Eric Berne Cyprian St. Cyr ("Cyprian Sincere") in whimsical articles in the "Transactional Analysis Bulletin". Berne was married three times. His first wife was Elinor McRae. They married in 1942, had two children, and divorced acrimoniously in 1945. In 1949 he married Dorothy DeMass Way, with whom he also had two children before their divorce in 1964. After his popular success, Eric married a third time, to Torre Peterson in 1967. The couple took up residence in Carmel, California, where he wrote, but he continued some clinical work in San Francisco. This marriage also ended in divorce, in early 1970. Berne died
Berne frank Berne frank The Frank was the currency of the Swiss canton of Berne between 1798 and 1850. It was subdivided into 10 "Batzen", each of 10 "Rappen". The Frank was the currency of the Helvetian Republic from 1798, replacing the Thaler in Berne. The Helvetian Republic ceased issuing coins in 1803. Berne issued coins between 1808 and 1836. In 1850, the Swiss franc was introduced, with Swiss francs = 1 Berne Frank. Billon coins were issued in denominations of 1, 2, and 5 Rappen, and 1 Batzen, with silver coins for and 5 Batzen and 1, 2 and 4 Franken.