Kate married (18 Feb 1887) Arthur Sydney Clibborn [b: 1855 d: 20 Feb 1939], her chief of staff in France, in 1887. He was a former Quaker from Ireland, who as did all of the sons-in-law, added "Booth" to his name. Switzerland, assumed to be good Protestant ground by Booth, was added to their responsibilities, but it remained very tough territory until a court ruling in 1894 overthrew all decrees against the Army's meetings.
Arthur and Catherine Booth-Clibborn
The Booth-Clibborn family with nine of the ten children c1900
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In 1896, Commissioner and Mrs. Booth-Clibborn took command of Holland, with Belgium as a province. In 1901, Booth-Clibborn had become distracted by the teachings of a preacher named Alexander Dowie, who claimed to be a "second Elijah" and offered himself to his cause in 1902. Kate felt compelled to follow her husband, but was able to withstand acceptance of the pretender's claims. After a few miserable years, they left the movement and she eventually came into her own as a travelling evangelist.
The Marèchale with six of her children
Children:
Catherine Evangeline, Victoria Booth-Demerest, Herbert S., Arthur A., Wm. Emmanuel, John Eric, Freda Lucy, Evelyn B., Theodore P., and Josephine.