Katherine Watney
Katherine Watney (1870 – 10 January 1958), was a British born missionary nurse in China.
Early years
Katherine Watney was born on 23 February 1870 in Beddington, Surrey. She was the second daughter of Norman Watney of Westerham, Kent, son of James Watney the brewer. She was commonly called ‘Kate’.
Early in life Kate dedicated herself to missionary work, and for this purpose trained as a nurse.
Missionary work in China
Kate was accepted by the CEZMS (Church of England Zenana Missionary Society), a mission which started in India but spread to China in 1884.[1] She was sent out to China.
In 1922 at the time of the National Christian conference in Shanghai[2] she was in Foochow, Fu. She was Principal of the Church of England Zenana Mission School for Blind Girls in Nantai, Foochow.
Kate never married. She retired to Limpsfield, Surrey where she had a house in Detillens Lane. She continued her links with China even in England, and had many Chinese children that she cared for. She died on 10 January 1958 at the Oxted and Limpsfield Hospital, and was buried in Westerham, Kent.[3]
Missionary heritage
Kate's sister Constance Watney was a missionary in Uganda with CMS (Church Missionary Society CMS. Her niece, Faith, was a missionary with CMS in Sudan, and married Leonard Sharland. Two of their sons, Roger and David, have also been missionaries in Sudan, as is their grandson, Emmanuel.
See also
- British nursing matrons from the 19th century
References
- ↑ Rosemary A. Keen, Catalogue of the papers of the Church of England Zenana Missionary Society, 1987.
- ↑ The Chinese church as revealed in the National Christian Conference held in Shanghai, Tuesday, May 2, to Thursday, May 11, 1922 [microform]. Editorial committee: F. Rawinson, chairman, Helen Thoburn, D. MacGillivray
- ↑ Principal Probate Registry. Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Probate Registries of the High Court of Justice in England. London, England