Kate Sheppard ni a bi Catherine Wilson Malcolm on 10 March 1848 ni Liverpool, England, to Scottish obi Jemima Crawford Souter ati Andrew Wilson Malcolm. Baba rẹ, ti a bi ni Scotland ni 1819, ti a ti apejuwe ni orisirisi awọn iwe bi boya a amofin, banki, brewer ká klerk tabi ofin klerk; o si fẹ Souter ni Inner Hebrides on 14 July 1842. Catherine ti a npe ni lẹhin rẹ baba nla, tun Catherine Wilson Malcolm, ṣugbọn fẹ lati spell orukọ rẹ "Katherine" tabi lati abbreviate o si "Kate". O ní a arakunrin agbalagba Marie, bi ni Scotland, ati mẹta younger arakunrin <unk>, bi ni Birmingham, ati Isabella ati awọn mejeeji, bi ni London; awọn ebi maa gbe nigba ti akoko.
Catherine Wilson Malcolm