Vincent Cybulski (1886 - 1958)

Born 25 Mar 1886 in Barrys Bay, Sherwood, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada

Ancestors

Husband of Johanna (Paulbecki) Cybulski — married 1912 in Perham, MN

Descendants

Died 1958 at about age 71 in Plentywood, MT

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Biography

Vincent Cybulski was born March 25, 1886 at Barry's Bay, Ontario, Canada. The son of a lumberman, he was the second youngest of a family of ten. Vince was baptized and confirmed in the Catholic faith. He attended school in Ontario and graduated from a business college there.

When he was 22, he left Canada with a cousin and went to Perham, Minnesota to visit relatives. Liking Perham, he decided to stay there and found work in a general store as a bookkeeper and clerk. It was while working there he met Anna Palubecki. They were married in 1912. Two daughters, Gertrude and Margaret, were born to the young couple while they lived in Perham.

Many of Vincent's friends and relatives were moving west to Montana to settle, and in 1915 he decided to go west himself and look for land to farm. He came to Plentywood where his brother-in-law, John Palubecki, had started a business. Anna and her two sisters came several months later. Her older sister, Mary, became Mrs. Ernie Ryan.

Vince and his family settled on a farm six and a half miles south of Plentywood, a half mile from the present farm. Their neighbors were George Munson, Jim O'Toole and William Shinners.

Their farm was very small and drinking water was hard to obtain as there was no good source of water on the farm. They used oxen to pull their plow. Vince and Anna soon found that they could not make a living for their family which had grown to five with the addition of Violet, Raymond, and Florence. They left the farm and moved to Plentywood in 1921 taking over some farming operations from John Palubecki.

Four years later, they were able to buy the William Shinners farm which adjoined their original homestead. Another child, Mary, came.

With a helpful wife, a deep faith, and lots of hard work, Vince was able to take care of his family. Money was extremely scarce. Finally in 1928, it seemed as if things might get better as they had a beautiful crop to harvest. Things were not to get better as Vince was only able to make two rounds with his binder. A hail storm struck and his crop was completely wiped out. The children remember him coming to the house and saying, "It must be the will of God."

From 1929 to 1933 conditions got worse. The great depression hit Sheridan County. Four more children joined the family: James, Dorothy, Teresa and Grace. The family survived on food raised from a large garden, meat and eggs raised on the farm. The only cash income was the weekly cream and butter check. The children's spending money came from money earned by selling gopher tails for a penny and rabbit tails for a nickel.^[1]

Tragedy struck the family on December 30, 1934 when Anna died of appendicitis.^[2] Ten children, with the youngest only a year and four months old, was quite a task for any man, but Vince was up to it. The older girls helped with the younger children.

By 1940, with the coming of good crops, the rise in the price of wheat and cattle, things started looking up for Vince. From then until his death in 1958, he had something he never had before in his life - a bank account and no financial troubles .

Vince was a deeply religious man and was a firm believer in education. His ten children all graduated from Plenywood High School and five attended college. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus and the St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Plentywood.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Aasheim, Magnus. Sheridan Daybreak I. Great Falls: Blue Print and Letter Co. 1970. Pg 610.
2. ↑ Budke, May. Sheridan Daybreak III. Northwinds. Pg. 440.

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• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/136716506/vincent-cybulski: accessed 11 May 2023), memorial page for Vincent Cybulski (25 Mar 1886–7 Mar 1958), Find a Grave Memorial ID 136716506, citing Plentywood Cemetery, Plentywood, Sheridan County, Montana, USA; Maintained by Shirley C (contributor 47853342).