Helene was born Helene Moise and after her marriage in 1802, as Helene Beer. In 1808, the ruling French administration in the Mainz region, required all persons to register a family name. Her husband's family adopted the name Bernays. Thereafter, she wás known as Helene Bernays.
(1) Hirsch, Helmut, Freund von Heine, Marx/Engels und Lincoln. Eine Karl Ludwig Bernays Biographe: mit einer Genealogie der Familie Bernays . Frankfurt, Peter Lang 2002. ISBN 3-631-34695-6
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