contribution #131

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{
  "id": "thorpe_ottilie",
  "name": "Ottilie Thorpe (née Blackwell)",
  "born": 1862,
  "died": "—",
  "class": "industrial-wealthy",
  "background": "German-American (second generation)",
  "neighborhood": "The Crescent",
  "occupation": "society patroness; after her husband's death, significant shareholder in Blackwell Iron",
  "notes": "Inherited Blackwell Iron from her father Silas Blackwell in 1887; her marriage to Cornelius transferred operational control to him. Rumored to have been a better businesswoman than her husband. After 1919 she exercises more influence. Attends Orpheus Society events. Close with Evangeline Hume — one of the strangest friendships in the city.\n",
  "relationships": [
    {
      "to": "thorpe_cornelius",
      "type": "spouse"
    },
    {
      "to": "blackwell_silas",
      "type": "parent"
    },
    {
      "to": "thorpe_julian",
      "type": "child"
    },
    {
      "to": "thorpe_augusta",
      "type": "child"
    },
    {
      "to": "thorpe_bennet",
      "type": "child"
    },
    {
      "to": "hume_evangeline",
      "type": "friend"
    },
    {
      "to": "laforge_theosine",
      "type": "patron"
    }
  ]
}