Julius Berends

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Biographical Sketches

• Biographical sketch, pp. 34-37. "Berends, the son of the mayor of his birthplace, Kyritz, Germany . . . In 1872 Julius Berends was elected to the Texas Legislature from San Antonio. He was a member of a controversial legislative committee to enact a public school bill, which virtually closed the public schools for a time . . . [in]1875, when he went back to Germany until his death in 1891," Chapter 4, "The German-English School of San Antonio: Biography of a Building and a Concept," by Mary M. El-Beheri & Mark H. Clark, Douglas MacArthur High School, San Antonio, Texas. Occasional Papers of the Society for German-American Studies: No. 10, Papers from the St. Olaf Symposium on German-Americana, April 27-28, 1979, 1980.

Other Resources

• Julius Berends, San Antonio, Bexar County, born in Prussia [ca. 1817], merchant, age 56. Directory of the Members of the Thirteenth Legislature of the State of Texas, 1873.
• Census of 1870 - Julius Behrends, San Antonio, Bexar County, age 53, born circa 1817 in Prussia. FamilySearch.
• Mentioned in GERMAN-ENGLISH SCHOOL. Handbook of Texas Online.
• Clark, Mark H., "The German-English School of San Antonio," The Texas Historian, Vol. 40, No. 4, March 1980, p. 6-9, crediting Texas State Historical Association. "He founded the first bookstore in San Antonio and represented the area in the state legislature from 1872 to 1874." Includes portrait. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
• Obituary, Julius Berends, Freie Presse für Texas (San Antonio), 6/24/1891, p. 4. Death date 6/6/1891. "Julius Behrends was born in 1817 in Keiritz in Mark Brandenburg." Translation courtesy Dr. James C. Kearney, Department of Germanic Studies, University of Texas, Austin. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries)
• Julius Berends (1817-1891) mentioned in A Guide to the Julius Tengg Papers, 1859-1972. Texas Archival Resources Online, 2010.

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

• 13th session composite photo of Senate and House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
• 13th session composite photo of Senate and House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
• Pictorial Monogram of the State Government of Texas 1873 (DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Collection). DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Texas Photographs.

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