Ida Schoen (1860-1917) was born in Vital, Konigswinter, Germany, and died in Wiesbaden, Germany. She grew up in a wealthy household in the Rhineland, where her father was a royal court councilor under Emperor Wilhelm I. She immigrated to the United States, and lived in Dobbs Ferry, New York, where she taught German and French. From 1897 she taught German in her sister Marie's stead at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, while Marie returned to Germany to attend university. Schoen returned to Germany regularly, often accompanied by her younger siblings Marie and Anna. Anna Schoen-René was considered one of the most important singing teachers in the Western world in the 1920s and 1930s.
Schoen joined The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, on January 1, 1898. She was taught by Laura V. Lathrop, a student of Mary Baker Eddy's. By March 1900 she was in Hannover, Germany, with her sister Marie, working with Bertha Günther-Peterson to establish a Christian Science church and community. She traveled to the US that year with Günther-Peterson to present a bible to Eddy, a gift from the Christian Scientists of Hannover. Schoen was listed in the directory of The Christian Science Journal as a Christian Science practitioner and teacher in Berlin, Germany, in 1902 and 1905. Marie joined The First Church of Christ, Scientist, on July 3, 1897, and was also listed as a practitioner and teacher. Ida Schoen was a member of Second Church of Christ, Scientist, New York, New York.
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Ida Schoen (1860-1917) was born in Vital, Konigswinter, Germany, and died in Wiesbaden, Germany. She grew up in a wealthy household in the Rhineland, where her father was a royal court councilor under Emperor Wilhelm I. She immigrated to the United States, and lived in Dobbs Ferry, New York, where she taught German and French. From 1897 she taught German in her sister Marie's stead at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, while Marie returned to Germany to attend university. Schoen returned to Germany regularly, often accompanied by her younger siblings Marie and Anna. Anna Schoen-René was considered one of the most important singing teachers in the Western world in the 1920s and 1930s.
Schoen joined The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, on January 1, 1898. She was taught by Laura V. Lathrop, a student of Mary Baker Eddy's. By March 1900 she was in Hannover, Germany, with her sister Marie, working with Bertha Günther-Peterson to establish a Christian Science church and community. She traveled to the US that year with Günther-Peterson to present a bible to Eddy, a gift from the Christian Scientists of Hannover. Schoen was listed in the directory of The Christian Science Journal as a Christian Science practitioner and teacher in Berlin, Germany, in 1902 and 1905. Marie joined The First Church of Christ, Scientist, on July 3, 1897, and was also listed as a practitioner and teacher. Ida Schoen was a member of Second Church of Christ, Scientist, New York, New York.
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