Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameEthel D. Tanco 
Birth1907, Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co, IN
Census18 Apr 1910, Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co, IN
Memoroll#381, pg 2
Census23 Jan 1920, Lafayette, Tippecanoe Co, IN
Memoroll#469, pg 6
Census14 Jan 1920, Sylvania, Lucas Co, OH
Memoroll#1407, pg 6
Census22 Apr 1930, Sylvania, Lucas Co, OH
Memoroll#1832, pg 8
Death1933, Lucas Co, OH
FatherGeorge Tanco (1884-1931)
MotherNellie Lucille Morrow (1881-)
Misc. Notes
She joined the United Methodist church in West Lafayette on 30 Aug 1908 as Ethel D. Tanco and listed under that name in her children’s records.
Shown in the 1920 census as Ethel Tanco both with her father in Ohio at age 13, as well as with her mother in Fairfield, IN age 13.
Ethel Tanco of Toledo married Clarence Leeroy Bates (5 Apr 1905 OH-25 Dec 1992 MI) at St. Joseph Co, IN in 1926. They lived in Toledo, OH in 1927 and 1928, where she is listed in the city directories.
Listed in 1930 Ohio census as Ethel Bates (23, IN) married 3 yrs to Clarence L. Bates (25, OH) a garage mechanic, with son Jack L. Bates (3 yr, 3 mos, OH) and daughter Donna Lee Bates (1 yr, 3 mos, OH).
They may have moved shortly thereafter to Michigan, where their marriage record is recorded and son Robert Bates was born in 1931, and where both son Jack and daughter Donna were married.
By 1940 Claren Bates was living in Raisin, Lenawee Co, MI and had been remarried to Verda Fall on 18 Jun 1934 in Monroe, MI
Shown in the 1920 census as Ethel Tanco both with her father in Ohio at age 13, as well as with her mother in Fairfield, IN age 13.
Ethel Tanco of Toledo married Clarence Leeroy Bates (5 Apr 1905 OH-25 Dec 1992 MI) at St. Joseph Co, IN in 1926. They lived in Toledo, OH in 1927 and 1928, where she is listed in the city directories.
Listed in 1930 Ohio census as Ethel Bates (23, IN) married 3 yrs to Clarence L. Bates (25, OH) a garage mechanic, with son Jack L. Bates (3 yr, 3 mos, OH) and daughter Donna Lee Bates (1 yr, 3 mos, OH).
They may have moved shortly thereafter to Michigan, where their marriage record is recorded and son Robert Bates was born in 1931, and where both son Jack and daughter Donna were married.
By 1940 Claren Bates was living in Raisin, Lenawee Co, MI and had been remarried to Verda Fall on 18 Jun 1934 in Monroe, MI