The Daggett surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,035 people carried this name — #6,709 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 58,500 people counted. That is up 2% from 4,925 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Daggett surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a baptismal name, from a given name: ‘the son of Dag’.

His entry covers Dagg and Daggett.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 227 · public domain.

In the first U.S. census, 1790

68 families named Daggett, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 400 people lived in those households, 5.9 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 4 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Massachusetts 37
Connecticut 9
Maine 6
New Hampshire 5
Vermont 5
Rhode Island 4
New York 2

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 236 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Daggett in American newspapers,
1874–1906.

Newspaper page from The Bloomfield Times carrying the name Daggett
The Bloomfield Times 1874-04-28
Newspaper page from Southern Christian Advocate carrying the name Daggett
Southern Christian Advocate 1906-04-19
Newspaper page from The Silver State carrying the name Daggett
The Silver State 1876-11-27

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 94,675 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Daggett in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1950s.

408 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Daggett. The most, 74, date from the 1920s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 2.1 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 176
Queensland 81
South Australia 70
New South Wales 59
Western Australia 9
Tasmania 8
ACT (Canberra) 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Daggett.

Who carried it

People named Daggett,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Naphtali Daggett
    Naphtali Daggett 1727–1780 · Christian minister
  • Elisabeth Prescott Daggett
    Elisabeth Prescott Daggett 1752–1813
  • David Daggett
    David Daggett 1764–1851 · judge
  • Mike Daggett d. 1911
  • Tabitha Daggett 1603–
  • John Daggett 1662–1724 · deacon

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Daggett,
in the records of 4 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States469 records

469 records of the Daggett name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 164
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 107
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 95
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 60
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 29
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 6
  • Sacramento County historic burials 3
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • New York State police and firefighter memorial rolls 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Keith I. Daggett

    Born 1913 in Wisconsin. Enlisted 1942 at Milwaukee; store manager from Dane County. U.S. Army veteran; died 1998, buried at Lakeview Cemetery, Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Harlan R. Daggett

    Born 1930; from Polk County, Iowa. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; killed in action 1951 in North Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Bridget Daggett

    Arrived at New York in 1861 aboard the Aurora from Liverpool, aged 19; servant. From Ireland.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 469 records for Daggett in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · New York State, Open NY (police and firefighter memorial rolls). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia31 records

31 records of the Daggett name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 17
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 13
  • Ballarat Avenue of Honour, First World War 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Richd Daggett

    Arrived in Victoria in 1873 aboard the Thurso, aged 42; British subject.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Livre d’or of the French war dead, Paris
    Example: roll of the war dead
    War record George R. Daggett

    Enlisted in 1916 with the 57th Battalion. Honoured on the Ballarat Avenue of Honour.

    City of Ballarat, Avenue of Honour Plaques (CC BY 3.0 AU)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Henry Daggett

    Yeoman of Dowling Forest, Victoria; died 1857.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 31 records for Daggett in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · City of Ballarat, Avenue of Honour Plaques (CC BY 3.0 AU). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Livre d’or of the war dead, Paris, Ministère des pensions, Archives nationales (CC0); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Canada18 records

18 records of the Daggett name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 8
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 7
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 2
  • City of Niagara Falls (Ontario) cemetery records 1
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record B. John Daggett

    Died 1939 in Kingston, Kings, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Harry Mark Daggett

    Died 1966; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Gordon Daggett

    Died in service in 1918.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 18 records for Daggett in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

United Kingdom2 records

2 records of the Daggett name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record L. E. Daggett

    Corporal, London Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record E. J. Daggett

    Royal Sussex Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

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