the Rice Lake Chapter No. 67, R. A. M. Mr. Rockman was married Sept. 22, 1909, to E. Helen Strand, of Menomonie, daughter of Andrew O. and Mary (Ludvigson) Strand. Mrs. Rockman was born in Menomonie on Aug. 31, 1885, and attended the public schools there, graduating from the high school with the class of 1905. Then entering Stout Institute, she graduated from the kindergarten training course with the class of 1907. The next two years she taught in the schools of St. Croix Falls, Wis. They have four children: Julia Edward, born July 29, 1910; Helen Margaret, born Dec. 11, 1911; Natalie Mary Anette, born June 5, 1913, and Dorothy Jane, born Aug. 15, 1918. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pp. 79-80.