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Katherine Watney was born on 23 February 1870 in Beddington, Surrey. She was the second daughter of Norman Watney of Westerham, Kent, son of James Watney the brewer.
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She was commonly called ‘Kate’. Early in life Kate dedicated herself to missionary work, and for this purpose trained as a nurse She was sent out to China.
In 1922 at the time of the National Christian conference in Shanghai she was in Foochow, Fu.
Kate never married. She retired to Limpsfield, Surrey where she had a house in Detillens Lane. She continued her links with China even in England, and had many Chinese children that she cared foreign
She died on 10 January 1958 at the Oxted and Limpsfield Hospital, and was buried in Westerham, Kent. Kate"s sister Constance Watney was a missionary in Uganda with Content Management System (Church Missionary Society Content Management System.
