 1859 - 1941 (82 years) Submit Photo / Document
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| Name |
Elias Charles Disney |
| Birth |
6 Feb 1859 |
Bluevale, Morris-Turnberry, Huron, Ontario, Canada  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Initiatory (LDS) |
COMPLETED |
PROVO |
| FamilySearch ID |
L7N1-4CZ |
| Death |
13 Sep 1941 |
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Burial |
Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Headstones |
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| Person ID |
I97070 |
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| Last Modified |
25 Feb 2024 |
| Father |
Kepple Elias Disney, b. 2 Nov 1832, Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland d. 24 May 1891, Ellis, Ellis, Kansas, United States (Age 58 years) |
| Mother |
Mary Jane Richardson, b. 20 Mar 1838, Aghaboe, County Laois, Leinster, Ireland d. 10 Mar 1909, Ellis, Ellis, Kansas, United States (Age 70 years) |
| Marriage |
18 Mar 1858 |
Huron, Ontario, Canada |
| Family ID |
F31032 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Flora Call, b. 22 Apr 1868, Steuben, Huron, Ohio, United States d. 26 Nov 1938, North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (Age 70 years) |
| Marriage |
1 Jan 1888 |
Kismet, Lake, Florida, United States |
| Children |
| | 1. Herbert Arthur Disney, b. 8 Dec 1888, Acron, Lake, Florida, United States d. 29 Jan 1961, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States (Age 72 years) |
| + | 2. Raymond Arnold Disney, b. 30 Dec 1890, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States d. 24 May 1989, Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California, United States (Age 98 years) |
| | 3. Roy Oliver Disney, b. 24 Jun 1893, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States d. 20 Dec 1971, Burbank, Los Angeles, California, United States (Age 78 years) |
| + | 4. Walter Elias Disney, b. 5 Dec 1901, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States d. 15 Dec 1966, Burbank, Los Angeles, California, United States (Age 65 years) |
| | 5. Ruth Flora Disney, b. 6 Dec 1903, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States d. 7 Apr 1995, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States (Age 91 years) |
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| Family ID |
F31031 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
21 Apr 2024 |
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 | Birth - 6 Feb 1859 - Bluevale, Morris-Turnberry, Huron, Ontario, Canada |
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 | Initiatory (LDS) - COMPLETED - PROVO |
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 | Marriage - 1 Jan 1888 - Kismet, Lake, Florida, United States |
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 | Death - 13 Sep 1941 - Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States |
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 | Burial - - Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Los Angeles, California, United States |
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| Notes |
- ELIAS CHARLES DISNEY ~
was the husband of Flora Call Disney and the father of Walt Disney, (Wal t er Elias Disney). His other children are Herbert Arthur Disney, Raymon d A rnold Disney, Roy Oliver Disney and one daughter Ruth Flora Disney .
Elias Charles Disney is entombed next to his wife Flora Call Disney with i n the Great Mausoleum in the Sanctuary of Truth concourse in Forest La w n Memorial-Park in Glendale, California .
Walt Disney and his family are remembered in a beautiful private garde n n ear the Freedom Mausoleum in Forest Lawn in Glendale. Other family i s i n Forest Lawn Memorial-Park in the Hollywood Hills and other cemeteri es i n California and Missouri and elsewhere.
Elias was born in the Village of Bluevale, Ontario, Province of Canada a n d the the son of Irish immigrants Kepple Elias Disney and Mary Richards on . The name "Elias" is a version of the name Elijah, the prophet. Bot h o f Elias' parents had immigrated from Ireland as children with their p aren ts. Elias lived in California and Ellis, Kansas, and in Colorado an d in F lorida before moving with his family to Chicago.
Elias held very strict Christian family values and he instilled these va l ues in his children! He was known as a stern man and he was active in t h e Congregational Church where he often would preach strong sermons tout in g sobriety when the regular minister was not available! He never dran k al cohol and seldom smoked. He felt that going to a movie house and mos t oth er forms of entertainment "to be a complete waste of time."
To be certain, Elias loved his family and he was likely under pressure d u e to financial problems. At the time Elias passed away, Walt Disney sai d : "I adored my dad because he always set very high standards for his ch il dren; he desired for each one of us to be successful!"
