Johnson/Thompson Family Biographical Essay
		Reference material supporting the captioned biological essay, keyed to the footnotes in the text, is available as follows.
		
			
				References
				
					- [01] Baptismal Record - Bernt Sakarias Bernt Sakariasen
 
					- [01] Nancy Marie Johnson – Genealogical Information for Ben Johnson
 
					- [02] Norwegian Cultural And Historical Sketches
 
					- [03] Glenn Furst, Benth S. Johnson - A Colorful Personality, Part I, South Manitou Memorial Society Newsletter, July 1996 (v07n2)
 
					- [04] Baptismal Record - Petrine Gessine Gabrielsen
 
					- [05] Nancy Marie Johnson – Genealogical Information for Gesine Johnson
 
					- [06] Sandra Thompson Black, Flashback To The Past ..., South Manitou Memorial Society Newsletter, March 1994 (v05n1)
 
					- [07] Record: Michigan Marriages 1868-1925 -Theodore Thompson
 
					- [08] Record: Michigan Marriages 1868-1925 -Thomas Thompson
 
					- [10] Federal Population Census for 1900 and 1910 – Leelanau: Cleveland & Glen Arbor Twps.
 
					- [11] Nancy Marie Johnson - Note on Norwegian Naming Traditions 01/09/2010
 
					- [12] Record: Michigan Marriages 1868-1925 - Gesine Thompson Galevielsen
 
					- [12] Record: Michigan Marriages 1868-1925 - Gesine Thompson Galevielsen
 
					- [13] Birth Record for George Johnson
 
					- [13] Birth Record George Johnson
 
					- [13] Birth Record for Gustavia Johnson
 
					- [13] Birth Record Gustavia Johnson
 
					- [13] Birth Record for Sigval Johnson
 
					- [13] Birth Record Sigval Johnson
 
					- [14] History of Muskegon County, Michigan
 
					- [15] Birth Record for Berdina Johnson
 
					- [16] Ibid. ref [10]
 
					- [18] U.S. Census for 1910 - South Manitou Island
 
					- [19] Birth Record for Berdina & Isabella Johnson
 
					- [19] Birth Record for Isabella Johnson
 
					- [20] Record: Michigan Deaths 1867-1897 – “Gesinea” Johnson
 
					- [21] Record: Michigan Marriages 1868-1925 - Theodore Johnson & Matilda Beck
 
					- [22] Chesapeake Bay Pound (Pond) nets - Maryland State DNR
 
					- [22] Net Fishing - Rogers Street Fishing Village and Great Lakes Coast Guard Museum
 
					- [25] Sandra Thompson Black, Monograph: Captain Floyd Sigval Thompson
 
					- [25] Sandra Thompson Black, Monograph: Thomas & Theodore Thompson
 
					- [26] National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form, South Maniou Island Lighthouse Complex and Life-Saving Station Historical District
 
					- [27] Record: Michigan Deaths 1867-1897 – Matilda Thompson
 
					- [28] SMMS Outing for 1997, South Manitou Memorial Society Newsletter, March 1998 (v09n1)
 
					- [29] Don Roy, Coming Through With Rye: Some Personal Reflections and Comments, South Manitou Memorial Society Newsletter, July 1998 (v09n2)
 
					- [29] William E. Vent, I Remember When ...: Bertha, Stanley and the Bull, South Manitou Memorial Society Newsletter, July 1999 (v10n2)
 
					- [29] Don Roy, I Remember When ...: Bertha, Stanley and the Bull: More Light on a Century Old Controversy, South Manitou Memorial Society newsletter, March 2000 (v11n1)
 
					- [30] Vent, Myron. South Manitou Island: From Pioneer Community to National Park
 
					- [31] Peterson, William D., United States Life-Saving Service In Michigan
 
					- [31] Photo: Theodore Thompson In USLSS on South Manitou Island
 
					- [31] Michigan Lighthouse Conservancy - South Manitou Life-Saving Station
 
					- [33] Record: Michigan Marriages 1868-1925 - Thomas Thompson & Hattie Beck
 
					- [35] Ibid. ref [30]
 
					- [36] Record: Death Certificate for Thomas Thompson
 
					- [40] Michigan Marriages1868-1925: William Frank Barnhart & Hattie Thompson
 
					- [41] U.S. Census for 1920 - Glen Arbor Township
 
					- [41] Census page for Barnhart at Charlevoix, MI
 
					- [41] Michigan Deaths 1971-1996 - Hattie E Barnhart
 
					- [44] Photo: Proximity of Johnson House to the South Manitou Island Light Station (c1970)
 
					- [45] Glenn Furst, Benth S. Johnson - "A Colorful Personality, Part II", South Manitou Memorial Society newsletter, November 1996 (v07n3)
 
					- [46] Ibid. ref [18]
 
					- [49] Ibid. ref [30]
 
					- [51] Gerald E Crowner, The South Manitou Story
 
					- [53] Hadland, Harvey and Mackreth, Bob, Fishing Vessels of the Great Lakes, 1880-1999
 
					- [54] Sandra Thompson Black, Bernt S. Johnson, South Manitou Memorial Society Newsletter, July 1996 (v07n3)
 
					- [55] Nancy Marie Johnson, Biographical sketch for Sigval B Johnson
 
					- [99] Frances C. Hanna, Monograph: SAND, SAWDUST AND SAW LOGS, Lumber Days in Ludington