When Kate Bydalek was born on 27 July 1894, in Ashton, Sherman, Nebraska, United States, her father, Martin Bydalek Jr, was 36 and her mother, Mary Ann Gawryck, was 37. She died on 21 November 1988, at the age of 94, and was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, St. Paul, Howard, Nebraska, United States.
Short form of Katherine (or any of its variant spellings), reflecting the French pronunciation with -t- for -th-, which was also usual in medieval England. This short form has been continuously popular since the Middle Ages, and is now frequently used as an independent given name. It was used by Shakespeare for two important characters: the daughter of the King of France who is wooed and won by King Henry V , and the ‘shrew’ in The Taming of the Shrew.
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