As a teenage girl she was adopted into the von Westphalen household , to work as a maid .
Helene Demuth was born of peasant parents on December 31 , 1820 in Sankt Wendel in today 's Saarland .
As a teenage girl Helene Demuth was adopted into the von Westphalen household , to work as a maid .
Helene Demuth was born of peasant parents on December 31 , 1820 in Sankt Wendel in today 's Saarland .