Bernays family

Similarly, a number of the children of Jacob Bernays (1747 - 1817) produced high achievers in the fields of medicine, engineering and public administration.

Amalia BERNAYS, born 1798 in Weisenau (known as Gudel Leser until 1808); married Judas HAMBURG in 1821; died 1830 in Mainz, Hessen; 2.

Henri BERNAYS, born 1803 in Weisenau (known as Hayum Leser until 1808); married Amalie WITH; died 1890 in Mainz Hessen; 4.

Victor BERNAYS, born 1809 in Mainz, Hessen; married Henriette HAMBURG in 1843; died 1883 in Bruessel; 8.

Bernhard Clemenz BERNAYS, born 1812 in Mainz; married Annie Sherman ca1852; died 1901, Napa Valley California, US; 2.

Karl Ludwig BERNAYS, born 1815 in Mainz; married Josephine WOLF ca 1843 in Frankreich; died 1879 in St Louis, US 3.

Georg John BERNAYS, born 1824 in Büren/Minden; married Wilhelmina Christina Theresia DOERING in 1853; died 1888 in St Louis US; 7.

Jakob BERNAYS, born 11 Sep 1824 in Hamburg; he was a noted philologist and Classical and Hebrew Scholar first, from 1849 to 1854, at the University of Breslau, secondly, in 1854 he co-founded the Jewish Theological Seminary in Breslau and thirdly in 1868, he was appointed Assistant Professor and librarian at the University of Bonn; single; died 26 May 1881 in Bonn; 3.

Lea BERNAYS, born 1829 in Hamburg; married Isaac Low BEER ; died 1924 in Brno; 5.

Johanna Son, Prof Adolphus Bernays PhD (known as Aaron Jacob until 1808) was born 1794 in Mainz.