When Catharine E. Houghtaling was born on 24 January 1824, in New York, United States, her father, George E. Houghtaling, was 26 and her mother, Maria Hallenbeck, was 24. She married Abram Sigsbee on 8 June 1843, in New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in Guilderland, Guilderland, Albany, New York, United States in 1875. She died on 18 April 1891, at the age of 67.