Minnie B. Weygandt (1862-1933) was born in Washington, Pennsylvania, and died in Boston, Massachusetts. Sometime before 1870 she moved with her family to Fairfield, Iowa. Minnie first heard of Christian Science in 1886 when a Christian Science practitioner visited Fairfield. A relative experienced healing through the practitioner's treatment and inspired Minnie's older sister, Sarah "Sadie" R. Goehner (b. Weygandt) to begin reading Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures. Soon thereafter, Minnie herself was healed by Christian Science, and she and her younger sister, Mary E. Weygandt, also began studying Science and Health. Mary began a healing practice and in May 1894 traveled to Boston, Massachusetts, to study with Mary Baker Eddy's student Janet T. Colman. Later that year Minnie also went to Boston to study with Colman. Minnie and Mary joined The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, on June 30, 1894, and Sadie joined on December 29, 1894.
Colman introduced Minnie and Mary to Eddy's students Caroline S. and Edward P. Bates, who hired Minnie as a cook and Mary as a maid. In 1899, Eddy's student Laura E. Sargent, who managed Eddy's Pleasant View home, requested the Weygandt sisters to join the household's staff. Mary served there as a maid until 1904, and Minnie served there primarily as a cook, among other duties, until 1907, when she requested Eddy's leave in order to spend more time studying and practicing Christian Science. Her extensive and detailed reminiscences are important records of life at Pleasant View during the eight years she worked there, and she also took many both posed and candid photographs of other Pleasant View staff members going about their daily activities. After Eddy moved to her Chestnut Hill home in 1908, Minnie filled in as a cook there at times. She also worked for Eddy's student Mary Armstrong. Minnie returned to work full time at Chestnut Hill from 1912 until 1920, serving both Laura E. and then Victoria H. Sargent, who were the property's custodians after Eddy's passing. Thereafter, Minnie owned and operated a rooming house in Boston for the rest of her life.
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Minnie B. Weygandt (1862-1933) was born in Washington, Pennsylvania, and died in Boston, Massachusetts. Sometime before 1870 she moved with her family to Fairfield, Iowa. Minnie first heard of Christian Science in 1886 when a Christian Science practitioner visited Fairfield. A relative experienced healing through the practitioner's treatment and inspired Minnie's older sister, Sarah "Sadie" R. Goehner (b. Weygandt) to begin reading Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures. Soon thereafter, Minnie herself was healed by Christian Science, and she and her younger sister, Mary E. Weygandt, also began studying Science and Health. Mary began a healing practice and in May 1894 traveled to Boston, Massachusetts, to study with Mary Baker Eddy's student Janet T. Colman. Later that year Minnie also went to Boston to study with Colman. Minnie and Mary joined The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, on June 30, 1894, and Sadie joined on December 29, 1894.
Colman introduced Minnie and Mary to Eddy's students Caroline S. and Edward P. Bates, who hired Minnie as a cook and Mary as a maid. In 1899, Eddy's student Laura E. Sargent, who managed Eddy's Pleasant View home, requested the Weygandt sisters to join the household's staff. Mary served there as a maid until 1904, and Minnie served there primarily as a cook, among other duties, until 1907, when she requested Eddy's leave in order to spend more time studying and practicing Christian Science. Her extensive and detailed reminiscences are important records of life at Pleasant View during the eight years she worked there, and she also took many both posed and candid photographs of other Pleasant View staff members going about their daily activities. After Eddy moved to her Chestnut Hill home in 1908, Minnie filled in as a cook there at times. She also worked for Eddy's student Mary Armstrong. Minnie returned to work full time at Chestnut Hill from 1912 until 1920, serving both Laura E. and then Victoria H. Sargent, who were the property's custodians after Eddy's passing. Thereafter, Minnie owned and operated a rooming house in Boston for the rest of her life.
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