When Katherina Ophelia Donahue was born on 25 September 1886, in Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, United States, her father, James Thomas Donahue, was 36 and her mother, Mary Agnes Ryan, was 31. She married Charles Wallace Oliver on 15 July 1911, in Kootenai, Idaho, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Spokane, Spokane, Washington, United States for about 10 years and Seattle Election Precinct, King, Washington, United States in 1940. She died on 8 May 1979, in Seattle, King, Washington, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Tukwila, King, Washington, United States.