Catherine Gunn MacLeod (1873–1950)

Cath's mother; born on the Isle of Lewis, wife of Norman MacLeod.

Key facts

• Born: 18 Aug 1873, Barvas, Isle of Lewis, Scotland (birth-certificate extract held)
• Died: 27 Aug 1950 (age 77), Adelaide; buried 29 Aug at Dudley Park Methodist Cemetery
• Married: Norman MacLeod, 28 Aug 1916, Glasgow
• Children: Catherine (Cath)

Life

Catherine Gunn was the 4th of 5 sisters. Her parents married in Barvas in January 1870. She married Norman MacLeod in Glasgow in 1916 (see the marriage). In October 1927 she and her daughter Cath emigrated to Adelaide on the Orvieto (see the immigration). She died in Adelaide in 1950; her death certificate survives.

Family

• Husband: Norman MacLeod
• Daughter: Catherine (Cath) McLeod
• Sisters (Cath's aunts on her mother's side, from Mormon records, all born Barvas): Ann (b. 3 Oct 1867), Jessie (b. 5 Nov 1868), Margaret (b. 9 Aug 1870), Mary (b. 28 Jul 1874).

Sources

• Whillas–McLeod family history spreadsheet (Rev 4), 1870s, 1910s, 1920s and 1950s sheets.
• Death certificate, 27 Aug 1950.