Biography: Stanley Robertson's grandfather, Joseph Edward Br...
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
12 September 1976
Track ID
39590
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1976.166.A1
Original Tape ID
Summary
Biography: Stanley Robertson's grandfather, Joseph Edward Brookes, known as MacDonald.
Stanley Robertson's grandfather, Joseph Edward Brookes, known as MacDonald, was from England. He ran away when he was twelve, and did labouring work with a circus. When he was fifteen or sixteen, he met in with Scottish Travellers. Stanley's grandmother was already married with children, but her husband had left or died. When they married, Stanley's grandfather took her name, MacDonald.
Item Subject/Person
MacDonald, Joseph Edward [Brookes, Joseph Edward]
Recording Location
County - Kinross-shire
Parish - Kinross
Village/Place - Kinross
Language
Scots
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good