The 1861 Census Abstracts contain a comprehensive listing of over 8000 inhabitants living in the Town & surrounding Parish of Bangor, County Down. The list was compiled by Local Authorities in the mid-1860’s from the 1861 census returns which were in existence at that time.

The database includes the name of each member of a house along with the House number, Townland or Street and the Landlord. Occasional remarks such as those identified as servants are also included.

Townlands & Villages covered:

Bangor Town coverage:

The following are prevalent family surnames in these records:-

Adair, Aicken (Aickin, Aikin), Agnew, Allen, Anderson, Austin, Baird, Barr, Beattie (Beatty), Bell, Boal, Boyd, Brown, Burns, Cammock, Campbell, Cargo, Claney, Clarke, Cook (Cooke), Crawford, Farmer, Ferguson, Finlay, Gamble (Gambell), Gibson, Graham, Gray (Grey), Gunning, Halliday, Hamilton, Hanna, Harrison, Harvey, Heyburn, Jamison, Johnston, Jordan, Kelly, Keenan, Kennedy, Kerr, Lightbody, Lindsay, Lowry, Majury (Magury, Majurey), Martin, McCann, McCartney, McClelland (Clelland, Cleland), McConnell, McCoubrey (McCoubray, McCoobery), McCormick, McCreedy, McCullagh (McCulloch, McCullough), McCutcheon, McDowell, McGowan, McKee, McMahon, McMillan (McMillen, McMillin, McMullen), McMurray, McNeilly, McWha, Miller, Mitchell, Montgomery, Moore, Moorhead, Morgan, Morrison, Murdock, Murphy, Neill, Nelson, Orr, Patterson, Patton, Pollock, Reid, Ritchie (Richie, Richey), Robinson, Russell, Savage, Scott, Sloan, Smiley (Smilie, Smily), Smyth (Smith), Stevenson (Stephenson), Stewart, Thompson, Wallace, Waterson, Wightman, Wilson, Williamson & Wright.

Source documentation is held in the Public Records Office (PRONI) under Bangor Census 1861, Reference LA20/3GA/1 or available through our Look-Up Service.