According to her death record, Helen "Nellie" MacIntyre was born 6 October 1902 in Glasgow, Scotland, the daughter of William and Frances "Fannie" (McCann) MacIntyre, both born in Glasgow. (Other records state 1903 as her year of birth.)

The MacIntyre family - spelled "McIntyre" - is found in the 1920 Federal Census of Juniata Borough, Blair County, Pennsylvania. The father, William MacIntyre, was 60, his wife, Fanny, 57. They had emigrated from Scotland in 1887. Children named in that census were James, 29; William, 27; Jennie, 25; George, 23; married daughter, Fannie Redding, 21, and Nellie, 18. Based on the census information, William and Fanny had come to the U. S. in 1887, had son, Joseph, in Pennsylvania about 1889, and then returned to Scotland before the births of William, Jennie, George, Fannie and Nellie. Son, William, emigrated to the U. S. in 1910 and the others in 1911. In this 1920 census, the father was a railroad laborer. Jennie was a weaver in a silk mill, Fannie was a proof reader in a newspaper office, and Nellie was a transferer in the silk mill.

Helen C. "McIntire," 27, is found in the 1930 Federal Census of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania employed as a Nurse for the City of Pittsburgh. Her sister, Frances McIntire, 28, was a proofreader, was also residing in the home on Ellsworth Avenue.

Helen's mother and other family members were living in Avalon, Allegheny County in 1930. Helen's sister, Janet/Jennie, was also a nurse, both having graduated in the St. Francis Class of 1924.

Helen C. MacIntyre, 37, married Newton A. Berman, a Philadelphia-born merchant, on March 24, 1937 in Pittsburgh. Mr. Berman was the son of Jacob H. Berman and Theresa Alexander. Jacob Berman operated the Berman Brother's Men's Furnishing and Tailoring shop at 516 William Penn Place, Pittsburgh. Newton's brother, Herbert, managed the store after their father died.

Helen MacIntyre Berman died at Magee Hospital on 1 August 1938, according her death certificate. She and her husband are buried at Allegheny Cemetery. Newton Served in World War I. His Registration Card for World War II indicates that he had Parkinson's Disease. He was born August 21, 1896 and died January 2, 1959.