My name is Mina Jessie. I was named after my 2 grandmother's (both had passed before I was born). To this day it is always mispronounced and during my 7th grade my teacher called me Myra the whole year. Since I have grown up and learned more about my grandmothers I have more or less embraced the names because of the women I was named for must have been very strong to live during times when women had to be very strong. Mina was born in Minnesota and widowed with a 5 & 7 year old. Jessie died in childbirth in NW Pennsylvania.