Esser, Regina, 1882-1952

Person

Staff Only

Dates

Usage: 1908 - 1952

Parallel Names

Esser, Catharine, 1882-1908

Occupations

Benedictine nuns
- Note: Entered Novitiate: 1908-01-06, First Vows: 1909-01-06, Perpetual Vows: 1912-01-06

Places

Canon City -- Colorado (Place of Birth) -- Date: 1982-07-12 -- Date: 1982-07-13
- Note: Some records indicate Sister Regina Esser was born July 12, 1892, while others suggest she was born July 13, 1892
Canon City -- Colorado (Place of Death) -- Date: 1952-02-20
- Note: Buried in Lakeside Cemetery, Cañon City, Colorado

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Florence, Colo., 1991

Sub-Series — Box OSBCHI-C-100-1, Folder: 29

Scope and Contents

Despite the Benedictine Sisters of Chicago's 40-year presence in Florence, Colorado, this sub-series is relatively slim. Beyond a two-page list of Sisters who taught vacation schools in the town, the only other material included are two images of a statue of St. Benedict taken outside St. Benedict Church during a 1991 archive trip to Colorado.

Dates: 1991

Found in: Benedictine Sisters of Chicago Archives / Religious Education Schools collection / Religious Education Schools papers / Colorado Schools

Sister Regina Esser, OSB papers

Collection

Identifier: OSBCHI-D-ESSEREGI

Scope and Contents Includes a personal data sheet, obituaries, information on Sister's family and research correspondence, photographs and negatives of Sister and her family, lists of teaching assignments, biographical notes, a prayer card, and photocopied baptismal records. This series also includes limited personal papers, such as her handwritten account of the founding of the Benedictine community in Canon City, and an invitiation to a 1993 Founders Day celebration at Saint Scholastica Academy in Canon...

Dates: circa 1890-2001

Found in: Benedictine Sisters of Chicago Archives