 He married the Hungarian actress Marie Steltzer (age 15 years) on November 13, 1829.After a period in Vienna, Boernstein went on tour as an actor to cities in the Austrian Empire such as Budapest, Lubjana, Agram [Zagreb], Trieste and Venice, and he served as supervisor of the municipal theaters in St. Pölten and Linz.He became both a successful theatrical entrepreneur and a popular actor.