In 1890, Charles Kennard and several other investors started the Kennard Novelty Company to manufacture the board as a toy. Smithsonian reports that the name Ouija was not, ...

Charles Kennard of Baltimore, ... They formed Kennard Novelty Company in 1890 along with other investors like William H.A. Maupin, Colonel Washington Bowie, and John F. Green.

The inventor of the 1886 Ouija board remains disputed — some credit a cabinetmaker named E. C. Reiche, while others say it was Charles Kennard.

His partner, Charles Kennard, stated that they named the board Ouija (pronounced WE-ja) because the board suggested it. “It spelled out O-U-I-J-A.

Rice Board could plant a new tree in honour of the late Charles Kennard October 23, 2007. One day, two horse race meets, zero solution so far January 26, 2019.