I'm trying to find out anything regarding Edward Johnson, who we think was in Geelong in the 1855-1860.We have him leaving Australia on the fishing cutter Fly as a crew member with Thomas Roderiques/Roderique, and Captain Brett.
Edward may have come from a boat building family as he went onto building several fishing boats in the 1880's at Stewart Island ,NZ
We know that Thomas had 5 children in Geelong, so assume that Edward was in the area as well.
As we have no birthdate, but it seems he was 18 when he arrived in New Zealand, so would be born around 1839, we have all records saying parents unkown, and unkown for birth place.
Thomas Roderique used the Fly for transporting Oysters from Western Port to Victoria South in the 1850's before coming to NZ.
Thomas was an ex prisoner, who was pardoned on 30th Sept 1853, after retreiving the mail and gold from the wreck Elington.
The only way we have solving the puzzle, is trying to find out more on Thomas Roderique and the Fly when in Aussie.
