Minnie (Wilhelmina) or Minna Meyer was born in Hamburg, Germany. She married Dr. Philip P. Carpenter in 1860.
Letter from M. M. Carpenter to Anna Harrington.
http://digitalarchives.library.mcgill.ca/MUA/MG1022/series4/mua_dawson_fonds_MUAMG1022-4-029-0078.pdf