Urbany, Mary Dominica, Sister, 1864-1936
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1864 - 1936
Biography
Born in Hobscheid, Luxemburg, Germany, Anna Urbany immigrated with her sister Mary to Festina, Iowa, in 1871 after herparents died. In 1876, at the age of approximately thirteen, she entered St. Rose Convent in La Crosse, Wisconsin as a member ofthe Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration, where she took the name Sister Mary Dominica Urbany. She served as thefirst Sister Superior at the St. Angela Institute (now Kuemper High School at Carroll, Iowa) for ten years. Sister Mary Dominica Urbany then left the United States to pursue missionary work in China until her death in 1936.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Sister Mary Dominica Urbany papers
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: IWA0692
Abstract
Arrangement
Member of the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration and a missionary to China from 1928 to 1936.
Arrangement
One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Dates:
1866-1936
Found in:
Iowa Women's Archives