Minna Bertrand Doering {Diiring, Doring}
Thekla #7387081's mother was the daughter of Frederick Doering, of Germany, and granddaughter of Seris Bertrand, of France. Her parents met in Germany but married in St. Louis, he relocated and sent for her, at the residence of Henry Boernstein, well known theatrical manager and head of a newspaper at that time.
Teacher at St Mary's Hall, London England, a woman of the highest culture and member of a devout Christian family.
Author and lecturer Thekla Bernays, daughter of Dr. George J. and Minni Bertrand Bernays, was born at Highland, Illinois, in 1855. Her brother was the noted St. Louis surgeon, Dr. Augustus Charles Bernays (1854-1907). Both were educated at McKendree College (Lebanon, Illinois) and Heidelberg University in Germany. Dr. Bernays was professor of anatomy in the College of Physicians and Surgeons of St. Louis and later was professor of anatomy and surgical pathology in the Marion-Sims College of Medicine. Thekla Bernays was at one time foreign correspondent of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat and contributed frequently to Reedy's Mirror, the Westliche Post, the Criterion, and other publications. She was a member of a literary group active in St. Louis in the 1890s and early 1900s, which included such noted people as Zoe Akins, Sara Teasdale, and William Marion Reedy. After her brother's death in 1907, she began the task of preparing his memoirs, which were published under the title Augustus Charles Bernays: A Memoir in 1912. Miss Bernays died January 30, 1931, in New York, and was buried in Bellefontaine Cemetery in St. Louis.
In November 1888, Thekla Bernays' father died of blood poisoning, which was contracted during an operation.
The papers include family letters and documents, clippings, scrapbooks, and correspondence of Thekla Bernays with literary figures in St. Louis, including Zoe Akins, George S. Johns, Orrick Johns, William Marion Reedy, and Sara Teasdale. Also includes correspondence with other notable American literary figures including Gertrude Atherton, Albert Bloch, Daniel Frohman, Frank Harris, Mitchell Kennerly, and George O'Neil. Scrapbooks contain clippings of Bernays' articles that appeared in newspapers and periodicals, as well as those referring to her brother's memoirs. Additional manuscripts in the collection include "The Judgement of Solomon-A Drama in Four Acts and an Interlude" by E. Torge (translation from the German by Thekla Bernays, 1914), and typescript titled "On the Light Reeds," poems by George O'Neil, with an introduction by Zoë Akins.
James Cox · 1894 · Saint Louis (Mo.)
Bernays, Augustus CHARLES, son of (Augustus Charles) Dr. George J and Minna Bertrand ( Doering) Bernays, was born at Highland, St. Clair county,
Thekla #7387081's mother was the daughter of Frederick Doering, of Germany, and granddaughter of Seris Bertrand, of France. Her parents met in Germany but married in St. Louis, he relocated and sent for her, at the residence of Henry Boernstein, well known theatrical manager and head of a newspaper at that time.
Teacher at St Mary's Hall, London England, a woman of the highest culture and member of a devout Christian family.
Author and lecturer Thekla Bernays, daughter of Dr. George J. and Minni Bertrand Bernays, was born at Highland, Illinois, in 1855. Her brother was the noted St. Louis surgeon, Dr. Augustus Charles Bernays (1854-1907). Both were educated at McKendree College (Lebanon, Illinois) and Heidelberg University in Germany. Dr. Bernays was professor of anatomy in the College of Physicians and Surgeons of St. Louis and later was professor of anatomy and surgical pathology in the Marion-Sims College of Medicine. Thekla Bernays was at one time foreign correspondent of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat and contributed frequently to Reedy's Mirror, the Westliche Post, the Criterion, and other publications. She was a member of a literary group active in St. Louis in the 1890s and early 1900s, which included such noted people as Zoe Akins, Sara Teasdale, and William Marion Reedy. After her brother's death in 1907, she began the task of preparing his memoirs, which were published under the title Augustus Charles Bernays: A Memoir in 1912. Miss Bernays died January 30, 1931, in New York, and was buried in Bellefontaine Cemetery in St. Louis.
In November 1888, Thekla Bernays' father died of blood poisoning, which was contracted during an operation.
The papers include family letters and documents, clippings, scrapbooks, and correspondence of Thekla Bernays with literary figures in St. Louis, including Zoe Akins, George S. Johns, Orrick Johns, William Marion Reedy, and Sara Teasdale. Also includes correspondence with other notable American literary figures including Gertrude Atherton, Albert Bloch, Daniel Frohman, Frank Harris, Mitchell Kennerly, and George O'Neil. Scrapbooks contain clippings of Bernays' articles that appeared in newspapers and periodicals, as well as those referring to her brother's memoirs. Additional manuscripts in the collection include "The Judgement of Solomon-A Drama in Four Acts and an Interlude" by E. Torge (translation from the German by Thekla Bernays, 1914), and typescript titled "On the Light Reeds," poems by George O'Neil, with an introduction by Zoë Akins.
James Cox · 1894 · Saint Louis (Mo.)
