Early Life
Disney was born in the rural village of Bluevale, Ontario, Canada, to Irish immigrants of English descent, Kepple Elias Disney and Mary Richardson. He became a farmer and a businessman with little success. He moved to California with his father in 1878 in hopes of finding gold. Instead, Kepple was convinced by an agent of the Union Pacific Railroad to buy 200 acres (81 ha) of land near Ellis, Kansas. Disney was an ardent socialist and a supporter of Eugene Debs.
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