When Katherine Erkenbreck was born on 17 September 1867, in New York, United States, her father, Stephen Erkenbreck, was 29 and her mother, Polly Ann Van Tassel, was 24. She married Burdette Holbrook White in 1894, in Onondaga, New York, United States. She lived in Manlius, Manlius, Onondaga, New York, United States for about 5 years and Onondaga, New York, United States in 1900. She died on 23 May 1956, in Syracuse, Onondaga, New York, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Fayetteville, Manlius, Onondaga, New York, United States.