Author: McIndoe, George
Biography:
MCINDOE, George (1771-1848: PP)
Born on 16 Dec. 1771 in Partick, Lanarkshire, he was the son of George McIndoe and his wife, Elizabeth (Anderson) and baptised on 17 Dec. He became a silk weaver in Paisley, a hotel-keeper in Glasgow, and an inventor (of a machine for adding designs to muslin). He played the fiddle and some of his songs were printed in local publications. McIndoe married Ann Barr on 24 June 1792; it is not known if they had children. He died at Glasgow but no record has been located. (PP; ancestry.co.uk 11 May 2020, 27 Aug. 2025) SR
Other Names:
- G. McIndoe
Books written (3):
Edinburgh: printed for the author by J. Stark, 1805
Paisley: 1813
Edinburgh/ London: William Blackwood/ Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1815