Ethel was born in 1881.
"Michigan Births, 1867-1902," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQH5-2BC : 12 August 2019), Ethel Depeel, 16 Oct 1881; citing item 1 p 176 rn 656, West Bay City, Bay, Michigan, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 2,320,574.
"Michigan State Census, 1894," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKQ-VVL : 12 March 2018), Ethel Depeel in household of Martha Depeel, Bay City, Bay, Michigan, United States; citing p. 34, State Archives, Lansing; FHL microfilm 915,293.
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M91G-LY6 : accessed 19 November 2020), Ethel Depeel in household of Herbert E Depeel, Coldwater city Ward 1, Branch, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 7, sheet 8B, family 215, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,704.
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZS6-2HD : accessed 19 November 2020), Wilbur M Benson, Butler, Branch, Michigan, United States; citing ED 8, sheet 9A, line 2, family 217, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 758; FHL microfilm 1,820,758.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQT1-FNR : accessed 19 November 2020), Wilber M Benson, Coldwater, Branch, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 12, sheet 9B, line 61, family 189, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 977; FHL microfilm 2,340,712.
"Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFQS-54P : 13 January 2020), Wilber M. Benson, 1931. (recognize divorce)
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