Newtownards, a pictorial history by Derek Beattie - Connor~Connors~O'Connor Family Records

Origins
Connor = Con, Cone, Connell, Connelly, Connor, Couroy and Conne, widespread in the Auchry area of Aberdeenshire, and in the Province of Ulster, is an Anglicized form of the old Scots Gaelic "Siol Cuin" or "Con", literally meaning "the seed or race of Con", a byname from the Gaelic "con", hound. Bearers of this name proudly claim to be a branch of the great Clan Donald, through descent from a 13th Century William Con, "lauchfull sonne to Donald of the Iles and Kyntyr, chief of the Mackdonald". Members of this clan came to Ireland in the 13th Century and established themselves as gallowglasses in Ulster. However, in this Province, Conn may also derive from MacConn, itself, an Anglicized form of the rare County Down patronymic Mac Mhiolchon, "son of the hound-like one". George Con was the Pope's agent at the court of Charles 1's queen (1636 - 1639); Agnes, daughter of Robert Conn, was christened in Drumbo Presbyterian, County Down, on August 1st 1707, and on April 9th 1847 Catherine Conn was a famine emigrant to New York City. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of William Conn, witness to the laird of Balfour's bond, which was dated 1552, "Records of Aberdeenshire", Scotland, during the reign of Queen Mary, known as "Mary Queen of Scots", 1542 - 1567. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

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Anderson~Beatty~Brown~Campbell~Cuthbert~Dalzell~Dixon~Gleeson~Graham~Hamilton~Haveron~Jackson~Johnston~Kielty~Little~Logan
Maxwell~McCullough~McIlwaine~McKee~O'Kane~McMillen~McQuillan~Patterson~Potts~Watson~Wightman

Connor, Robert - 21st. February 1841 - {Father Hugh Connor of Scrabo} - {Mother Eliza Jane Beatty}
Connor, Eloner - 6th. December 1856 - {Father Hugh Connor of Scrabo} - {Mother Eliza Jane Beatty}
Connor, Hugh McMillen - 24th. April 1859 - {Father Hugh Connor of Scrabo} - {Mother Eliza Jane Beatty}

Conner, Elizabeth Potts - 2nd. December 1843 - {Father Robert Conner} - {Mother Agnes Potts}

Conner, Mary - 11th. January 1847 - {Father Robert Conner} - {Mother Eliza Potts}
Conner, Samuel - 19th. May 1851 - {Father Robert Conner} - {Mother Eliza Potts}

Connor, Elloner - 22nd. March 1844 - {Father Robert Connor} - {Mother Eliza Watson}

Conner, Agness - 10th. August 1845 - {Father James Conner} - {Mother Sarah ....... }

O'Conner, William John McCutchen - 5th. December 1865 - {Father James O'Conner) - {Mother Margaret Dalzell}
O'Conner, Agnes Jane Sloan - 18th. July 1868 - {Father James Conner~Connery~O'Conner) - {Mother Margaret Dalzell}
O'Conner, Robert Dalzell - 3rd. August 1872 - {Father James Conner~Connery~O'Conner) - {Mother Margaret Dalzell}
O'Conner, James Henry Neilson - 15th. September 1878 - {Father James Cameron~Conner~Connery~O'Conner) - {Mother Margaret Dalzell}

O'Connor, John - 24th. December 1866 or 1867 - {Father Michael O'Connor} - {Mother Ann Gleeson}

Connor, Agnes Mary - 1st. January 1867 - (Father Hugh Connor) - (Mother Ellen Jackson)
Connor, William James Jackson - 8th. December 1868 - (Father Hugh Connor) - (Mother Ellen Jackson)

Connor, Grace - 1898 - Reg.Newtownards - b.Comber
Connor, William Logan - 1900 - Reg.Newtownards - b.Comber

Connor, Mary - 1st. July 1885 - A spinster
16th. November 1885 - The Will of Mary Connor late of Newtownards County Down Spinster who died 1 July 1885 at same place was proved at Belfast by the Reverend Roger O'Kane of Ballymacarrett in said County R.C.C. one of the Executors. - Effects Ł11-5s
She had a sister Ann

Connor, Barnard of Loughriescourse - 11th. April 1846 aged 20 years - {b.c1826} - (Father Barnard Connor a labourer) - Married Elizabeth McIlwain
Witnesses were Lucius Crymble and James Wightman

Connor, James a flaxdresser of Cunningburn - 27th. February 1863 - (Father James Connor a flaxdresser) - Married Eliza Jane Dixon
Witnesses were William and Margaret Little

Connor, Hugh a servant of East Street - 29th. July 1870 - {Father Hugh Connor a servant} - Married Elizabeth Roy
Witnessed by James Simpson and Elizabeth Dickson @ Regent Street Presbyterian

Connor, Hannah Jane - 10th. February 1893 - Married Alexander Cuthbert

1901 Census @ Groomsport

Surname	Forename	Age	Sex	Relation to head	Religion	Birthplace	Occupation	Marital Status
Connor	Isabella	60	Female	Head	Prysbeterian	Newtownards, Co Down	Embroidery Spoker	Widow
Kielty	Emily	14	Female	Lodger	Prysbeterian	Co Down	Scholar	Not Married
Kielty	John	40	Male	Lodger	Prysbeterian	Co Down	Blacksmith	Widower
Kielty	Maggie	25	Female	Lodger	Prysbeterian	Co Down	Ropework Worker	Not Married
Kielty	Annie	17	Female	Lodger	Prysbeterian	Co Down	Ropework Worker	Not Married
Kielty	William John	16	Male	Lodger	Prysbeterian	Co Down	Ropework Worker	Not Married

1911 Census - Residents of a house 12 in Front Shuttlefield Street (Newtownards Urban, Down)

Surname	Forename	Age	Sex	Relation to head	Religion	Birthplace	Occupation	Marital Status	Years Married	Children Born	Children Living
Connor	Isabella	77	Female	Head	Presbyterian	Newtownards	-	Widow		-	-

Connor, Martha - 4th. November 1916 aged 70 - {b.c1846} - Of Mill Street - Daughter of William Connor and Mary McKee - Applied for a pension

Please try Matilda Street Belfast. Claimant asserts that she lived in Mill St. untill 10 years of age or so then came to Belfast. Note: to officer Belfast, Matilda St. does not appear in 1851 Census, was it known by some other name…

Census	LDS	T/Land	Trans	Emig.