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  • The Michael Line
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  • The Peter Line
  • The Bridget Mary Line

• LATER GENERATIONS

  • The Michael Line >
    • The DiSabatino Family
    • The Manley Family
    • The Pollinger Family
    • The Speakman Family
  • The Bridget Line >
    • The Chay Family
    • The Hough Family
    • The Laumer Family
    • The Martin Family
    • The Waller Family
    • The West Family
  • The Patrick Line >
    • The Calnin Family
    • The Erickson Family
    • The O'Halloran Family
  • The Peter Line >
    • The Clements Family
    • The Hayes Family
    • The Kesha Family

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THE DISABATINO FAMILY

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Michael Carrucan, the eldest child of Patrick and Bridget Carrucan, took over the family farm and lived his life in Fanore. He married a local girl, Mary Droney and they had 11 children. Their daughter Ellen emigrated to America in the 1880s, settling in Wilmington, Delaware. From her marriage to John D. Sullivan, a number of strong Carrucan lines have come, including those of the Speakman, Pollinger and Di Sabatino families.

The link to the DiSabatino family is a complex one: Carrucan -> Sullivan -> Speakman -> Pollinger -> Di Sabatino. It follows a purely female line which has resulted in the surname changing at every generation.  

Michael Carrucan (about 1829 - 1903) and Mary Droney ( - 1942) ↓ Mary, Austin, Bridget, Mary, Ellen, Denis, Catherine, Patrick, James and Kate Carrucan

Ellen Carrucan (1863-1940) and John Dennis Sullivan ↓ John, Mary Elizabeth and Ann Sullivan

Mary Elizabeth Sullivan (1900-1975) and Walter Mifflin Speakman II ↓ Walter Mifflin III, John Daniel, Mary Anne, Elizabeth Patricia and James Speakman

Elizabeth Patricia Speakman (1928 -) and John Michael Pollinger Sr. ↓ John Michael Jr, Christopher James, Deborah Ann, Mary Ellen and Lisa Marie Pollinger

Mary Ellen Pollinger and Edward Di Sabatino ↓ Matthew and John Di Sabatino

As you can see from the table above, Mary Ellen has two sons, Matthew Di Sabatino (born 1981) and John Di Sabatino (born 1982) from her first marriage.  Matthew and John are great great grandchildren of Michael Carrucan and Mary Droney.

Both boys graduated from Salesanium High School in Wilmington, Delaware and were both captains of their football team.
 
Matthew married his high school sweetheart, Laura Kappauff, and now has three beautiful daughters - Olivia, Emma and Alaina.  Matthew is a detective on the New Castle County Police Department in Delaware and Laura works as a Senior Quality Analyst for Bank of America in Newark, Delaware. 
 
John graduated from Widener University with a degree in Sociology and is now a Resource Specialist working in the School District of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for Devereux.

We retain strong links with ur American cousing even though we are separated by many miles and many generations.

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