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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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# Barvas, Isle of Lewis (Scotland)
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A village on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland — the ancestral home of the MacLeod and Gunn families.
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## Connection to the family
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- Birthplace of [Norman MacLeod](/people/norman-macleod-b1880) (1880) and his brothers [Donald](/people/donald-macleod-b1881) (1881) and [Neil](/people/neil-mcleod-b1884) (1884).
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- Birthplace of [Catherine Gunn](/people/catherine-gunn-macleod-b1873) (1873) and her four sisters (Ann, Jessie, Margaret, Mary). Her parents married here in January 1870.
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## Sources
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- Whillas–McLeod family history spreadsheet (Rev 4), *1870s* and *1880s* sheets.