Catherine Eliza (Katie) Stow (1856–1940)
from Advertiser
Mrs. Catherine Eliza Stow, of Kent street, Glenelg, who died at her home on Wednesday, was one of the founders of the Victoria League in South Australia, and was associated with its committee for 30 years. She acted as chairman of the executive committee for many years, and retired from the position in 1939 because of ill-health.
Mrs. Stow was made an honorary vice-president of the league in South Australia. She always had a particular interest in the welfare of young people and the Victoria League was the first to form, with her encouragement, a Young Contingent.
A tribute to her work was paid by the secretary of the league Miss Kathleen Kyffin Thomas yesterday. Miss Thomas said that the league owed much to Mrs. Stow's powers of organisation, her wise judgment, and her generous support of the movement during the long period of her association with the league.
Original publication
Other Obituaries for Catherine Eliza (Katie) Stow
- Sydney Morning Herald, 29 March 1940, p 8
Additional Resources and Scholarship
- Trove search
- marriage notice, Argus (Melbourne), 9 February 1875, p 1
- review of her book, Australian Legendary Tales, Sydney Morning Herald. 28 November 1896, p 4
- interview, Register (Adelaide), 28 July 1902, p 3
- profile, Mail (Adelaide), 11 April 1914, p 8
- interview, Register (Adelaide), 7 March 1927, p 12
- review of her book, Woggheeguy, Register News-Pictorial (Adelaide), 5 November 1930, p 22
- her book, Australian Legendary Tales, is chosen as the Childen's Book of the Year, Advertiser (Adelaide), 11 August 1954, p 16
Related Thematic Essay
- Barbara Dawson, Colonial Women in the Australian Dictionary of Biography
Related Entries in NCB Sites
- Stow, Catherine Eliza (Katie)
- Parker, Langloh (husband)
- Stow, Percival Randolph (husband)
- Field, Sophia (mother)
- Field, Henry (father)
- Stow, Frances Mary (mother-in-law)
- Stow, Randolph Isham (father-in-law)
- Field, William George (brother)
- Creswell, Adelaide Elizabeth (sister-in-law)
- Creswell, William Rooke (brother-in-law)
- Stow, Baby (brother-in-law)
- Stow, Francis Leslie (brother-in-law)
- Nation, Martha (aunt)
- Newland, Simpson (uncle)
- Field, William George (uncle)
- Dutton, Caroline (aunt by marriage)
- Stow, Jourdiana Maria (aunt by marriage)
- Tomkinson, Louisa Charlotte (aunt by marriage)
- Knight, Harriet Agnes (aunt by marriage)
- Stow, Elizabeth Augusta (aunt by marriage)
- Newland, Jane Isabella (aunt by marriage)
- Tomkinson, Samuel (uncle by marriage)
- Dutton, Francis Stacker (uncle by marriage)
- Nation, Philip (uncle by marriage)
- Taylor, John (uncle by marriage)
- Knight, Edward Bridges (uncle by marriage)
- Stow, Jefferson Pickman (uncle by marriage)
- Stow, Augustine (uncle by marriage)
- MacDermott, Henry Irwin (uncle by marriage)
- MacDermott, Charles (uncle by marriage)
- Newland, Martha (grandmother)
- Newland, Ridgway William (grandfather)
- Creswell, Margaret Adelaide (niece by marriage)
- Creswell, Randolph William (nephew by marriage)
- Creswell, Colin Fraser (nephew by marriage)
- Stow, Cedric Ernest (nephew by marriage)
- Newland, Henry Simpson (cousin)
- Newland, Phillip Mesmer (cousin)
- Newland, Victor Marra (cousin)
- Newland, Clive (cousin)
- Hippai, Peter (collaborator)
Citation details
'Stow, Catherine Eliza (Katie) (1856–1940)', Obituaries Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/stow-catherine-eliza-katie-8691/text25889, accessed 26 December 2024.
Life Summary [details]
Alternative Names
- Parker, K. Langloh
- Field, Catherine
- Parker, Catherine
Birth
1 May,
1856
Encounter Bay,
South Australia,
Australia
Death
27 March,
1940
(aged 83)
Glenelg, Adelaide,
South Australia,
Australia
Religious Influence
Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.