# Catherine Gunn MacLeod (1873–1950)

Cath's mother; born on the Isle of Lewis, wife of [Norman MacLeod](/people/norman-macleod-b1880).

## Key facts

- **Born:** 18 Aug 1873, [Barvas](/places/barvas-isle-of-lewis), Isle of Lewis, Scotland (birth-certificate extract held)
- **Died:** 27 Aug 1950 (age 77), [Adelaide](/places/adelaide-south-australia); buried 29 Aug at Dudley Park Methodist Cemetery
- **Married:** [Norman MacLeod](/people/norman-macleod-b1880), 28 Aug 1916, [Glasgow](/places/glasgow-scotland)
- **Children:** [Catherine (Cath)](/people/catherine-mcleod-whillas-b1921)

## Life

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.

## Family

- **Husband:** [Norman MacLeod](/people/norman-macleod-b1880)
- **Daughter:** [Catherine (Cath) McLeod](/people/catherine-mcleod-whillas-b1921)
- **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](/documents/catherine-gunn-death-certificate-1950), 27 Aug 1950.