Disney family explained

Disney Family
Founder:Elias Disney
Region:Southern California, U.S.
Origin:Isigny-sur-Mer, France
Estate:Disney Storybook Mansion[1]
Meaning:Originally "d'Isigny"

The Disney Family is an American family that gained prominence when brothers Roy and Walt began creating films through the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio, today known as mass media and entertainment conglomerate The Walt Disney Company. The Disney family's influence on American culture grew with successful feature films such as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in 1937 and the opening of the Disneyland Amusement park in 1955. Other Disney family members have been involved in the management and administration of the Disney company, filmmaking, and philanthropy.

Background

The family name, originally d'Isigny ("from Isigny"), is of Norman French derivation, coming from the town of Isigny-sur-Mer. The Disneys, among others who took names from the Normans, settled in England and gave their name to Norton Disney in Lincolnshire. Some of the family moved to Ireland around the 11th century.[2]

Elias Disney

Elias Charles Disney (1859–1941) was born in the rural village of Bluevale, Province of Canada (now Ontario, Canada), to Irish Protestant immigrants Kepple Elias Disney (1832–1891) and Mary Richardson (1838–1909). Both parents had emigrated from Ireland to Canada as children, accompanying their parents.[3]

Disney married Flora Call (1868–1938) on January 1, 1888, in Kismet, Lake County, Florida.[4] The couple had five children:[5]

Roy Disney family

See main article: Roy O. Disney. Roy Oliver Disney (June 24, 1893  - December 20, 1971)[15] was an American businessman and co-founder of The Walt Disney Company. Roy was married to Edna Francis from April 1925 until his death.[16] Roy's nephew Charles Elias Disney chose to name his son Charles Roy Disney in Roy's honor.[17]

Their son, Roy Edward Disney (January 10, 1930 – December 16, 2009[18]), was a longtime senior executive for the Walt Disney Company and the last member of the Disney family to be actively involved in the company. Disney was often compared to his uncle and father. He had two sons (one, Tim Disney, a documentary film producer), and two daughters;[19] his daughter Abigail Disney is a documentary filmmaker.[20]

Walt Disney family

Walter Elias Disney (December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966) was an American entrepreneur, animator, writer, voice actor and film producer who cofounded Disney Brothers Studio with his brother Roy. He received 59 Academy Award nominations, including 22 awards: both totals are records.[21]

He married Lillian Bounds in 1925.[22] They had two daughters, bearing Diane (December 18, 1933 – November 19, 2013) and after, reportedly, suffering several miscarriages,[23] [24] adopting Sharon (in December 1936, born six weeks previously[25] – February 16, 1993).

Diane married Ronald William Miller, who became president of Walt Disney Productions in 1980 and CEO in 1983, before being ousted by Roy E. Disney.[26]

Sharon,[27] who became an actress,[28] had three children from two marriages, to Robert Brown[29] and later, to William Lund,[30] and died, of complications of breast cancer,[31] [32] February 16, 1993.[33] [34] [35]

Legacy

In 2001, the Walt Disney Hometown Museum, housing a collection of memorabilia from the Disney family, many of which were donated by the family of Ruth Flora Disney Beecher, Walt's sister, opened, in the restored Santa Fe Railway Depot in Marceline, Missouri.[14] [36]

In 2009, the Walt Disney Family Museum, designed by Disney's daughter Diane and her son (Walt's grandson) Walter E. D. Miller, opened in the Presidio of San Francisco.[37] The museum was established to promote and inspire creativity and innovation and celebrate and study the life of Walt Disney.[38]

