I have little on John Redmond so far. He is in town by 1889 most likely working as a miner. He’d switched to fishing by 1894 and died before 1898 when his widow Ellen Redmond is found living alone in Little Bay. She is no longer present by 1904
Sources
1889 – John Redmond at Little Bay, Halls Bay (Voter’s list)
1893 – John Redmond at Little Bay Harbour (Voter’s list)
1894 – John Redmond is a fisherman at Little Bay Harbour (McAlpine’s)
1898 – Ellen Redmond (widow of John) at Indian Bight, Little Bay (McAlpine’s)