Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley.
Catherine/Kate Mitchell Paterson was born in 1870 in Dunedin – the daughter of Captain Hugh Paterson and Margaret McNaughton. (See 83 Mrs Paterson)
When Catherine signed the suffrage petition she was living with her family in Dundas St working as a milliner.
On 24 April 1912, at the age of 41, Catherine married, 32 year old piano repairer, William Murray Hogg.
They had one son the following year.
William died in 1944 – he was cremated and his ashes were interred in his family grave in the Northern Cemetery.
Catherine died on 3 June 1948 – she is buried in the family grave, also in the Northern Cemetery.
Sources:
BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
DCC Cemetery Records http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/facilities/cemeteries/cemeteries-search
Otago Nominal Index http://marvin.otago.ac.nz
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
Presbyterian Research Centre https://www.presbyterian.org.nz/archives/