Family
Disney married Flora Call on January 1, 1888, in Kismet, Florida, 50 miles from the land on which Walt Disney World would eventually be built and lived for a short time in adjoining Acron, Florida. She was the daughter of his father's neighbors.
Soon after marriage, the Disneys moved to Chicago, Illinois, where Elias met and befriended Walter Parr, St. Paul Congregational Church's preacher for whom the Disneys' fourth son, Walt, was named.
The couple had five children:
- Herbert Arthur Disney, born on December 8, 1888-January 29, 1961. (72)
- Raymond Arnold Disney, born on December 30, 1890-May 24, 1989. (98)
- Roy Oliver Disney, born on June 24, 1893-December 20, 1971. (78)
- Walter "Walt" Elias Disney, born on December 5, 1901-December 15, 1966. (65)
- Ruth Flora Disney born on December 6, 1903-April 7, 1995. (91)
According to some sources, Disney worried about the rising criminality of the city. In 1906 he moved with his family to a farm near Marceline, Missouri. The family sold the farm in 1909 and lived in a rented house until 1911, when they moved to Kansas City, Missouri.
According to biographical accounts, Disney was a stern man who could have a strong temper at times, and would take the money his sons earned for "safekeeping", considering them too young to know the value of money.
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