Bernays, Augustus CHARLES, son of (Augustus Charles) Dr. George J and Minna Bertrand ( Doering) Bernays, was born at Highland, St. Clair county,
Minna Bertrand Doering {Diiring, Doring}
Thekla #7387081's mother was the daughter of Frederick Doering, of Germany, and granddaughter of Seris Bertrand, of France. Her parents met in Germany but married in St. Louis, he relocated and sent for her, at the residence of Henry Boernstein, well known theatrical manager and head of a newspaper at that time.
Teacher at St Mary's Hall, London England, a woman of the highest culture and member of a devout Christian family.
Author and lecturer Thekla Bernays, daughter of Dr. George J. and Minni Bertrand Bernays, was born at Highland, Illinois, in 1855. Her brother was the noted St. Louis surgeon, Dr. Augustus Charles Bernays (1854-1907). Both were educated at McKendree College (Lebanon, Illinois) and Heidelberg University in Germany. Dr. Bernays was professor of anatomy in the College of Physicians and Surgeons of St. Louis and later was professor of anatomy and surgical pathology in the Marion-Sims College of Medicine. Thekla Bernays was at one time foreign correspondent of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat and contributed frequently to Reedy's Mirror, the Westliche Post, the Criterion, and other publications. She was a member of a literary group active in St. Louis in the 1890s and early 1900s, which included such noted people as Zoe Akins, Sara Teasdale, and William Marion Reedy. After her brother's death in 1907, she began the task of preparing his memoirs, which were published under the title Augustus Charles Bernays: A Memoir in 1912. Miss Bernays died January 30, 1931, in New York, and was buried in Bellefontaine Cemetery in St. Louis.
In November 1888, Thekla Bernays' father died of blood poisoning, which was contracted during an operation.
The papers include family letters and documents, clippings, scrapbooks, and correspondence of Thekla Bernays with literary figures in St. Louis, including Zoe Akins, George S. Johns, Orrick Johns, William Marion Reedy, and Sara Teasdale. Also includes correspondence with other notable American literary figures including Gertrude Atherton, Albert Bloch, Daniel Frohman, Frank Harris, Mitchell Kennerly, and George O'Neil. Scrapbooks contain clippings of Bernays' articles that appeared in newspapers and periodicals, as well as those referring to her brother's memoirs. Additional manuscripts in the collection include "The Judgement of Solomon-A Drama in Four Acts and an Interlude" by E. Torge (translation from the German by Thekla Bernays, 1914), and typescript titled "On the Light Reeds," poems by George O'Neil, with an introduction by Zoë Akins.
James Cox · 1894 · Saint Louis (Mo.)
Bernays, Augustus CHARLES, son of (Augustus Charles) Dr. George J and Minna Bertrand ( Doering) Bernays, was born at Highland, St. Clair county,
Thekla #7387081's mother was the daughter of Frederick Doering, of Germany, and granddaughter of Seris Bertrand, of France. Her parents met in Germany but married in St. Louis, he relocated and sent for her, at the residence of Henry Boernstein, well known theatrical manager and head of a newspaper at that time.
Teacher at St Mary's Hall, London England, a woman of the highest culture and member of a devout Christian family.
Author and lecturer Thekla Bernays, daughter of Dr. George J. and Minni Bertrand Bernays, was born at Highland, Illinois, in 1855. Her brother was the noted St. Louis surgeon, Dr. Augustus Charles Bernays (1854-1907). Both were educated at McKendree College (Lebanon, Illinois) and Heidelberg University in Germany. Dr. Bernays was professor of anatomy in the College of Physicians and Surgeons of St. Louis and later was professor of anatomy and surgical pathology in the Marion-Sims College of Medicine. Thekla Bernays was at one time foreign correspondent of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat and contributed frequently to Reedy's Mirror, the Westliche Post, the Criterion, and other publications. She was a member of a literary group active in St. Louis in the 1890s and early 1900s, which included such noted people as Zoe Akins, Sara Teasdale, and William Marion Reedy. After her brother's death in 1907, she began the task of preparing his memoirs, which were published under the title Augustus Charles Bernays: A Memoir in 1912. Miss Bernays died January 30, 1931, in New York, and was buried in Bellefontaine Cemetery in St. Louis.
In November 1888, Thekla Bernays' father died of blood poisoning, which was contracted during an operation.
The papers include family letters and documents, clippings, scrapbooks, and correspondence of Thekla Bernays with literary figures in St. Louis, including Zoe Akins, George S. Johns, Orrick Johns, William Marion Reedy, and Sara Teasdale. Also includes correspondence with other notable American literary figures including Gertrude Atherton, Albert Bloch, Daniel Frohman, Frank Harris, Mitchell Kennerly, and George O'Neil. Scrapbooks contain clippings of Bernays' articles that appeared in newspapers and periodicals, as well as those referring to her brother's memoirs. Additional manuscripts in the collection include "The Judgement of Solomon-A Drama in Four Acts and an Interlude" by E. Torge (translation from the German by Thekla Bernays, 1914), and typescript titled "On the Light Reeds," poems by George O'Neil, with an introduction by Zoë Akins.
James Cox · 1894 · Saint Louis (Mo.)
Bernays, Augustus CHARLES, son of (Augustus Charles) Dr. George J and Minna Bertrand ( Doering) Bernays, was born at Highland, St. Clair county,
Gravesite Details
Died in Heidelberg prior to 1888 and entombed there. Her husband's ashes (Dr. George Bernays) were interred with by their children after his death.
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