Minnie (Wilhelmina) or Minna Meyer was born in Hamburg, Germany. She married Dr. Philip P. Carpenter in 1860.
Letter from M.M. Carpenter to Margaret Mercer Dawson.
http://digitalarchives.library.mcgill.ca/MUA/MG1022/series3/mua_dawson_fonds_MUAMG1022-3-0038-0006.pdf