After marrying in 1899, Kate and husband William seemed to have lived apart for a while, as she was registered as "single" in 1901 during the 1901 census, and working as a servant in Derby, while husband William was also registered as "single" but visiting someone in Warsop, where he and Kate would move to and set up family. Their eldest child was born in 1904, and they remained married for 58 years, until William's death in 1957. Following retirement, William and Kate moved back to Elvaston, where William was from.