Eric Bernays was the son of Lily Bernays and Frederick Simon, born in St. Louis. In 1885, Eric was subject to a fairly public custody battle between his mother Lilly, her father Dr. George Bernays and Simons. In 1897, Eric's aunt, St. Louis lady of letters, Thekla Bernays, formally adopted him. His aunt Thekla took him to Switzerland in the late 1890's where he enrolled in an international business education and attended the Ecole de Commerce at Neufchatel,Swit.He returned to St. Louis about 1902 and was employed by the Crunden Martin Wooden Ware Co. He lived in the Bernays "compound" with his aunt Thekla and uncles Charles, Clemens, and Walter. By 1918, Eric was the Secretary and General Manager of Crunden. In a circumstance similar to the anti-German sentiment encountered by his father-in-law Franklin Cavalli in Texas, Crunden ran into trouble with a teutonic looking eagle on some of its stationery packing..After Eric had this changed to the Statue of Liberty and used red,white, and blue colors, the problem dissolved. By 1929, Eric had became the sales manager for the Grahm Paper Co. He died from injuries suffered as a pedestrian struck by an automobile. He and an attorney were crossing Lindell to attend a ball when they were hit by a car. He was buried on 11 Dec 1935.
Eric Bernays was the son of Lily Bernays and Frederick Simon, born in St. Louis. In 1885, Eric was subject to a fairly public custody battle between his mother Lilly, her father Dr. George Bernays and Simons. In 1897, Eric's aunt, St. Louis lady of letters, Thekla Bernays, formally adopted him. His aunt Thekla took him to Switzerland in the late 1890's where he enrolled in an international business education and attended the Ecole de Commerce at Neufchatel,Swit.He returned to St. Louis about 1902 and was employed by the Crunden Martin Wooden Ware Co. He lived in the Bernays "compound" with his aunt Thekla and uncles Charles, Clemens, and Walter. By 1918, Eric was the Secretary and General Manager of Crunden. In a circumstance similar to the anti-German sentiment encountered by his father-in-law Franklin Cavalli in Texas, Crunden ran into trouble with a teutonic looking eagle on some of its stationery packing..After Eric had this changed to the Statue of Liberty and used red,white, and blue colors, the problem dissolved. By 1929, Eric had became the sales manager for the Grahm Paper Co. He died from injuries suffered as a pedestrian struck by an automobile. He and an attorney were crossing Lindell to attend a ball when they were hit by a car. He was buried on 11 Dec 1935.
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