Minnie (Wilhelmina) or Minna Meyer was born in Hamburg, Germany. She married Dr. Philip P. Carpenter in 1860.
Letter from M.M. Carpenter to John William Dawson.
http://digitalarchives.library.mcgill.ca/MUA/MG1022/series2/mua_dawson_fonds_MUAMG1022-2-123-0008.pdf