When Catharine Tupy was born on 13 April 1879, in Lanesburgh Township, Le Sueur, Minnesota, United States, her father, Albert Tupy, was 40 and her mother, Mary Vrtos, was 32. She married Albert Kalal on 14 November 1899, in New Prague, Scott, Minnesota, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Le Sueur, Minnesota, United States in 1879 and New Market, Scott, Minnesota, United States in 1930. She died on 21 June 1952, in St. Peter, Nicollet, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in New Prague, Scott, Minnesota, United States.