When William David Watt was born on 11 November 1865, in Union, Oregon, United States, his father, George R Watt, was 31 and his mother, Mahala Withrow, was 19. He married Johanna Jane Kiesel on 26 December 1891, in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 daughters. He lived in Jerome, Idaho, United States in 1920 and El Nido, Merced, California, United States in 1930. He died on 17 August 1941, in Merced, Merced, California, United States, at the age of 75.
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The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
Married Women’s Property Act protected women’s rights protected property for women in Oregon upon the death of her husband.
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
Scottish and English: from the common Middle English personal name, Wat(t), a short form of Walter .
West African (Senegal and Mauritania): Tukulor name of unexplained etymology.
Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 屈, possibly based on its Cantonese pronunciation, see Qu 3.
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