Hello. Dobro Dosli. Kia Ora. Welcome to THE CIBILICH FAMILY - ABOUT US page. Here is a brief overview of the CIBILICH FAMILY ORIGINS and a list of related surnames.
The modern day Cibilich family originates from the fishing village of DUBA NEAR TRPANJ on the PELJESAC PENINSULA in Croatia . Duba is nestled on the nothern side of the Peljesac Peninsula at the foot of MOUNT SVETI ILIJA about eighty or so kilometres northwest of Dubrovnik. The old part of Duba is concealed by a valley and reveals its true beauty at the end of the winding road from Trpanj.
It is believed that our forebears migrated to the Peljesac Peninsula from GRUDA IN HERCEGOVINA some time in the late fourteenth or early fifteenth century. Two branches of the family became established in OSKORUSNO and in DUBA some time before 1500. Please visit the CIBILICH FAMILY PRE DUBA for a more detailed analysis of this early history.
The oldest main family names associated with the village Duba near Trpanj are CIBILICH , PETROVICH , TOMASOVICH , MURINA , JURISICH , BILICH , SLABICH and ZEGURA . The three English spelling versions of our name are CIBILICH , CIBILIC and ZIBILICH.
In the last 150 years there has been a massive migration of the population out of Duba. The old waterfront in Duba has withstood the ravages of time and has witnessed many of the Duba people leaving and promising to return. Very few have returned permanently. The permanent population of Duba is now probably less than fifty.
Fortunately the village Duba near Trpanj has proved to be a popular holiday destination and during the summer months the population increases dramatically. Many of these holiday makers are Duba people who return to the village of their forebears each summer to enjoy the sea and the sunshine. Sunbathing on the beach at this time are many of those whose grandparents were born there.
By far the majority of Cibilich / Cibilic / Zibilich migrants have left Duba for the USA particularly for LOUISIANA in and around NEW ORLEANS . The Cibilich name can be found in many other countries including Australia and New Zealand. In NEW ZEALAND the Cibilich / Cibilic families represent three main lines of descent.
My father TOME ( TOM ) CIBILICH emmigrated to New Zealand in 1937 to join his father VISKO CIBILIC who had first come here in 1924. My grandmother MARIJA CIBILIC had remained in Duba. My father's brother VLAHO ( WALLY ) D. CIBILIC arrived here in 1939. Both my father and uncle married and settled here in Auckland. My grandfather VISKO CIBILIC finally returned to Duba in 1959. My father's sister ANE BILIC still lives in Duba.
Some of the family names connected to the CIBILICH FAMILY TREE are as follows below. This list is by no means complete and is courtesy of the late VLAHO ( WALLY ) D. CIBILIC. I have detailed genealogy of my Cibilich ancestors and the other Duba families going back about fifteen generations.
SURNAMES CONNECTED TO THE CIBILICH FAMILY TREE
ALFORTIC
ANTUNOVIC
BABICH
BAILEY
BAUTOVIC
BEGOVIC
BIBICA
BILIC
BJELOVUCIC
BOBAN
BOLIC
BONACIC
BOROVINA
BOTICA
BUNTULIC
CEBALO
CERTIC
CIBILIC
CIBILICH
CURAC
DEVCIC
DOMINKOVIC
DON
DRUSKOVIC
DUVNJAK
ERCEG
ERGERT
FALCONI
FARAC
FRANICEVIC
GENERO
GRIFFITHS
HAKARAIA
HODILJE
ILIC
IVIC
IVICA
JADRIC
JAKULICA
JANCIC
JASPRICA
JELAS
JELAVIC
JELCIC
JERKOVIC
JOVICA
JURETIC
JURIC
JURISIC
KORJAN
KRON
KUMARICH
LOVERICH
MASKARIC
MAZURAN
MODRIC
MUNITIC
MURINA
NOBILO
PAMUKOVIC
PARAVIA
PAUSINA
PECAR
PERONIJA
PETROVIC
PINO
PIVAC
POSA
POSINKOVIC
PROTIC
RADJA
RAKIDIJA
RATKOVIC
RAUCH
ROKO
SALE
SELAK
SELAKOVIC
SIKMIC
SLABIC
SLADOVIC
SLAKIC
SLAVIC
SLEKO
SRHOJ
STAER
STOPIC
STORELI
STUK
TESVIC
TOMASETTI
TOMASOVIC
TOMIC
TONCINA
TVRTKOVIC
VALIC
VICELIC
VISKOVIC
VRCIC
YELAVICH
ZARAK
ZEGURA
ZIBILICH
ZORKO
| JOHN CIBILICH HOMEPAGE | THE CIBILICH FAMILY TREE | ANCESTORS OF JOHN CIBILICH |
| DESCENDANTS OF MATO CIBILIC | CIBILICH FAMILY PRE DUBA | PHOTO ALBUM FAVOURITE SITES |
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME at cibo.kc@xtra.co.nz with updates, queries or corrections. I am always keen to hear from others.
JOHN VINCENT CIBILICH
24 PUKEHANA AVENUE
AUCKLAND 1003
NEW ZEALAND.
PLEASE SIGN my GUESTBOOK or you can VIEW my GUESTBOOK here .
The John Cibilich Homepage and the Cibilich Family web site was first started in September 1999. This page was last updated 14 April 2002. It is best viewed with Microsoft Internet Explorer with a screen resolution of 800 x 600 pixels and the text size set to smaller .
