I felt that there was a name Elizabeth that was just a reaction to the question - It turns out that his wife was named Elizabeth, Elizabet or Elizabeta. But the googles I did kept turning up the name Mina or Mena - mostly though these names seemed based on fictional works. Perhaps they knew something though - As I've been googling for days trying to find some obscure information of my own I'll let you take the ball and run with it - Hope it proves to be of some help.

As to someone else doing what you were doing first - do not
allow yoursejf to be discouraged by the attempts of others
to protray a story that seems on the surface to be similar to what you were going to do. If yours is truely original there will be enough differences that there is a place for both...
just make sure the release date is different enough so your work can be fully appreciated and not confused for that other work. - TJ

Message edited on: 02/28/2006 04:51