Kate Sheppard mụrụ Catherine Wilson Malcolm na 10 March 1848 na Liverpool, England, nne na nna Scottish Jemima Crawford Souter na Andrew Wilson Malcolm. Nna ya, a mụrụ na Scotland na 1819, a kọwara na dị iche iche akwụkwọ dị ka ma a ọkàiwu, onye oru banki, brewer si odeakwụkwọ ma ọ bụ iwu odeakwụkwọ; ọ lụrụ Souter na Inner Hebrides na 14 July 1842. Catherine aha ya bụ mgbe nna ya nne nne, nwekwara Catherine Wilson Malcolm, ma họọrọ ka dee aha ya "Katherine" ma ọ bụ na-abbreviate ya "Kate". O nwere otu okenye nwanne nwanyị Marie, a mụrụ na Scotland, na atọ tọrọ ụmụnne <unk>, a mụrụ na Birmingham, na Isabella na ma, a mụrụ na London; ezinụlọ na-emekarị kwagara n'oge ahụ.
Catherine Wilson Malcolm