Rowand Family letters, The bulk of these letters are from various members of the Rowand family to their son, brother, and nephew. John a. Rowand, who at this time was a young man of twenty, trying to carve out a career for himself in the new province of Manitoba. Rowand was the son of Dr. and Mrs. C.V. Rowand, of Quebec, and the nephew of the Hon. James Mackay.