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According to Vlaho D.Cibilic and Stipo L.Cibilic the earliest mentioned Cibilich ancestors appear to be BILUN CIBILIC born in the late 15th century and his son ( or possibly nephew ) MATO CIBILIC born around 1500 .
BILUN CIBILIC travelled to Spain in the second half of the 15th century . During his five years in Spain he accumulated wealth by trading with the armies involved in the wars between the Spanish and the Moors .This wealth was said to be all in gold coins . Upon his return to Duba he built the "Magacin" ( fisherman's storehouse ) and started sardine fishing in that part of the Adriatic .
It is highly probable that BILUN CIBILIC was a commercial seafarer and that he worked or sailed on commercial ships which enabled him to travel such distances to Spain .
It is interesting to put the life span of BILUN CIBILIC into historical perspective. The war between the Spanish and the Moors ended around 1492 with the Spanish conquest of the Kingdom of Granada. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS ( b.1451 - d.1506 ) set sail from Spain on the first of his four voyages of discovery to the New World in 1492. His last voyage ended in 1504 .
I think we can assume with reasonable confidence that BILUN CIBILIC had travelled and was trading in Spain before CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS discovered America. We could even speculate that BILUN CIBILIC may have witnessed the departure of the Columbus sailing ships the Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria in 1492 at the start of his first voyage of discovery. This is conjecture on my part however.
This BILUN CIBILIC appears to have been the father or the uncle of MATO CIBILIC. It appears as though MATO CIBILIC born around 1500 is the common ancestor of all the present day CIBILIC / CIBILICH / ZIBILICH families.
The second report ( report # 2 ) which uses a descendant format will eventually chart all known descendants of MATO CIBILIC.
Prepared by:
JOHN VINCENT CIBILICH
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