Belle Stewart

Belle Stewart
Birth nameIsobella McGregor
Born(1906-07-18)18 July 1906[1]
Caputh, Blairgowrie[1]
Died4 September 1997(1997-09-04) (aged 91)[2]
Blairgowrie[2]
GenresScottish folk music
OccupationSinger
InstrumentVocals

Belle Stewart, born Isobella McGregor, (18 July 1906 – 4 September 1997) was a Scottish Traveller traditional singer. Her biography, Queen Amang the Heather: the Life of Belle Stewart, was written by her daughter, Sheila Stewart, and published in 2006.[3]

  1. ^ a b Shepherd, Robbie (22 July 1996). "column ONE". Aberdeen Press and Journal. Retrieved 21 May 2021. Belle Stewart wis bom on the auchteenth o July in nineteen hunnder an sax in a wee "bow" tent bi the side o the waaters o the Tay at Carputh jist a feow mile fae Blairgowrie. Times were fell hard for the faimily bit that vena momin, her faither Donald McGregor wis daein a bit o pearl fishin oh the Tay an bi a bit o guid fortune pull't oot topper.
  2. ^ a b "STEWART". Aberdeen Press and Journal. 5 September 1997. Retrieved 21 May 2021. STEWART Peacefully. at Blairgowne Cottage Hospital Thursday. September 4. 1997 Isabella (Belle) Stewart BEM beloved wife of the late Alec Stewart, Yeaman Street, Rattray mother of Cathie and Sheila and the late John, Andy and Rena, a much loved granny and aunt to all the Family. Funeral Service at Alyth Cemetery, on Wednesday. September 10. at 2 pm to which all friends are respectfully invited. Friends please meet the Cortege at Cemetery gates at 1.55 pm
  3. ^ Stewart, Sheila (2006). Queen amang the heather: the life of Belle Stewart. Edinburgh: Birlinn. ISBN 978-1-84158-528-4.