Walt Disney

:For the company founded by Disney, see The Walt Disney Company. For other uses, see Walt Disney (disambiguation).

1901-1919: Childhood

Disney was born in Chicago, Illinois to Elias Disney and the former Flora Call. Disney's paternal grandparents, Kepple Disney and Mary Richardson, were Irish immigrants. Walt was named after his father and after his father's close friend Walter Parr, the minister at St. Paul Congregational Church. In 1906, his family moved to a farm near Marceline, Missouri. The family sold the farm in 1909 and lived in a rented house until 1910, when they moved to Kansas City. Disney was nine years old at the time.

Related Topics:
Chicago, Illinois - Elias Disney - Irish - Walter Parr - 1906 - Marceline - Missouri - 1909 - 1910 - Kansas City

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

According to the Kansas City Public School District records, Disney began attending the Benton Grammar School in 1910, and graduated on June 8, 1911. During this time, Disney also enrolled in classes at the Chicago Art Institute. He left school at the age of sixteen and became a volunteer ambulance driver in World War I, after he changed his birth certificate to show his year of birth as 1900 instead of 1901, in order to be able to enlist in the service. He served as a member of the American Red Cross Ambulance Force in France until 1919.

Related Topics:
1910 - June 8 - 1911 - Chicago Art Institute - Ambulance - World War I - 1900 - American Red Cross - France - 1919

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~