Kate’s notes:  The Katharine Gilliland of this obituary was the daughter of the noted Edinburgh silversmith James Gilliland, mentor to the famed artist Sir Henry Raeburn, and granddaughter of the Rev. James Gilliland of Greenlaw, Berwickshire, Scotland. More information about this family is being compiled and a report is planned in the near future.

The Edinburgh Advertiser
Edinburgh, Scotland
28 May, 1824

DEATHS.

    At her house, in North Nelson Street, on the 22d inst. MISS KATHARINE GILLILAND, daughter of the late Mr. James Gilliland, jeweler, Edinburgh.

-transcription by Kate Maynard, 2013