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Elias was born in Ontario, Canada, to Kepple Disney II and Mary Richardson. He became a farmer and a businessman with little success. Elias moved to California with his father in 1878 in hopes of finding gold. Instead, Kepple was convinced by an agent of the Union Pacific Railroad to buy 200 acres (800,000 m²) of land near Ellis, Kansas. Elias worked on his father's new farm until 1884, when he left to find another job. He was hired in a railroad machine shop (one of his co-workers was Walter Chrysler), then he joined the railroad crew building the Union Pacific line through Colorado. After the railroad contact was over, he became a professional fiddle player in Denver.

Again he was unsuccessful, and he returned to his father's farm.

He married Flora Call on January 1January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. Here a calendar year refers to the order in which the months are displayed, January to December. The first day of the medieval Julian year was usually a day other, 18881888 is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). In Germany, 1888 is known as the 1888 Year of Three Emperors. Events January 3 91cm telescope first used at Lick Observatory January 12 ? Blizzards in Dakota and Montana, Minnesota, Nebr, in Acron, FloridaAcron was a town in eastern Lake County, Florida in the late 1800s, near Sorrento. It is best known as the town where Flora Call and Elias Disney, the parents of Walt Disney, were married. The location is now a ghost town. Ghost towns in Florida .. She was the daughter of his father's neighbors. They became the parents of:

• Herbert Arthur Disney, born on December 8December 8 is the 342nd day (343rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 23 days remaining. Events 1854 Pope Pius IX proclaims the dogma of Immaculate Conception, which holds that the Virgin Mary was born free of original sin., 18881888 is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). In Germany, 1888 is known as the 1888 Year of Three Emperors. Events January 3 91cm telescope first used at Lick Observatory January 12 ? Blizzards in Dakota and Montana, Minnesota, Nebr.
• Raymond Arnold Disney, born on December 30December 30 is the 364th day of the year (365th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 1 day remaining. Events 1460 Wars of the Roses: The Duke of York is defeated at the Battle of Wakefield 1862 USS Monitor sinks off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, 1890Events January 2 Alice Sanger becomes the first female staffer for the U. White House. January 25 The United Mine Workers of America is founded. January 25 Nellie Bly completes her round-the-world journey in 72 days. March 1 Leon Bourgeois succeeds Ernest.
• Roy Oliver DisneyRoy Oliver Disney ( June 24, 1893 December 20, 1971). Born to Elias Disney and the former Flora Call in Chicago, Illinois, he was Walt Disney's older brother. Roy was Walt's business partner and an important supporting figure to him. While Walt did the dr, born on June 24June 24 is the 175th day of the year (176th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 190 days remaining. Events 1128 Battle of St. Mamede, near Guimaraes. Portuguese forces led by Afonso I beat his mother D. Teresa and D. Fernao Peres de Trava., 1893.
• Walter Elias Disney, born on December 5, 1901 and better known as Walt Disney.
• Ruth Flora Disney, born on December 6, 1903.

Soon after the marriage the couple moved to Chicago, Illinois, where Elias met and befriended Walter Parr, St. Paul Congregational Church's preacher. Elias named his fourth son after both himself and his close friend. According to some sources, Elias 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 till 1910, when they moved to Kansas City, Missouri.