Individual Details

Arundel Elias Disney

(1801 - 31 May 1880)

Events

Birth	1801	Gowran, County Kilkenny, Ireland
Christen	1803	Saint Mary's Cathedral, Kilkenny, Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland
Death	31 May 1880	Goderich, Huron, Ontario, Canada
Burial	Jun 1880	Mount Hope Cemetery, Ellis, Ellis, Kansas, United States
Life sketch		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. He lived in Lafayette, McKean, Pennsylvania, United States in 1880. He died on 31 May 1880, in Goderich, Huron, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 79, and was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Ellis, Ellis, Kansas, United States. 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. A branch of the family traveled in 1834 from County Kilkenny, Ireland to Liverpool, England where they sailed on the ship "New Jersey". They landed October 3, 1834 in New York City. After a few years they moved to Goderich Township, Huron County, in southwestern Upper Canada (Ontario).[1] Arundel Elias Disney and Maria Swan had eight children: Kepple Disney b. 2 Nov 1832 in Clone, Kilkenny, Ireland, d. 24 May 1891 in Ellis, Ellis, KS. He married Mary Richardson, Mar 18 1858 in Goderich Township, Huron County, ON, b. 30 Mar 1838 in Aghaboe Parish, Queens County, Ireland (daughter of Robert Richardson and Ruth Lark), d. 10 Mar 1909 in Ellis, KS. Mary Disney, b. 6 Aug 1839 in Goderich Township, Huron County, ON. She married Israel E. Forsyth, b. 1840 in Dumfries Township, Middlesex County, ON (son of George Forsyth and Estacia), d. 1900 in New York, USA Elias Disney, b. 4 Apr 1843 in Strathroy, ON, d. 3 Mar 1913 in Hutchinson, Reno, KS Charlotte Disney, b. 1850 in Goderich Township, Huron County, ON. Thomas Disney, b. 1851 in Goderich Township, Huron County, ON. James Disney, b. 1853 in Ontario, Goderich Township, Huron County, ON. Harriet Disney, b. 1856 in Goderich Township, Huron County, ON. d. 10 Jul 1881 in Ellis, Ellis, Kansas, USA. She married Walter White Martin, 28 Apr 1875 in Chicago, Cook County, IL, b. 28 Mar 1850 in Cincinnati, Madison, OH, d. 14 Dec 1927 in Denver, Adams, CO. Arundel Robert Disney, b. 1858 in Goderich Township, Huron County, ON. d. 1910. He was the father of Kepple Disney. He was the great-grandfather of Walter Elias Disney, Roy Oliver Disney, Herbert Arthur Disney, Raymond Arnold Disney, and Ruth Flora Disney. Arundel and Marie are the direct Disney family link to Ireland, something Walt Disney often would refer to to when he was discussing his family lineage!

Families

Spouse	Maria Swan (1814 - 1896)
Child	Kepple Elias Disney (1832 - 1891)

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