James Cuberly & "Daddy" Jubinville
Assembled from correspondence with James, Lyle, and Barbara Cubberly. Primary narrative by Clyde Cubberly (born 1888).
The key to the Midwest Cubberlys is Isaac Coberly. A rebellious son from Tennessee, Isaac took $100 and a rifle and headed north. After years of trapping in Ohio and Michigan, he arrived in Ontario, where he met an old French Canadian trapper known as Jules "Daddy" Jubinville.
“Old man Jubinville was called Daddy. He married a Chippewa sqaw called Marie... My grandfather Ike fell in love with Mary (Jules' daughter) and married her. They started back south through Michigan and finally Indiana. Isaac later died in the Civil War, and Mary eventually bought 18 acres in Waldron, Michigan with her pension.”
— Clyde Cubberly, Historian
Primary Evidence
The 1850 Census (Ottawa County, Ohio)
Margaret Jubinville, 55 (Born: Canada)
Mary, 15 | Catherine, 12 | Margaret, 11 | Philemon, 10 | Joseph, 8 | John, 5
The "Daddy" Mystery: Priest or Trapper?
Family lore describes Jules/Joseph as a "half-priest." While French-Canadian catholic priests do not marry, the nickname "Daddy" likely stems from the French "Père Jubinville" (Father Jubinville) Refering to someone as "Père" Jubinville might more simply be a form of respectful title for the old and wise.
It is highly probable that Joseph was educated for the priesthood at a Detroit mission but turned to a life of trapping and marriage to Marie Margaret Goodwin (Ojibwa) before ordination.
The Connection: Through a process of elimination, I believe "Daddy" Jubinville is the Joseph born November 13, 1808, in Detroit, son of Jean-Baptiste Jubinville and Catherine Dufour.