Candido Da Rocha

Candido Da Rocha
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	1860
Mutuwa	1959
Karatu
Makaranta	Makarantar Nahawu ta CMS, Lagos
Sana'a
Sana'a	ɗan kasuwa

Candido Joao Da Rocha ( 1860 - Maris 11, 1959) ɗan kasuwan Najeriya ne, wanda ya mallaki filaye kuma mai bada bashi wanda ya mallaki Gidan Ruwa a Titin Kakawa, Tsibirin Legas, Legas, kuma shi ne ya mallaki tsohuwar otel na Bonanza Hotel a Lagos. Ya rike sarautar Lodifi na Ilesa .

Tarihi

Da Rocha, ɗan asalin Ilesha ne, an haife shi ga dangin Joao Esan Da Rocha, tsohon bawa na Brazil; mahaifinsa na da shekaru 10 a duniya lokacin da aka kama shi a matsayin bawa a 1840 kuma an haifi Candido a yankin Bahia na Brazil.

Candido ya halarci Makarantar Grammar CMS, Legas inda ya kasance abokin aikin Isaac Oluwole da Herbert Macaulay .

Hagu ne Joao Esan kuma dama Candido yana yaro tare da mahaifiyarsa, Angelica

Candido dan uwa ne ga Moses Da Rocha, daya daga cikin likitocin Najeriya na farko da kasashen yamma suka horar. Ya zauna a Water House dake kan titin Kakawa, Legas, gidan da mahaifinsa da ya gina. An yi bikin tunawa da gidan a cikin wallafe-wallafe ta wani labari, Gidan Ruwa, wanda Antonio Olinto ya rubuta. Gidan yana da rijiyar burtsatse da bututun ruwa na farko a tsibirin Legas; an sayar da ruwa daga gidansa ga masu amfani da shi. Wasu sha'awar kasuwancinsa sun haɗa da gidan abinci mai suna The Restaurant Da Rocha da Saliyo Deep Sea Fishing Industries Ltd. Ya hada kai da ’yan kasuwar Legas JH Doherty da Sedu Williams kan wata sana’ar ba da rance ta kudi da aka kafa da sunan bankin Legas. Ya kasance memba ne wanda ya kafa kungiyar Lagos auxiliary to Anti Slavery and Aborigines Right Society wanda James Johnson ya jagoranta kuma ya sami Samuel Pearse, Hon. Justice Dahunsi Olugbemi Coker da Sapara Williams a matsayin mambobi.

Da Rocha ya rasu a shekarar 1959 kuma an binne shi a makabartar Ikoyi . Daga cikin 'ya'yansa akwai Alexander Da Rocha, Adenike Afodu, Angelica Folashade Thomas kuma Louissa Turton.