Paul Edwin Daggett  1893 - 1973

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• Birth	6 Jan 1893	East Dubuque, Minnesota, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	27 Apr 1973	St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, USA
  Buried	30 Apr 1973	Resurrection Cemetery, Mendota Heights, Dakota, Minnesota, USA
  Person ID	I86	Default
  Last Modified	17 Nov 2005
  Father	William Smith Daggett,   b. 22 Jan 1864, East Dubuque, Illinois, USA ,   d. 1 Apr 1912, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, USA
  Mother	Anne Ryder,   b. 4 Feb 1869, St. Catharines, Lincoln, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 25 Sep 1945, St. Cloud Hospital, St. Cloud, Stearns, Minnesota, USA
  Married	12 Oct 1891	The Cathedral of St. Paul, St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, USA
  Photos		Daggett house
  Family ID	F26	Group Sheet
  Family	Anne Gardner,   b. 10 Jan 1890, Rochester, Olmsted, Minnesota, USA ,   d. 13 Apr 1983, St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, USA
  Children	1. Elizabeth Ann Daggett   2. Jeanne Anne Daggett,   b. 24 Feb 1926,   d. 13 Oct 1943, St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, USA
  Last Modified	18 Dec 2004
  Family ID	F78	Group Sheet

• Event Map		Event Died - 27 Apr 1973 - St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, USA  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Photos		Anne Ryder Daggett family, unknown date back row from left: Honor, Paul, and Marian ("Tot) front row from left: Helen and Dorothy ("Billie")
  		Helen, Paul, and Marian Daggett from left: Helen, Paul, and Marian Daggett
  		Daggett children, about 1905 From left: Marian, Martha, Paul, Helen (toddler in front), and Dorothy
  		Anne Ryder Daggett and children, about 1903 From left: Martha, Paul, Dorothy (in front), Helen (infant), Anne, and Marian
  		Anne Ryder Daggett Hatch with her son Paul Daggett and her daughter Dorothy "Billie" Daggett Wild, about 1942
  		From left: Paul Daggett, Marian "Tot" Daggett Riley, Helen Daggett Hocum, Anne Gardner Daggett, and George Hocum
  		From left: Helen, Dorothy, Marian, Martha and Paul Daggett
  		Martha, Marian, Dorothy (infant) and Paul Daggett, about 1901
  		Anne Ryder Daggett and children, unknown date From left: Dorothy (facing Anne); Martha; Paul; "Tot" (Marion); and Helen (sitting in front), surrounding their mother Anne (black dress)
  		Paul Daggett, about 1912

