# Barvas, Isle of Lewis (Scotland)

A village on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland — the ancestral home of the MacLeod and Gunn families.

## Connection to the family

- 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).
- 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.

## Sources

- Whillas–McLeod family history spreadsheet (Rev 4), *1870s* and *1880s* sheets.