California State Officials Biographies 1911 MICHAEL J. CONNELL Submitted by Nancy Pratt Melton This file is part of the California Genealogy & History Archives http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cagha/index.htm FISH AND GAME COMMISSION MICHAEL J. CONNELL, was born in Ireland, where he received his early education. Arrived in Boston in 1875, where he remained for two years. He came west to Utah, remaining there but a short time before going to Montana, where he resided in Deer Lodge. He soon became engaged in several enterprises in different parts of Montana, establishing large industrial plants. He came to California in 1901, and resides in Los Angeles. Appointed Fish and Game Commissioner June 17, 1908. Source: California Blue Book, or State Roster, 1911 Compiled by Frank C. Jordan, Secretary of State Friend W. Richardson, Superintendent of State Printing, Sacramento, CA, 1913