• Notes

  1910 Census, 13-Wd Minneapolis, District 202, Hennepin County, Minnesota Household headed by W.S. Daggett, 46 yo male, born in Illinois, both parents born in Maine, grain merchant. Wife Anna, 39 yo, immigrated to U.S. in 1886, mother of 5 children, all of them living. Son Paul, 17 yo, born in Minnesota. Daughter Martha, 15 yo, born in North Dakota. Daughter Marion, 12 yo, born in North Dakota. Daughter Dorothy, 9 yo, born in Minnesota. Daughter Helen, 7 yo, born in Minnesota. Mother Martha, 79 yo, married for 53 years, born in Maine, mother of 5 children, 4 of them living. 1920 Census: Minneapolis, District 246, Hennepin County, Minnesota Household headed by Paul E. Dagget, 26 yo, born in Minnesota, occupation cashier at a fuel company Wife Anna G. Dagget, 27 yo, born in Minnesota. 1930 Census, Minneapolis, District 225, Hennepin County, Minnesota Household headed by Paul Daggett, 37 yo, occupation manager at a religious corp. Wife Ann G. Daggett, 37 yo. Daughter Jean A. Daggett, 4 yo, born in Minnesota. Servant Rose Horbichke, 16 yo, born in Minnesota. Minnesota Department of Health, Certificate of Death Passed away on 27 Apr 1973. Occupation Director, Catholic Cemeteries. Residence 1920 Marshall Avenue. ================================================ Rites said for Paul Daggett Paul Daggett, executive secretary of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis since 1925 and a legal advisor to five archbishops, died suddenly of a heart attack April 27 at the age of 80. Daggett, who also served the past 48 years as director of archdiocesan Catholic Cemeteries, was praised at his funeral Mass Monday as a "warm and courteous Christian gentleman." Archbishop Coadjutor Leo C. Byrne, with Archbishop Leo Binz in attendance and seven co-concelebrants including Bishop John Roach, offered the Mass of Resurrection at the St. Paul Cathedral for Daggett, who was active in internal church matters long before the trend toward lay involvement became generally popular. Msgr. Ambrose V. Hayden, episcopal vicar for material administration and one of the archdiocesan officials who worked most closely with Daggett, described him in his homily as a man who served the Church with the "staunchest loyalty and individual attention for nearly half a century." Daggett, who received two of the highest papal honors given to laymen, was buried Monday at Resurrection cemetery, Mendota Heights, one of five Catholic burial grounds under his direction during the past half-century. He was named a knight commander of the Order of St. Gregory in 1959 by Pope John XXIII and a knight of the Order of St. Pius IX in 1966 by Pope Paul VI. A member of the St. Paul council of the Knights of Columbus, Daggett also served over the years on numerous archdiocesan boards, including those of the College of St. Thomas, Nazareth Hall and the John Ireland Educational Fund. He was also a member of the St. Thomas More Lawyers' Guild and was one of the founders of the National Catholic Cemetery Conference. He also served on the group's board of directors and was named 1971 "Cemeterian of the Year" by the American Monument Association. In a statement issued Monday by the communications office on behalf of the archdiocese, the Rev. Robert Nygaard, director, said Daggett's "Unique contribution of expertise and true Christian charity is a legacy that has enriched the archdiocese for all of half a century. May God continue to reward him and bless his family to whom we offer our condolences." =============================================== The Catholic Bulletin, official publication of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis and the Diocese of New Ulm Paul Daggett, R.I.P. Paul Daggett, aged 80, advisor to five Archbishops of St. Paul and Minneapolis for almost half a century, died, as he wanted to, "with his boots on," while at work in his office in this old chancery building one week ago today. Mr. Daggett's official title was director of Catholic Cemeteries and executive secretary of this archdiocese, but his duties spanned a host of legal and administrative affairs where an informed and dedicated layman was needed during a half century of mushrooming growth by the Catholic church in Minnesota. Archbishop Austin Dowling named Mr. Daggett director of archdiocesan cemeteries when it was unique for laymen to have top administrative positions in the Church, and he remained in that post for 48 years while clergymen continued to handle similar assignments in most of the dioceses of the nation. He had a deep love and commitment to Catholic burial grounds, and it was only fitting that he be laid to rest in Resurrection cemetery, one of the burial grounds he planned and developed during his years of service. Mr. Daggett was a Christian gentleman of the old school. He did not believe in early retirement, and he kept regular office hours and official duties long after most of us would have chosen rose gardening or the easy chair. A lawyer to the core, he was precise in speech and writing, and he expected the same of those around him -- a goal those of us on the Bulletin, who shared the building with him, found it hard to measure up to. (He would not like that last sentence -- which ended with a preposition.) Fads and fancies -- like colored shirts and long hair -- were not for him. The old-fashioned virtues of accuracy, prudence, frugality, punctuality and dedication to work were important to him. Thought he walked in the company of bishops and took part in the major decisions of top Church boards and commissions he was not an ecclesiastical gossip; not from Mr. Daggett would you be offered a tip about the latest clerical peccadillo. Because of his abiding loyalty to the Church he was disturbed at what he saw happening around him in recent years. He was upset at any criticism of the Church or its leaders, and he was not convinced that many of the changes he saw being implemented were in the best interest of the Church he helped build. With his knowledge of Church history, however, and his own personal faith, he knew that these things too, would pass away, and the Church founded by Christ would remain and become even stronger. Now Paul Daggett has gone, but he left a rich legacy to those of us who had the good fortune to walk with him and to all of us who one day will lie, like him, in "God's acre," the Christian burial grounds he tended so well.