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Apr 4, 2023 · Arundel Elias Disney was the great grandfather of Walt Disney through son Kepple Elias Disney and grandson Elias Charles Disney. The Disney family hails from Ireland and they are descended from a Norman named Robert d'Isigny who arrived in England in 1066 with William the Conqueror.
- County Kilkenny, The Municipal District of Castlecomer
- Ellis, Ellis County, KS, United States
- 1801
When Arundel Elias Disney was born in 1801, in Gowran, County Kilkenny, Ireland, his father, Kepple Disney, was 25 and his mother, Frances Best, was 25. He married Maria Swan on 1 September 1832, in Gowran, County Kilkenny, Ireland. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 6 daughters.
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Arundel Elias Disney was the great grandfather of Walt Disney, (Walter Elias Disney). Walt Disney through son Kepple...
Born in Rathbeagh, near Freshford, Co. Kilkenny, Arundel Elias Disney (c.1801-1880) is best known as the familial link between Walt Disney and Ireland, something which Walt was known to refer to often.
Walt’s great-grandfather, Arundel Elias Disney, emigrated from Ireland to North America with his family in 1834. His Irish-born son, Kepple, married another Irish-born immigrant, Mary Richardson; their eldest son, Elias, would become Walt’s father.
Apr 30, 2021 · When Arundel Elias Disney was born in 1801, in Gowran, County Kilkenny, Ireland, his father, Kepple Disney, was 25 and his mother, Frances Best, was 25. He married Maria Swan on 1 September 1832, in Gowran, County Kilkenny, Ireland.
May 20, 2019 · Kepple Elias Disney was the grandfather of Walt Disney. Swan would go on to give birth to 15 more children. In 1834, Arundel (great-grandfather of Walt Disney) and his brother Robert traveled to Liverpool with their families and set sail for New York aboard the New Jersey.
