Walt Disney

Walt Disney’s grandfather, Kepple, was born in Ireland, but in 1834 he and his family sailed over the Atlantic Ocean to the USA. Kepple and his son Elias Disney (Walt’s father) moved to Kansas in 1878. In January one year later Elias married Flora Call in Florida. The same year in December the oldest son Herbert was born. The three members of the Disney family moved to Chicago, where they built a ...