Titus 3:14 typography

At the Textus Receptus Academy group on Facebook, Brent Riggs brought up a Titus 3:14 typography difference, by which I was quite intrigued. Some printings have the word our’s (with an apostrophe for possession, but which is not normally used in American English with pronouns) and some have ours (without the apostrophe). I checked all of my KJV Bibles that are accessible on shelves (some are boxed and stored). I made a list below of what I found. All are King James translations. Some of these Bibles do not include any copyright or publication year, and some do not have any distinguishing title. Sometimes there are details such as an item number/sku. To help narrow down the timeline for the undated Bibles, I include information about when they were gifted, purchased and such like. This give some indication of when they would have printed – for example, a Bible gifted in 1956, had to be printed at least by that time. They are generally in chronological order.

Our’s

Titus 3:14 - And let our’s also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they be not unfruitful.

• 1769, Blayney 1st edition, Oxford, Bible Museum 2017 facsimile reprint
• 1902, The Self-Pronouncing S.S. Teachers’ Combination Bible, The Southwestern Company
• 1915 ca. Oxford (small Bible, about 4 X 6; no date, but has the name Horace Hart, who was Oxford printer and controller 1883-1915; given to my wife’s grandmother sometime between 1908-1915) 
• 1945 - Scofield Reference Bible, Oxford
• 1956 ca., World Publishing Company (no date, but my aunt gave this Bible to my grandmother in 1956) 
• 1964, Thompson Chain-Reference, B. B. Kirkbride
• 1965, The Holy Bible: Michelangelo Edition, Abradale Press
• 1970, The Crusade Analytical Edition, Crusade Bible Publishers
• 1976 ca., World Publishing Company (no date, but I gave this Bible to my mother in 1976)
• 1978, Nave’s Study Bible: King James Version, Broadman Press
• 1988, Thompson Chain-Reference, B. B. Kirkbride
• 2009, R. L. Allan & Son Publishers 

Ours

Titus 3:14 - And let ours also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they be not unfruitful.

• 1611, Robert Barker, printer to the King (facsimile reprint)
• 1833, The Holy Bible: An Exact Reprint Page for Page of the Authorized Version of 1611 in roman type, Oxford
• 1873, Cambridge Paragraph Bible, Cambridge University Press
• 1889, Franklin Publishing, Richmond, Virginia (a large family Bible)
• 1972, Wide Margin, Thomas Nelson Publishers 
• 1972, Thomas Nelson Snap Flap Pocket Bible, 344S 
• 1976 ca., Zondervan/Eyre and Spottiswoode (no date, but I was given this Bible in 1976)
• 1980, The Reese Chronological Bible: King James Version, Bethany House Publishers
• 1982 ca., Cambridge Concord 17XRL (no date, but given to my wife in 1982)
• 1983 ca., World Bible Publishers, KWM-14-5941 (no date, but purchased probably circa 1983)
• 1985, The Holy Bible, Jove Publications/Consolidated Book Publishers
• 1986 ca., Cambridge Pitt Minion 53X (no date, but I was given this Bible in 1986)
• 1988, The King James Study Bible, Thomas Nelson Publishers
• 1989, Slimline-Reference, Thomas Nelson Publishers  
• 1990, 1611 Roman type reprint, Thomas Nelson Publishers
• 1990, The Companion Bible w/E. W. Bullinger notes, 1922, Kregel Publications
• 1992, The Full Life Study Bible: King James Version, Zondervan Publishing House
• 1993, The Original African Heritage Study Bible: King James Version, World Bible Publishers
• 2000, King James Large Print, Compact Edition, Holman Bible Publishers
• 2003, Scofield Reference Bible, Oxford, 2003 Edition
• 2010, PCE Cambridge University Press 
• 2014 ca., Bearing Precious Seed wide margin (no date, but purchased in 2014)
• 2014, Local Church Bible Publishers 
• 2016, KJV Study Bible for Boys, Baker Books
• 2016, Reader’s Bible, Holman Bible Publishers
• 2019, Holman Bible Publishers
• 2020, Matthew Henry Study Bible, Hendrickson Publishers

My initial reaction is that “our’s” is a typographical error introduced in the Oxford printings. Regardless, this is something of little consequence beyond the curiosity of it all.