Sister Edmunda Kornberger, OSB papers
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of limited biographical information. It includes community obituaries, photographs, a personal data sheet, and an annotated prayer card with her handwriting and autograph.
Dates
- Creation: crica 1910-1928
Creator
- Kornberger, Edmunda, 1883-1928 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is unrestricted. All material is available for research.
Biographical / Historical
Sister Edmunda Kornberger, OSB was born Marie on February 10th, 1883 in Bavaria, Germany. She immigrated to the United States in 1909, joining the community on October 21st of that same year. Sister was invested on January 6th, 1910, making her first vows a year later on January 6th, 1911. On January 6th, 1914, Sister made her perpetual profession.
Sister served the community through essential domestic tasks and household chores at various convents, including Saint George, Saint John Nepomucene, Saint Mary in Pueblo, Colorado, and Saint Joseph in Chicago.
Sister died on March 30th, 1928 at the age of 45 from "inflammatory rheumatism." She is buried in Calvary, Cemetery.
Extent
.1 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Metadata Rights Declarations
- License: This record is made available under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Creative Commons license.
- Title
- A Guide to Sister Edmunda Kornberger, OSB papers
- Author
- Clara Finkelstein
- Date
- 2025-11-19
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Benedictine Sisters of Chicago Archives Repository
Archives
Benedictine Sisters of Chicago
7430 N. Ridge Blvd.
Chicago Illinois 60645 United States
(773) 764-2413 ext. 203
archives@osbchicago.org