Daily AncestorKate
Kate stood for Catherine in many American records of the 1700s and 1800s.
Kate is a short form of Catherine in all its spellings. Charlotte Yonge called Kate and Kitty the truest old English short forms of the name.
If a search for Catherine finds nothing, try Kate, and the reverse. Treat a match as a lead and confirm it with age, birthplace and family members.
As seen in a recordTown marriage register, 1813; her baptism gives her name as Catherine
Lemuel Lockridge and Kate Venable, both of this town, married 18 March 1813
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