Disney married Flora Call on January 1, 1888, in Kismet, Florida, 50 mil e s from the land on which Walt Disney World would eventually be built a n d lived for a short time they in adjoining Acron, Florida. She was th e da ughter of his father's neighbors. Soon after marriage, the Disney' s move d to Chicago, Illinois, where Elias met and befriended Walter Parr , St. P aul Congregational Church's preacher, for whom the Disney's fourt h son, W alter, was named; his full name being Walter Elias Disney! By th e turn o f the century, Elias had become an active building contractor. H e built h ouses which he owned and then resold at a fair profit. He als o built th e Saint Paul Congregational Church, a building dedicated on Oc tober 14, 1 900. Elias was one of the church's trustees, while his wife F lora was it s treasurer.
In 1906 Disney moved his family to a small farm in Marceline, Missouri b e cause he feared the rising crime rate in Chicago and he wanted his chil dr en to live in a much safer environment. It was on this farm in Marceli n e where Walt Disney and his siblings Roy and Ruth often would sit und e r a huge tree close to the family home and dream and Walt later named t hi s "The Dreaming Tree!" Also, in Marceline Walt drew some of his earlie s t drawings for a neighbor who was a prominent physician who asked and p ai d Walt to draw sketches of his beloved horse. Marceline was the plac e whe re Walt was first exposed to all sorts of animals that likely ingra ined i n his heart the love for all animals as he would later portray i n so man y of his beloved animated and even true life films!
The family sold the farm on November 28, 1910, as Elias fell ill. He w a s suffering from typhoid fever, followed by pneumonia. The Disney's liv e d in a rented house in Marceline, probably at 508 North Kansas Avenue u nt il 1911, when they moved to Kansas City, Missouri. They lived in a ren te d house at 2706 East Thirty-first Street. They stayed there until the y bo ught their own modest home in September of 1914. It was situated a t 302 8 Bellefontaine Street and today is recognized as the home where th e Disn ey Family permanently resided for a number of years. The Benton El ementar y School was nearby where Walt and Ruth attended school.
On July 1, 1911, Elias purchased a newspaper delivery route for The Kans a s City Star. It extended from Twenty-seventh Street to Thirty-first Str ee t, and from Prospect Avenue to Indiana Avenue. Roy and Walt were put t o w ork delivering the newspapers. The Disney's delivered the morning new spap er known as The Kansas City Times to about 700 customers and the eve nin g and Sunday Kansas City Star to more than 600 customers. Both paper s wer e published by William Rockhill Nelson. Their customers increased w ith ti me. Elias also delivered butter and eggs to his newspaper customer s. The y were regularly imported from a dairy farm in Marceline.
Elias' sons Raymond Arnold Disney and Roy Oliver Disney were bank telle r s at the First National Bank at 10th and Baltimore Avenue (now the Cent ra l Library) in downtown Kansas City, Missouri when Walt was establishin g h is first short-lived animation studio he named Laugh-O-gram Studio i n th e McConaughey Building located at 1127 E. 31st Street (31st Street a nd Fo rest Avenue) also in Kansas City, Missouri. This original buildin g remain s today, albeit in disrepair, and hopefully will be fully restor ed! A mos t concerted effort is in place to renew this building !
Raymond Arnold Disney's son who is Charles Elias Disney was named afte r h is grandfather Elias Charles Disney. Elias only saw Charles Elias Dis ne y for a short time before he passed away on his grandsons first birthd a y on September 13, 1941.
Elias sold the paper route on March 17, 1917. He had been investing in t h e O-Zell Company of Chicago since 1912 and moved back to the city in 19 1 7 to take an active role in its management. The Disney's rented a Chica g o flat at 1523 Ogden Avenue.
He retired from management work in 1920 and moved back to Kansas City . H e was again working as a carpenter. He moved to Portland, Oregon by S epte mber-October in the autumn of 1921. His son Herbert and family had e arlie r moved to this city.
He was a fiddler himself and would bring home anyone else who could pl a y an instrument. Elias loved music and he also wanted his family to enj o y music!
Elias lived to see his two sons Walt Disney, (Walter Elias Disney) and R o y Oliver Disney establish the Disney Bros. Studio and later Walt Disne y P roductions, which today is known as The Walt Disney Company. He was v er y proud of his sons accomplishments and he really loved and was fascin ate d with Walt's early animated films!
Sadly, his wife Flora Disney passed away on November 26, 1938 as the res u lt of gas asphyxiation in their home due to a lingering and hidden ga s le ak. Elias never fully recovered from this terrible emotional loss! E lia s Charles Disney was a decent man and with all of the struggles lif e seem ed to bring him, Elias never refrained from loving and providing f or hi s beloved family!
Elias Charles Disney passed from this life on September 13, 1941.
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