Further reading

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Notes and References

  1. News: Houlton . Lola . Inside Storybook Mansion, the home Walt Disney designed himself – it's an homage to the fairytales he captured . July 8, 2024 . homesandgardens.com . June 21, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230705115217/https://www.homesandgardens.com/house-design/worlds-best-homes/walt-disney-storybook-mansion . July 5, 2023 . en.
  2. Web site: The Lincolnshire village honoured in every Disney film since 2006. BBC News. October 16, 2023.
  3. Book: Barrier. J. Michael. Michael Barrier. Hollywood Cartoons: American Animation in Its Golden Age. 1999. Oxford University Press. Oxford. 978-0-19-503759-3. 3.
  4. http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780307265968&view=excerpt Walt Disney by Neal Gabler - eBook - Random House
  5. Book: Barrier. J. Michael. Michael Barrier. Hollywood Cartoons: American Animation in Its Golden Age. 1999. Oxford University Press. Oxford. 978-0-19-503759-3. 9 - 10.
  6. Web site: Disney, Herbert A. . . July 10, 2024.
  7. News: Obituary for Raymond Arnold Disney . July 10, 2024 . . November 15, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240710012243/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-kansas-city-star-obituary-for-raymon/82391314/ . July 10, 2024 . Kansas City, Missouri . A29 . He owned his own insurance company and insured Disney Bros. Animation Co. for Walt and Roy O. Disney when they first started their business..
  8. Web site: Raymond Disney, Walt's Brother, is Born . . July 10, 2024 . December 30, 1890.
  9. Web site: 1630 SE Morrison St. Portland, Multnomah County (97214) . Oregon Historic Site Record . Oregon Archaeological Services Sites Database and Oregon Historic Sites Database . July 10, 2024 . 'Ruth Beecher, Walt Disney's Sister, Dies at 91.' [The Oregonian, (Portland, OR), 1995, C11.].
  10. Web site: Walt's Sister, Ruth Flora Disney Beecher, is Born . D23 . July 10, 2024 . December 6, 1903.
  11. Web site: Disney, Ruth F. . . July 10, 2024.
  12. Web site: DiCologero . Brittany . Today in Disney History, 1903: Walt Disney’s Sister, Ruth Flora Disney, Was Born . WDW Magazine . July 10, 2024 . December 6, 2021.
  13. News: Obituary: Ruth Disney Beecher . July 10, 2024 . . April 9, 1995 . 21 . Walt Disney's sister Ruth Disney Beecher, youngest of Walt Disney's siblings, has died. She was 91..
  14. Web site: Korkis . Jim . Letters to Ruth Disney . mouseplanet.com . July 10, 2024 . https://archive.today/20240710011218/https://mouseplanet.com/letters-to-ruth-disney/3835/ . July 10, 2024 . October 31, 2012.
  15. News: Jones. Jack. Roy O. Disney. September 24, 2014. Los Angeles Times. December 21, 1971.
  16. Web site: Disney's Magic Makers: Edna Francis Disney. Daniel. August 1, 2009. Netcot.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20120401034450/http://www.netcot.com/thesite/2009/08/01/disneys-magic-makers-edna-francis-disney/. April 1, 2012. dead. October 31, 2012.
  17. Web site: Women, War & Peace ~ About the Producers : Wide Angle . PBS.org . January 21, 2009 . October 22, 2015.
  18. Web site: Chmielewski. Dawn C.. Bates. James. December 17, 2009. Roy Edward Disney dies at 79; nephew of Walt helped revive animation. Los Angeles Times. May 31, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20180812053636/https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-roy-disney17-2009dec17-story.html. August 12, 2018.
  19. Web site: Roy E. Disney Dies at 79; Rejuvenated Animation. December 17, 2009. The New York Times.
  20. Web site: About . Fork Films . October 22, 2015.
  21. Web site: Nominee Facts – Most Nominations and Awards . April 26, 2013 . Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . April 2, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160402095027/http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/help/statistics/Gen-NomsFacts.pdf.
  22. News: Walt Disney dies of cancer at 65 . Lewiston Morning Tribune . (Idaho) . Associated Press . December 16, 1966 . 1.
  23. News: Holzer . Leo N. . Disney’s daughter reflects on life with her father . July 10, 2024 . . Vacaville Reporter . June 30, 2005 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220928190620/https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2005/06/30/disneys-daughter-reflects-on-life-with-her-father/ . September 28, 2022.
  24. Web site: Walt Disney: Devoted Family Man and Adoptive Father . Considering Adoption .com . July 10, 2024 . January 12, 2016.
  25. Book: Barrier. J. Michael. Michael Barrier. Hollywood Cartoons: American Animation in Its Golden Age. 1999. Oxford University Press. Oxford. 978-0-19-503759-3. 102, 131.
  26. Book: Stewart, James . . . New York . 2005 . 0-684-80993-1.
  27. Web site: Sharon Mae Disney . . July 9, 2024.
  28. Web site: Walt Disney Observing His Daughter in Makeup Session . . July 9, 2024 . en-us . March 22, 2016 . (Original Caption) The proud father, Walt Disney, who won his first fame producing cartoon films, looks on fondly as his younger daughter, Sharon, is made up for her first theatrical role---in Walt Disney's picture, 'Johnny Tremain'..
  29. Web site: Sharon Mae Disney Receiving Kisses on Wedding Day . . July 9, 2024 . en-us . March 10, 2016 . (Original Caption) Mrs. Robert Brown (center), the former Sharon Mae Disney, receives two kisses here after her marriage. Kissing on the left is her father, cartoonist Walt Disney, and planting a kiss at right is husband Robert Brown..
  30. Web site: Sharon Mae Disney . ccsnyder.com . July 9, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240709231436/https://www.ccsnyder.com/clan/snyder/family/report/ps45/ps45_087.htm . July 9, 2024.
  31. News: Walt Disney's Daughter Diane Passes Away At 79 . July 9, 2024 . cbsnews.com . November 19, 2013.
  32. Web site: The Full Family Tree of Walt Elias Disney . . July 9, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240709231725/https://medium.com/@treemily/the-full-family-tree-of-walt-elias-disney-6652a86b328f . July 9, 2024.
  33. News: Sharon Lund; Daughter of Walt Disney . July 9, 2024 . Los Angeles Times . February 17, 1993 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231121014206/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-02-17-me-60-story.html . November 21, 2023.
  34. Web site: Sharon Mae Disney is Born . . July 9, 2024 . December 31, 1936.
  35. Web site: Disney, Sharon M. . D23.
  36. Web site: Museum . Walt Disney Hometown Museum . July 10, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231130071158/https://www.waltdisneymuseum.org/museum . November 30, 2023 . The original museum was built on the personal collection of Ruth Disney Beecher, Walt’s sister..
  37. Web site: About Us. The Walt Disney Family Museum. June 27, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140330224647/http://www.waltdisney.org/about-us. March 30, 2014.
  38. News: The Walt Disney Family Museum Mourns the Loss of Diane Disney Miller. November 19, 2013. The Walt Disney Family Museum. December 9, 2017. en.
  39. News: Gardner . Eriq . Walt Disney Family Feud: Inside His Grandkids’ Weird, Sad Battle Over a $400 Million Fortune . July 10, 2024 . . May 21, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240419051529/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/walt-disney-family-feud-inside-706029/ . April 19, 2024.
  40. News: Allen . Nick . Walt Disney's twin grandchildren in bitter row over inheritance . July 10, 2024 . . November 30, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210501114923/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/10485976/Walt-Disneys-twin-grandchildren-in-bitter-row-over-inheritance.html . May 1, 2021 . en.

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