California Biographies

Source:
History of Napa and Lake Counties
San Francisco, Slocum, Bowen & Co., Publishers. 1881

Transcribed by Peggy Hooper 2011

This file is part of the California Genealogy & History Archives 
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cagha/index.htm


MAURICE O'CONNELL.  Was born in County Cork, Ireland, in 1841, and is the son of Patrick and 
Katherine Stapleton O'Connell. He resided at his birthplace until 1868, learning the shoemaker's trade 
in the meantime. In that year he came to California, and located in Napa, where he has since resided 
and followed his trade. In 1873 he opened a general stock of ready-made goods in his line.