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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]
Mr. Charles William Johnson
Mr. Charles William Johnson , Carpenter and Builder, Morton Street, Edendale. This business was established in July, 1900; the shop stands on a quarter-acre section of freehold land, and the proprietor's residence on a similar area in Hudson Street. Mr Johnson was born in London, in 1866, and came with his father, Mr E. Johnson, to the Bluff, in 1875, by the ship “Adamant.” He was educated at the Invercargill Grammar School, worked at his trade on the railway for three years, and afterwards gained further experience as a builder under his father. Mr Johnson first struck out on his own account at Dipton, where he remained for two years, and was subsequently at the Bluff for nine years before settling at Edendale, Mr Johnson has taken an active part in brass bands since he was twelve years of age, and served in the Garrison bands at Invercargill and the Bluff, and was bandmaster at Wyndham for eighteen months. He was first violin in an orchestra at the Bluff, and also at Edendale. As a Freemason, he is attached to Lodge Fortitude, Bluff, and he was one of the founders of the Loyal Oreti Lodge of Oddfellows, Manchester Unity, Dipton, of which he is a Past Grand. Mr Johnson was married, in 1891, to a daughter of Mr Daniel Evans, of Dipton, and has two sons.