I whanau a Kate Sheppard ki a Catherine Wilson Malcolm i te 10 o Poutu-te-rangi 1848 i Liverpool, Ingarangi, ki nga maatua Scottish a Jemima Crawford Souter raua ko Andrew Wilson Malcolm. Ko tana papa, i whanau i Scotland i te 1819, i whakaahuatia i roto i nga tuhinga rereke hei roia, kaitiaki putea, kaitiaki pia, kaitiaki ture ranei; i marena ia ki a Souter i nga Inner Hebrides i te 14 o Hurae 1842. I tapaina a Catherine i muri i tana kuia o tona papa, ko Catherine Wilson Malcolm hoki, engari i pai ki te tuhi i tona ingoa "Katherine" ki te "Kate" ranei. He tuahine matua tana, ko Marie Widow, i whanau i Scotland, me nga teina iti e toru, ko <unk>, i whanau i Birmingham, me Isabella me raua tokorua, i whanau i Ranana; i neke te whanau i taua wa.
Ko Catherine Wilson Malcolm