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William Johnston Ower 1839 - 1923

William Johnston Ower of Brton Australia was born in 1839 to Hay Ower and Mary Mary (Johnstone) Ower. He married Mary Ower Ower on June 26, 1867 in Dundee, Dundee City Council County, Scotland United Kingdom, and they were married until Mary's death on December 12, 1922 in Brighton, Bayside City County, Victoria. William Ower died at age 84 years old in 1923 in Brton.

William Johnston Ower
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1839
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In 1839, in the year that William Johnston Ower was born, in The Boston Morning Post, on March 23rd, the first recorded use of the word "OK" appeared. A columnist in the paper said this: "The "Chairman of the Committee on Charity Lecture Bells, is one of the deputation, and perhaps if he should return to Boston, via Providence, he of the Journal, and his train-band, would have his 'contribution box,' et ceteras, o.k.—all correct—and cause the corks to fly, like sparks, upward." While this is the first known time that OK appeared in print, where the word came from is still disputed.
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In 1868, William was 29 years old when on July 9th, The Fourteenth Amendment to the US Constitution was ratified. The Fourteenth Amendment guaranteed African Americans full citizenship and equal protection under the law. It also gave all persons in the United States due process of law. The former Confederate states hotly contested the amendment but were forced to go along so that they could regain representation in Congress
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June 26, 1867
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Dundee, Dundee City Council, Scotland United Kingdom
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Brighton, Bayside City, Victoria, 3186 Australia
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Mary Ower Ower May 13, 1842 - Dec 12, 1922
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Ower, Robert (Mar 7, 1929 - Sep 1987) Ower, Roald (Mar 27, 1913 - Jun 22, 2005) Ower, Everett (Jul 6, 1908 - Feb 7, 1992) Ower, Donald (Mar 18, 1927 - Jun 1978) Ower, Sue (Jun 17, 1919 - May 30, 2003) Ower, Herbert (Jul 13, 1941 - May 5, 2007) Ower, Peter (Mar 11, 1944 - Aug 15, 1995) Ower, Robert (Apr 16, 1954 - Apr 10, 1976) Ower, Ethel (Jun 7, 1916 - Feb 5, 2006) Ower, Dora (Oct 18, 1949 - Aug 10, 2002)
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