Kepple Disney(Walt's grandfather) is born to Arundel and wife Maria in Ireland.
Arundel Elias Disney(Walt's great grandfather) is born in County Kikenny, Ireland.
1832
Kepple Disney(Walt's grandfather) is born to Arundel and wife Maria in Ireland.
1834
Arundel and brother Robert sail from Liverpool to America.
1878
Kepple & sons Elias(Walt's father) & Robert(Walt's uncle) move to Ellis, Kansas.
Jan 1, 1888
Elias Disney marries Flora Call in Akron, Florida.
Dec 8, 1888
Herbert(Walt's oldest brother) is born.
1889
Elias, Flora & Herbert move to Chicago and build a little house.
Dec 30, 1890
Raymond Arnold Disney(Walt's brother) is born.
June 24, 1893
Roy Oliver Disney(Walt's brother) is born.
1901
Elias & Preacher Walter Parr agree to name each expecting child's name after each other, should they have a son.
Dec 5, 1901
Walter Elias Disney is born.
Dec 6, 1903
Ruth Flora Disney(Walt's sister) is born.
1906
Disneys move to Marceline, Missouri.
1907
Herb & Raymond move to Chicago.
1909
Elias sells farm, rents home until 1910.
1910
Disneys move to Kansas City.
1912
Roy leaves family to work for Uncle Will in Kansas.
June 8, 1917
Walt graduates Benton School.
1918-1919
Walt works as a member of the American Ambulance Corps in France.
1919
Walt returns to the US, moves to Kansas City and gets job at the Posman-Rubin Commercial Art Studio for $50 a month.
Jan, 1920
Walt meets Ubbe Iwwerks(later shortened to Ub Iwerks)and together form Iwerks-Disney Commercial Artists. It lasts only one month.
1920
Walt & Ub work for the Kansas City Slide Company.
Walt names films "Newman Laugh-O-grams."
1921
Elias & Flora Disney return to Kansas City, then move to Portland, OR.
1922
Walts quits the Film Ad, then incorporates "Laugh-O-gram Films" with $15,000 from local investors. Walt persuades Ub Iwerks to leave the Film Ad.
Ub Iwerks leaves "Laugh-O-gram Films", looks to the Film Ad.
July, 1923
Walt resigns himself to bankrupcy, moves to Hollywood planning to become a director.
Oct 16, 1923
Walt & Roy sign a contract with M.J. Winkler, a New York cartoon distributor.
They rent a room at the back of a real estate office. Roy operates a secondhand camera while two girls were hired to ink & paint the celluloids. Walt does the animation.
Feb, 1924
Walt hires the first animator, Rollin(Ham) Hamilton and moves into a small store with a window bearing "Disney Bros. Studio."
March, 1924
The first Alice Comedy reaches theaters.
June, 1924
Ub Iwerks moves to California to join Disney Productions.
Walt wanted to concentrate on the scenarios of the film; his career as an animator is over.
Dec, 1924
Walt invites Hugh Harmen & Rudy Ising to work for him.
April, 1925
Roy marries Edna Francis. Walt meets Lillian Bounds, hired by the Studios.
July 13, 1925
Walt proposes to Lillian, eventually wed.
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