Family History

George Lindsay appears to be the fourth generation of the Lindsay family born in Virginia. George’s paternal grandfather, Albert Loftus Lindsay, was an officer in the Confederate army during the American Civil War. In April 1862, Albert was made chief of General John Bankhead Magruder’s signal corps. Albert’s interest in codes and “secret messages” would one day manifest itself in George’s passion for technical analysis.

George Lindsay’s mother, Nellie Victoria Meyer Lindsay (b. 1876; d. 1954) was an actress in musical comedies, on and off Broadway, and used the stage name Nellie Victoria. A photo, dated 1903, of Nellie Victoria can be found in the Macauley’s Theatre collection in the University of Louisville archives. Another photo of Nellie Victoria can be found in the University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division. Nellie Lindsay passed away on December 8, 1954.