Penelope TURLE2 (Pep)

30th Aug 1896 - May 1987

artist

Life History

30th Aug 1896	Born in St Louis County Minnesota
from 1908 to 1923	Resident in Duluth, Minnesota, USA
to 1914	Educated Duluth Central High School
about 1920	Occupation artist in New York, USA
1920	Recorded in census in New York, USA.1
1930	Recorded in census in St Louis, Minesota, USA.1
May 1987	Resident in 1022 Franklin D Roosevelt, New York, USA Source: Social Security Death Index
to May 1987	Social Security number 053-38-1572 in Issued New York
May 1987	Died

Notes

TURLE PENELOPE 08/30/1896 879 ALSO SUPP REP 1939DR#872 - St.Louis County MN Birth Index

1908-1923 Residence Duluth, Minnesota, USA

Sailings
2 Jul 1906 Sailed on Minnetonka from London to USA
22 Jun 1908 Sailed on Minnehaha fron London to USA
20 Jun 1910 Sailed on Minnetonka from London to USA
28 Jun 1912 Sailed on Mauretania from Liverpool to USA
22 May 1923 Sailed on President Adams from London (unmarried)
Extract from http://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/00353.html

ERNEST C. OBERHOLTZER:
An Inventory of His Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society

A third group of correspondents centers on William P. Hapgood and the circle of people who came to Rainy Lake through him. Hapgood, president of the Columbia Conserve Co. of Indianapolis, owned the so-called "Japanese" group of islands in Rainy Lake, of which The Mallard was one. Oberholtzer bought The Mallard from Hapgood, and much of his correspondence with Hapgood and others from 1920 to 1926 concerns this purchase. Hapgood's niece Ruth, her husband Sewell Tyng, and their friends Penelope (Pep) Turle and John and Katherine (Kit) Bakeless were frequent visitors to Rainy Lake and guests at The Mallard during the 1920s. Tyng became deeply involved with Oberholtzer in opposing E. W. Backus' plans for power development in the Rainy Lake watershed. Between 1924 and 1929 there is significant correspondence on the early days of their collaboration. After the founding of the Quetico-Superior Council in 1928 most of their correspondence is found in Oberholtzer's Quetico-Superior papers .
The letters of Pep Turle, a New York artist with Duluth connections, and Kit Bakeless often recount the summers they spent on Rainy Lake and Oberholtzer's hospitality at The Mallard. In particular they describe the canoe trips Ober planned for them and the "Mallard concerts" with Rosa Oberholtzer and Kit Bakeless playing piano and Ober the violin. The Bakeless correspondence also includes comments on the historical research of John Bakeless, especially his writing on Lewis and Clark.

Sources

1. United States Federal Census
- Ancestry
2. Ross Turle Family Tree
- MyFamily