On the 1920 US Census Eli DePerry, a 45 year old Indian born in Wisconsin lives in a house he owns in Red Cliff, Bayfield County, Wisconsin with his wife Lizzie, a 53 year old Indian born in Wisconsin. Stepdaughter Nancy Roy, 12, stepsons Alex Roy, 21, and Eddie Roy, 18, and cousin Frank Defoe, 33, all born in Wisconsin, live with them. On the 1 January 1937 Indian Census of Red Cliff, Bayfield County, Wisconsin, Eli was 61 and married to Lizzie Roy, age 76. Frank Defoe, 49 and single still lived with them.

On the 1 January 1937 Indian Census of Red Cliff, Bayfield County, Wisconsin, Lizzie Deperry was married and age 76.