Edward Royston Daughaday

Edward R. Daughaday, 96, passed on February 2, 2021; loving husband of the late Eileen K. Daughaday (nee Einig), and Cynthia M. Winterling Daughaday; devoted father of Cynthia Jacobson and her husband Mark, Michael Daughaday and his wife Sherry, and Theresa Mace and her husband Chris, and Debbie Shea and her husband Michael; dear brother of the late William Daughaday, Jr.; Brother-in-law of Hazel Daughaday and Betty Shearin; cherished grandfather of Gregory Jacobson and his wife Kimberly, Shawn Jacobson and his wife Jaclyn, Eric Sheppard and Jonathan Daughaday; great grandfather of Olivia, Rylie, Owen, and Emmett; Also survived by the Thomas Gillespie family and the Carmen Patrick family and numerous nieces and nephews.

My Dad Edward Royston Daughaday was born on 2/11/1924. He was a product of the "Greatest Generation". He was born to Alma Hopkins Erdman Daughaday and William Edward Daughaday of Raspeburg, Maryland, Baltimore County. Now the area is know as Hamilton in Baltimore City. He attended City College of Baltimore. Dad entered the Navy at the ripe old age of 17, in 1942 a year after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. He proudly served for six years in multiple theaters including the Pacific, the Atlantic and the Mediterranean. Edward was honorably discharged in 1948 as a Second Class Petty Officer. Dad held different positions, but his sonar operator position on the Destroyer was what he talked about the most. But like many of our beloved World War ll Veterans he didn't share too much regarding the war.

Dad Grew up on Seymour Ave. in the now Hamilton area of Baltimore. The street was named after his Grandmother Grace Edson Seymour. All of Dad's paternal relatives lived on that same street. His Grandparents lived on top of the hill at the far end of Seymour Ave. on a farm. His Grandfather grew vegetables and his Grandmother grew dahlias which were driven by horse and wagon to Lexington Market for sale. Dad's Aunt Florence's house was his favorite to run to when he was in trouble with his Dad when he was a young boy. She lived at the other end of the street and had a great bed to hide under for protection. I remember his wonderful stories about what life was like back then. The ice man would make deliveries 3 times a week and deliver 2 huge blocks of ice for their "ice box", now called refrigerators. Dad and his little brother Bill had the job of emptying the collection tray each morning before school of the accumulated melted ice in the ice box. One of many chores during that time. Dad lived through the "Great Depression". He told me they were hard times but they were also good times as his big family all pulled together. His Father "Will" worked for Zimmerman Brothers and was given access to many vegetables, so they always had food to eat. To Dad’s dying days he did not like vegetables.

Probably due to an abundance of them during the depression. I asked Dad about what was Thanksgiving like back then and he told me the ovens back then were very small. So the women would take their 20 lb plus turkeys to the bakery. The bakeries would bake these turkeys overnight and would be ready for pick up Thanksgiving morning. It seemed like a system that worked great back when the population was smaller. Bread was 25 cents a loaf back then he said.

Mr. Daughaday's mother, Alma was a graduate of State Normal School (now Towson University) in 1914. Alma went to school via street cars. The roads were dirt roads back then Dad told me. She taught school as a substitute teacher. He remembers his mother being the first owner of a telephone on his street. Dad's family, "The Daughaday's" have a history of 300 years in Maryland. Records going back to about 1730. They lived on land which is now the Mount Pleasant Golf Course on Hillen Rd. The Daughadays married into the Taylor Family. Initially they were all Quakers and then became coverts to Methodism. On the property of Mount Pleasant Golf Course sits the Taylor Chapel dating back to the 1700's . There is a history of several early Methodist ministers in the Daughaday family including a Circuit Rider Minister.

Edward Daughaday became a Baltimore County Police Officer in 1955 and served for 20 years before his retirement in 1975. He then went on to work for the State as Chief Bailiff for the District Court System. And retired from the State of Maryland in 1985. In his retirement Mr. Daughaday built Museum quality wooden model boats and ships of the Chesapeake Bay. Each piece would take up to one year to make. He has left a legacy of family, service and country. Two of his Great Grandchildren are 10th generation Marylanders. We will miss you Dad.

Services and interment private.

In lieu of flowers, expressions of sympathy maybe directed in Mr. Daughaday’s memory to PKD Foundation P.O. Box 871847, Kansas City, MO 64187 and/or ALSAC/St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105.