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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]
Mr. Ebenezer Johnson
Mr. Ebenezer Johnson , Inspector of Works for the Bluff Harbour Board, was born in 1848, at Colchester, Essex, England, where he served his apprenticeship as a carpenter under Messrs George Dobson and Son, Colchester, and afterwards became pattern-maker to Messrs Davey and Paxman. Mr Johnson arrived at the Bluff, in 1875, by the ship “Adamant,” and joined the railway service as a carpenter. He was afterwards promoted to the position of Inspector of Bridges, and served the Government in that capacity for six years. On leaving the railway service he settled at Dipton, where he was in business on his own account for six years. Mr Johnson was appointed to his present position under the Harbour Board in 1889. As a Freemason, he is connected with Lodge Fortitude, in which he has passed all the chairs. He was married, in 1870, to a daughter of the late Mr C. Clover, of Colchester, England, and has four sons and three daughters.