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67543f Alexander Whillas 2026-08-02 13:11:24
Ingest Whillas–McLeod history spreadsheet (1860s–1970s) Ingest the 12 decade CSV sheets from source/ into the wiki: - 12 decade timeline pages (1860s–1970s) - 39 people pages (full Whillas & McLeod/Gunn lines) - 19 place pages, 9 event pages - 3 document pages + index (incl. Catherine Gunn death cert scan) - family tree (Mermaid + outline), index, log; updated home Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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# Catherine Gunn MacLeod (1873–1950)
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Cath's mother; born on the Isle of Lewis, wife of [Norman MacLeod](/people/norman-macleod-b1880).
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## Key facts
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- **Born:** 18 Aug 1873, [Barvas](/places/barvas-isle-of-lewis), Isle of Lewis, Scotland (birth-certificate extract held)
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- **Died:** 27 Aug 1950 (age 77), [Adelaide](/places/adelaide-south-australia); buried 29 Aug at Dudley Park Methodist Cemetery
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- **Married:** [Norman MacLeod](/people/norman-macleod-b1880), 28 Aug 1916, [Glasgow](/places/glasgow-scotland)
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- **Children:** [Catherine (Cath)](/people/catherine-mcleod-whillas-b1921)
67543f Alexander Whillas 2026-08-02 13:11:24
Ingest Whillas–McLeod history spreadsheet (1860s–1970s) Ingest the 12 decade CSV sheets from source/ into the wiki: - 12 decade timeline pages (1860s–1970s) - 39 people pages (full Whillas & McLeod/Gunn lines) - 19 place pages, 9 event pages - 3 document pages + index (incl. Catherine Gunn death cert scan) - family tree (Mermaid + outline), index, log; updated home Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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## Life
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ff1e0e Alexander Whillas 2026-09-30 23:42:28
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Catherine Gunn was the 4th of 5 sisters. Her parents married in Barvas in January 1870. She married [Norman MacLeod](/people/norman-macleod-b1880) in Glasgow in 1916 (see [the marriage](/events/marriage-norman-macleod-to-catherine-gunn-1916)). In October 1927 she and her daughter [Cath](/people/catherine-mcleod-whillas-b1921) emigrated to Adelaide on the *Orvieto* (see [the immigration](/events/immigration-catherine-mcleod-orvieto-1927)). She died in Adelaide in 1950; her [death certificate](/documents/catherine-gunn-death-certificate-1950) survives.
67543f Alexander Whillas 2026-08-02 13:11:24
Ingest Whillas–McLeod history spreadsheet (1860s–1970s) Ingest the 12 decade CSV sheets from source/ into the wiki: - 12 decade timeline pages (1860s–1970s) - 39 people pages (full Whillas & McLeod/Gunn lines) - 19 place pages, 9 event pages - 3 document pages + index (incl. Catherine Gunn death cert scan) - family tree (Mermaid + outline), index, log; updated home Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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## Family
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- **Husband:** [Norman MacLeod](/people/norman-macleod-b1880)
ff1e0e Alexander Whillas 2026-09-30 23:42:28
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- **Daughter:** [Catherine (Cath) McLeod](/people/catherine-mcleod-whillas-b1921)
67543f Alexander Whillas 2026-08-02 13:11:24
Ingest Whillas–McLeod history spreadsheet (1860s–1970s) Ingest the 12 decade CSV sheets from source/ into the wiki: - 12 decade timeline pages (1860s–1970s) - 39 people pages (full Whillas & McLeod/Gunn lines) - 19 place pages, 9 event pages - 3 document pages + index (incl. Catherine Gunn death cert scan) - family tree (Mermaid + outline), index, log; updated home Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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- **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).
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## Sources
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- Whillas–McLeod family history spreadsheet (Rev 4), *1870s*, *1910s*, *1920s* and *1950s* sheets.
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- [Death certificate](/documents/catherine-gunn-death-certificate-1950), 27 Aug 1950.